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