The People Behind FLARE
Steering Committee
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Arun Agrawal
University of Michigan
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Gaia Allison
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
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Allen Blackman
Inter-American Development Bank
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Reem Hajjar
Oregon State University
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chetan kumar
International Union for Conservation of Nature
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Lars Løvold
Rainforest Foundation Norway
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Robert Nasi
CIFOR-ICRAF
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Margareta Nilsson
The Tenure Facility
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Bryson ogden
Rights and Resources Initiative
Secretariat
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DANIEL C. MILLER
Coordinator
University of Notre Dame
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kAtia Nakamura
Associate Program Director
University of Notre Dame
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BRIAN WANBAUGH
Program Manager
University of Notre Dame
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Apurva duddu
Community Engagement Coordinator
Yale University
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beverly ndifoin
Graduate Research Assistant/Social Media Coordinator
University of Notre Dame
Current FLARE Postdoctoral & Graduate Research Associates
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Sarah E. (Brown) Castle
Ph.D. Student
University of Illinois
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Wenman Liu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Michigan
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VALENA MCEWEN
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Notre Dame
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aemro Ayalew
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Notre Dame
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Khadijat atere
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Notre Dame
Former Steering Committee Members
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Guillermo Castenellos
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
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Penny Davies
Ford Foundation
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Iain Davidson-Hunt
University of Manitoba, Canada
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Andy White
Rights and Resources Initiative
Former FLARE Postdoctoral & Graduate Research Associates
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Festus Amadu
Assistant Professor
Florida Gulf Coast University
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Anil Bhargava
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Michigan
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Jennifer Zavaleta Cheek
Assistant Professor
South Dakota State University
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James “J.T.” Erbaugh
Postdoctoral Fellow
Social Scientist, The Nature Conservancy, and
Affiliate Faculty, Dartmouth College
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MOHAMMAD FARRAE
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Notre Dame
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Reem Hajjar
Associate Professor
Oregon State University
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Suhyun Jung
Assistant Professor
West Virginia University
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Allison Kelly
Data Scientist
Branch International
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Chuan Liao
Assistant Professor
Arizona State University
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Francesca McGrath
Environmental Grants Manager
Arcadia
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KATIA NAKAMURA
Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Notre Dame
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Pete Newton
Associate Professor
University of Colorado Boulder
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Johan Oldekop
Assistant Professor
University of Manchester
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Laura Rasmussen
Assistant Professor
University of Copenhagen
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Jonathan Sullivan
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
University of Arizona
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sarah wilson
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Michigan