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Shelly A. Biesel


In the broadest terms, my research examines equity at the crossroads of economic development and environmental change. A cultural-ecological anthropologist by training, I assess how historic, intersectional inequalities can shape social and environmental experiences of energy development in rural communities. I have worked with coal-mining communities in rural Appalachia, and in sugarcane-based biofuel development zones in Northeast Brazil. My current, ongoing project is in Pernambuco, where I partner with Christine Dabat at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. 

In addition to being a member of the Humans and Environmental Change Lab, I am affiliated with UGA’s Institute for Women’s Studies, and the Latin American and Caribbean Institute, where I am a student member of the Brazil Natural Resource Governance Initiative. 

Research interests: feminist theory, political ecology, energy, ethics, resistance, joy

Of Note: 
  • 2020 Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellow, Department of Education
  • 2019 Graduate School Dean's Award for Arts and Humanities
  • 2019 Willson Center Graduate Research Award 
  • 2018 LACSI Summer Research Award 
  • 2017 FLAS Summer Fellowship, Department of Education
  • 2016 FLAS Summer Fellowship, Department of Education
  • 2016 Rhoda Halperin Memorial Award, Society for Economic Anthropology

Recent Publications: 
Biesel, Shelly A. 2020. When disinformation makes sense: Contextualizing the war on coal in Appalachian Kentucky. Economic Anthropology. https://doi.org/10.1002/sea2.12194

Biesel, Shelly and Donald R. Nelson. 2019. A Importância da ética para a gestão da água. In Adapta: gestão adaptativa do risco climático de seca, pp. 407 - 418. Fortaleza: Expressão Gráfica e Editora.

Public Scholarship: 
Biesel, Shelly A. 2020. "Radical Media Challenges Rural Stereotypes." Anthropology News. 

Athena Co-learning Collective. 2018. "A Femifesto for Teaching and Learning Radical Geography." Antipode Online. 

Biesel, Shelly A. 2015. "New Federal Budget Bill No 'Win' for Kentucky." The Courier Journal.  ​

Education:
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M.A. Anthropology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
B.A. Anthropology and Studio Art, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

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Contact Shelly

Email: shelly.biesel@uga.edu
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    • About
    • Contact
    • Publications
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    • Donald R. Nelson
    • Graduate Students >
      • Bruno Ubiali
      • Raul Basílio
      • Shelly Annette Biesel
      • Emily Horton
      • Jonathan Hallemeier
      • John Ryan McGreevy
      • Cydney Seigerman
    • HECLab Alumni
  • Research
    • ADAPTA
    • CZO Research
    • Capacities research
    • Nature-Based Solutions
    • PROVOZ Research
    • Climate Vulnerability
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  • Remembering Ashley Block