Shelly A. Biesel

Broadly, my research examines equity at the crossroads of economic development and environmental change.

Currently I am involved with two projects. My dissertation research focuses on gender-differentiated risk associated with biofuel development in Brazil. 

I also work with Don Nelson on a second project in Northeast Brazil, using anthropological and applied understandings of water ethics to investigate water allocation and governance. 

Research Interests: 
Political ecology, feminist theory, energy, ethics, water, Brazil and U.S. South.

Of Note: 

• 2017. Foreign Language Areas Studies Award, UGA and US Department of Education
• 2016. Rhoda Halperin Memorial Award, Society for Economic Anthropology
• 2016. Foreign Language Area Studies Award, University of Georgia and US Department of Education

Contact Shelly

Email: shelly.biesel@uga.edu

Recent Research in Ceará, Brazil