Professor, ISAT
coffmaje@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Education
- Ph.D. Anthropology. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- M.A. Anthropology. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- B.A. Honors, Cultural Anthropology and Political Science. Duke University
Research Interests
- Human-environment interactions
- Political ecology
- Socio-cultural change
- Food systems
- East Africa
- Eastern USA
Courses Taught
- ISAT 112: Environmental Issues in Science and Technology
- ISAT 190: Introduction to Holistic Problem Solving
- ISAT 320: Fundamentals of Environmental Science and Technology I
- ISAT 390-391: Holistic Problem Solving Workshop, I & II
- ISAT 473: Local Agriculture and Farm Internships
- ISAT 474: Political Ecology
- ISAT 480/GEOG 491/ANTH 391/HIST 391/SOCI 391: East Africa Field School Human-Environment Interactions (summers)
- ENVT 400: Capstone Seminar in Environmental Problem Solving
- AAAD 400: Advanced Topics in African, African American, and Diaspora Studies
- AAAD 489: African, African American, and Diaspora Studies Senior Research Experience