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Degrees:

• Ph.D. in Anthropology, Purdue University 2011
  Dissertation: Market Women in a Central African Forest Reserve: Engendering Wildlife Commerce and Conservation
• M.S. in Experimental Psychology and Primate Behavior, Central Washington University 2003
  Thesis: Folkbiology of Bofi Farmers and Foragers in Central Africa: Indigenous Knowledge of Forest Animals
• B.A. in Anthropology; Minor in Psychology, University of Texas at Arlington

Research and Teaching Interests:
Dr. Daspit's research interests include political ecology, global development, food security, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Courses Taught:

• INT 105 - Introduction to International Studies
• INT 230 – Sustainability: from Global Goals to Local Actions
• INT 314 – International NGOs, Globalization, & Development
• INT 330 - Topics in Africa
• INT 331 - The Environment and Development in Africa

• INT 332 - Global Politics of Food: An African Perspective

• INT 333 - China in Africa

• INT 360 - Global Development: African Perspectives

• INT 490 - Senior Seminar in International Studies

Publications:

• Jost Robinson, C. J., L. L. Daspit, and M. J. Remis. 2016. "Monkeys on the menu? Reconciling patterns of primate hunting and consumption in a central African Village," in Ethnoprimatology: Primate conservation in the 21st century, 47-61. Edited by M. Waller.  New York: Springer.

• Daspit, L. L. 2014.  “Losing paradise: War comes to a biodiversity hotspot.”  Fieldsights - Hot Spots, Cultural Anthropology. http://www.culanth.org/fieldsights/541-losing-paradise-war-comes-to-a-biodiversity-hot-spot

• Jost Robinson, C. A., L. L. Daspit, and M. J. Remis. 2011. Multi-faceted approaches to understanding changes in wildlife and livelihoods in a forest system: A case study from the Central African Republic. Environmental Conservation 38: 247-55.