|  Dr.
Shankar Aswani, Program Director
My research and teaching interests lie at the intersection between
anthropology, human ecology, and marine science. I follow a research
agenda focusing on the human and cultural ecology of insular coastal
populations, property rights and common property resources, and
indigenous ecological knowledge of populations in Melanesia and
the Insular Pacific in general. Close fields of specialization include
human behavioral ecology, political ecology, sociocultural anthropology,
economic anthropology, applied anthropology, and ethnohistory. I
am also very active in applied projects. Building upon twelve years
of research, I am currently establishing and expanding existing
permanent community-based Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) under customary
sea tenure in the Roviana and Vonavona Lagoons, Western Province,
Solomon Islands. I am also involved in setting up infrastructural
development projects such as clinics, schools, and community halls.
The overarching goal is to create a network of Marine Protected
Areas in the Western Solomon Islands in a culturally, economically,
and ecologically appropriate fashion.
Email: aswani@anth.ucsb.edu
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|  Joe
Voda, Program Coordinator
Joe is our local coordinator and Roviana language instructor.
He is from Baraulu Village in Roviana Lagoon. Joe is a liaison between
program participants and the community. He provides information
regardig local custom, environment, and rules of the community.
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Dr.
Matthew Lauer, Instructor
