Paige West | |
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 Paige West in 2021 | |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (2021) |
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| Discipline | Anthropology |
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Paige West is Claire Tow Professor of Anthropology at Barnard College. [1] She also serves on the faculty of Columbia University. [1] She earned a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2021. [2] [3] [4]
West received her B.A. from Wofford College,her M.A. from University of Georgia,and her Ph.D. from Rutgers University. [5] She joined the faculty of Barnard College and Columbia University in 2001 after graduating from Rutgers. [5] Her scholar interest lies in the relationship between societies and their environments,focusing on the linkages between environmental conservation and international development. She has carried out fieldwork in a number of countries,most notably in Papua New Guinea. [6]
West is also affiliated with the Earth Institute. [7] She is the founder of the journal Environment and Society:Advances in Research and served as its editor from 2009 to 2019. [8]
West was Wofford College's commencement speaker in 2016. [9] In 2021,West was also recognized by The Explorers Club as one of the 50 explorers changing the world. [10]
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