Land Tenure Center Newsletter
Number 78, Fall 1999, p. 6, 8-9

Development Studies students on the website

Working with Development Studies student Anne Kuriakose, Beverly R. Phillips, Coordinator, Library and Information Services, has added a listing of all of the Ph.D. in Development Studies students to the LTC website.

The students have prepared web-ready versions of their curriculum vitae. Phillips posts and provides links to them as they become available. See http://www.ies.wisc.edu/ltc/phdstudents.html.

Ph.D. in Development Studies alumni are encouraged to add their names, addresses, and employment status to the website. If you have earned a Ph.D. in Development degree at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, please fill out the form at: http://www.ies.wisc.edu/ltc/alumform.html. Let’s establish and maintain these linkages.

Development students, Fall 1999

• Adam Behrendt (MS Continuing and Adult Vocational Education, UW–Madison), from the U.S., is studying NGOs and democratization in Bolivia. abehrendt@nur.edu.     
• Juan Chamorro (MA Economics, Georgetown University), from Nicaragua, is studying factor markets, the rural household, and economic development in Nicaragua. jchamorro@students.wisc.edu.
• Nancy Contreras (MS Biology, National Autonomous University of Mexico), from Mexico, is studying the history of agricultural technology transfer policies in Mexico. contrer@students.wisc.edu.
• Bamba Diop (MA International Development Policy, Duke University), from Senegal, is studying transboundary protected areas in West and Southern Africa. abdiop@students.wisc.edu.
• Jean Geran (MS Rural Development, Michigan State University), from the U.S., is studying the effects of social networks on the resilience of rural livelihoods to the 1997 economic crisis in Thailand. jmgeran@students.wisc.edu.
• James Gustafson (MDiv Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary), from the U.S., is studying agro-ecological systems and indigenous knowledge in Thailand. JimGusWM@cs.com.
• James Hutchins (MS Rural Sociology, Auburn University), from the U.S., is studying patterns of land change and land use, and implications for regional land use planning in northern Guatemala. jchutchins@students.wisc.edu.
• Ibtisam Ibrahim (MA International Development, Clark University), from Israel, is studying state ethnic differential policies toward the Palestinian minority across religious lines in Israel. ibrahim@students.wisc.edu.
• Eva Jensen (MDiv Theology, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary), from the U.S., is studying gender and the organization of land reform beneficiaries for common property management in South Africa. eva@ncccusa.org.
• Edwin Joseph (MS Continuing and Adult Vocational Education, UW–Madison), from Trinidad and Tobago, is studying agricultural extension and community development in Trinidad and Tobago. ejoseph@ssc.wisc.edu.
• Pavel Krotov (Kand Nauk Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences), from Russia, is studying the oil and gas sector in the former Soviet Union. ppkrotov@students.wisc.edu.
• Anne Kuriakose (MA Gender and Development, University of Sussex), from the U.S., is studying the rural nonfarm sector and regional economic development in Andhra Pradesh, India. atkuriakose@students.wisc.edu.
• Kym Leggett (MS Continuing and Adult Vocational Education, UW–Madison), from the U.S., is studying community-based natural resource management in Thailand and Laos. leggett@loxinfo.co.th.
• Victor Lledo (MS Economics, Getulio Vargas Foundation), from Brazil, is studying fiscal federalism and regional development in Brazil. vdlledo@students.wisc.edu.
• Tasfin Marzuki (MS Development Policy and Administration, UW–Madison), from Indonesia, is studying the relationship between local economic development and central fiscal control in Indonesia. tmarzuki@students.wisc.edu.
• Kizito Mazvimavi (Mphil Agricultural Economics, University of Zimbabwe), from Zimbabwe, is studying land and technology transfer and the role of sorghum in semi-arid smallholder farming sector in Zimbabwe. kmazvimavi@students.wisc.edu.
• Abdulla Mohammed (MS Urban and Regional Planning, SUNY–Binghamton), from Sudan, is studying use of indigenous knowledge in conservation projects in Namibia. amohammed@bus.wisc.edu.
• Rick Nelson (MA Latin American Studies, University of New Mexico), from the U.S., is studying indigenous development, with reference to the Miskito people in Honduras. rtnelson2@students.wisc.edu.
• Manuel Perez (MBA Finance, Edgewood College), from Venezuela and the U.S., is studying how increased liquidity and technological advances in international capital markets can be used to stimulate economic and social development in emerging markets. maperezc@students.wisc.edu.
• Sayeh Saeedi (MA Development Policy and Public Administration, UW–Madison), from Iran and the U.S., is studying the role of NGOs in grassroots development and state pressure in Iran. ssaeedi@students.wisc.edu.
• Francisia Seda (MA Southeast Asian Studies, Cornell University), from Indonesia, is studying the political economy of the oil and LNG industries in Indonesia. fseda@students.wisc.edu.
• Vinya Sysamouth (MA Southeast Asian Studies, UW–Madison), from Laos and the U.S., is studying use of GIS in irrigation systems in Laos. vsysamou@students.wisc.edu.
• Alex Uriarte (MA Economics, UW–Madison), from Brazil, is studying the effects of agricultural transformation on schooling in Petrolina, Brazil. aeuriart@students.wisc.edu.
• Margaret Welsh (MSc Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry, UW–Madison), from the U.S., is studying livestock management systems in Albania. mwelsh@students.wisc.edu.
• Rachel Wheeler (MSc Development Economics, SOAS), from the United Kingdom, is studying land reform and agricultural productivity in Romania. ewheele@students.wisc.edu.
• Isaac Zama (LLM Environmental Law, University of Washington School of‘ Law), from Cameroon, is studying community forestry and conflicts in natural resource management in Cameroon. ifzama@students.wisc.edu.

Development graduates, 1999

Since 1970, students from over 35 countries have enrolled in Development Studies, and 95 have completed their doctorates. Graduates in 1999 and their dissertation topics are:

• Ahmed Attiga (Jordan): Toward a Privatization Strategy in Developing Countries: An Interdisciplinary and Empirical Analysis (5/99);
• F. Margarita Gil (Dominican Republic): Land Registration in the Dominican Republic: A Legal and Historical Analysis (12/99);
• Sharon Holt (U.S.): Slow Growth and Rising Inequality: Three Models Explore the Disappointing Consequences of Comprehensive Land Privatization and Price Liberalization in Armenia (8/99);
• Bryan Krull (U.S.): Popular Participation in NGO Sustainable Development Projects in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Peten, Guatemala (5/99); and
• Javier Molina Cruz (Nicaragua): Informal Credit in Small Farmer Agriculture: Shaping the Landscape of Rural Finance in El Salvador (5/99).

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