Expertise
Conflict resolution; environmental policy; mining, oil and gas politics; South Asian conflicts; Pakistan; Islamic studies; educational policy in developing countries
- Language Fluency:
- Urdu
- Hindi
- Punjabi
Background
Current Positions
Associate Professor (with tenure) of Natural Resources and Asian Studies, University of Vermont; Senior Fellow, United Nations mandated University for Peace, Costa Rica; Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University
Past Positions
Visiting Scholar, Griffith University Politics Department, Brisbane, Australia (2006); Director of the University of the Middle East Project Sustainability Institute, Toledo Spain (2004-2005); Associate, Industrial Economics Inc., Cambridge MA (2000-2002); Martin Sustainability Fellow, MIT (1997-2000); Baker Foundation research scholar Harvard Business School (1998); Environmental Engineer and Technical Leadership Program Associate, General Electric Corporation (1995 -1997). Parliamentary Intern, United Kingdom House of Commons, London (1992-1993)
Education
Ph.D., Urban Studies and Environmental Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2001); M.E.S., Yale University (1996); B.Sc., Chemistry, Tufts University (1994)