The People Behind FLARE
Steering Committee

Arun Agrawal
University of Notre Dame

Allen Blackman
Inter-American Development Bank

Reem Hajjar
Oregon State University

anders krogh
Rainforest Foundation Norway

chetan kumar
International Union for Conservation of Nature

anne larson
CIFOR-ICRAF

estefania liehr
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

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

Gaia Allison
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Guillermo Castenellos
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Penny Davies
Ford Foundation

Lars Løvold
Rainforest Foundation Norway

Robert nasi
CIFOR-ICRAF

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