Previous Steering Committees

AY 2023/2024

Director: Bette Loiselle
Program Coordinator: Patricia Delamonica Sampaio
Academic Advisor: Karen Kainer
Core Faculty: Angelica Almeyda (year 2); Jon Dain (year 2); Catherine Tucker (year 1)
Affiliate Faculty: Augusto Oyuela-Caycedo (year 2); Vanessa Hull (year 2); Ryan Good (year 1)
Associate Programs Reps.: Glenn Galloway (MDP); Bob Buschbacher (GIA/ACLI) & Lyn Branch (SCCL)
Student Reps.:
Africa: Sylvia Adisa (MDP)
Latin America: Laura Botero (MALAS)
Asia: Yilin Guo (MS WEC)  

AY 2022/2023

Director: Bette Loiselle
Program Coordinator: Patricia Delamonica Sampaio
Academic Advisor: Karen Kainer
Core Faculty: Angelica Almeyda (year 1); Jon Dain (year 1); Emilio Bruna (year 2)
Affiliate Faculty: Augusto Oyuela-Caycedo (year 1); Vanessa Hull (year 1); Taylor Stein (year 2)
Associate Programs Reps.: Glenn Galloway (MDP); Bob Buschbacher (GIA/ACLI) & Lyn Branch (SCCL)
Student Reps.:
Africa: Muzi D Sibiya (PhD, SNRE)
Latin America: Yuley Encarnacion (PhD, Biology)
Asia: Neha Kohli (PhD, Geography)

AY 2021/2022

Director: Bette Loiselle
Program Coordinator: Patricia Delamonica Sampaio
Academic Advisor: Emilio Bruna (Interim)
Core Faculty: Angelica Almeyda (year 1); Becky Williams (year 1); Catherine Tucker (year 1)
Affiliate Faculty: Ignacio Porzecanski (year 2); TBC (year 1); Taylor Stein (year 1)
Associate Programs Reps.: Glenn Galloway (MDP); Bob Buschbacher (GIA/ACLI); TBC  (Amazon Dams Network) & Lyn Branch (SCCL)
Student Reps.:
Asia: Hermudandato, PhD SNRE
Africa: Metolo Foyet, MDP
Latin America: Omar Hernandez, MDP

AY 2020/2021

Director: Bette Loiselle
Program Coordinator: Patricia Delamonica Sampaio
Academic Advisor: Karen Kainer
Core Faculty: Jon Dain (year 2); Emilio Bruna (year 2); Catherine Tucker (year 2)
Affiliate Faculty: Ignacio Porzecanski (year 1); Stephanie Bohlman (year 2); Brian Child (year 2)
Associate Programs Reps.: Glenn Galloway (MDP); Bob Buschbacher (GIA/ACLI); Stephanie Bohlman (Amazon Dams Network) & Lyn Branch (SCCL)
Student Reps.:
Asia: Charles M. Barstow, PhD, Anthropology
Africa:  Katherine Fiorillo, MDP
Latin America: Juliana Santiago, MALAS

AY 2019/2020

Director: Bette Loiselle
Program Coordinator: Patricia Delamonica Sampaio
Academic Advisor: Karen Kainer
Core Faculty: Emilio Bruna (year 2); Jon Dain (year 2); Catherine Tucker (year 1)
Affiliate Faculty: Stephanie Bohlman (year 1); Angelica Almeyda (year 2); Brian Child (year 1)
Associate Programs Reps.: Glenn Galloway (MDP); Bob Buschbacher (GIA/ACLI); TBD (Amazon Dams Network) & Lyn Branch (SCCL)
Student Reps.:
Asia: Ashpreet Kaur, PhD Student , SNRE
Africa: Lauriane Yehouenou, PhD Candidate, FRE
Latin America: Christian Rivera, PhD Student, WEC

AY 2018/2019

Director: Bette Loiselle
Program Coordinator: Patricia Delamonica Sampaio
Academic Advisor: Karen Kainer
Core Faculty: Emilio Bruna (year 1); Jon Dain (year 1)
Affiliate Faculty: Tom Frazer (year 2); Angelica Almeyda (year 1); Brian Child (year 2/Fall 2018); Catherine Tucker (year 1/Spring 2019)
Associate Programs Reps.: Glenn Galloway (MDP); Bob Buschbacher (ACLI)’; Simone Athayde (Dams) & Lyn Branch (SCCL)
Student Reps.: Africa: TBA; Asia: TBA; Latin America: TBA

AY 2016/2017 and 2017/2018

TCD Director: Bette Loiselle
TCD Program Coordinator: Patricia Delamonica Sampaio
TCD Academic Advisor: Karen Kainer
Core Faculty: Karen Kainer (year 2);  Susan Paulson / Marianne Schmink (year 2); Catherine Tucker (year 1)
Affiliate Faculty: Tom Ankersen (year 2); Tom Frazer (year 1)
Associate Programs Reps.: Glenn Galloway (MDP); Bob Buschbacher (ACLI) and Lyn Branch (SCCL)
Student Reps. Africa: Riley Ravary (PhD, Anthropology); Asia: Vratika Chaudhary (PhD, WEC; Latin America: Farah Carrasco (PhD, SNRE)

AY 2015/2016

TCD Director: Bette Loiselle
TCD Program Coordinator: Patricia Delamonica Sampaio
Core Faculty: Karen Kainer (year 2); Jon Dain (year 2); Susan Paulson / Marianne Schmink (year 1)
Affiliate Faculty: Denis Valle (year 2); Tom Ankersen (year 1)
Associate Programs Reps.: Glenn Galloway (MDP); Bob Buschbacher (ACLI) and Lyn Branch (SCCL)
Student Reps.: Whitney M. Turientine (MDP; Africa) & David Hanson (PhD Geography; Latin America)

AY 2014/2015

TCD Director: Bette Loiselle
TCD Program Coordinator: Patricia Delamonica Sampaio
Core Faculty: Karen Kainer (year 1); Jon Dain (year 1); Rick Stepp (year 2)
Affiliate Faculty: Denis Valle (year 1); Brian Child (fall year 2) / Grenville Barnes (spring year 2); Wendy-Lin Bartels (year 2)
Associate Programs Reps.: Glenn Galloway (MDP); Bob Buschbacher (TCLI) and Lyn Branch (SCCL)
Student Reps.: Xavier Haro-Carrion (SNRE; Latin America) and Lily Maynard (WEC; Africa)

AY 2013/2014

TCD Director: Bette Loiselle
TCD Program Coordinator: Patricia Sampaio
Core Faculty: Karen Kainer (year 2); Marianne Schmink (year 2); Rick Stepp (year 1)
Affiliate Faculty: Michelle Mack (year 2); Brian Child / Grenville Barnes (year 1); Wendy-Lyn Bartels (year 1)
Associate Programs Reps.: Glenn Galloway (MDP) and Bob Buschbacher (ACLI)
Student Reps.: Mauricio Nunez-Regueiro (SNRE; Latin America) and Dan Stirling (MDP; Africa)

AY 2012/2013

TCD Director: Bette Loiselle
TCD Program Coordinator: Patricia Sampaio
Core Faculty: Karen Kainer (year 1); Marianne Schmink (year 1); Jon Dain (year 2)
Affiliate Faculty: Michelle Mack (year 1); Christine Overdevest (year 2); Lyn Branch (year 2)
Associate Programs Reps.: Glenn Galloway (MDP) and Bob Buschbacher (ACLI)
Student Reps.: Antonio Crespo (Latin America) and David Pittman (Africa)

AY 2011/2012

TCD Director: Bette Loiselle
TCD Program Coordinator: Patricia Sampaio
Core Faculty: Emilio Bruna (year 2); Rick Stepp (year 2); Jon Dain (year 1)
Affiliate Faculty: Sandra Russo (year 2); Christine Overdevest (year 1); Lyn Branch (year 1)
Associate Programs Reps.: Glenn Galloway (MDP) and Bob Buschbacher (ACLI)
Student Reps.: Tim Podkul (Latin America) and David Pittman (Africa)

AY 2010/2011

TCD Interim Director: Robert Buschbacher
TCD Program Coordinator: Patricia Sampaio
Core Faculty: Emilio Bruna (year 1); Rick Stepp (year 1)
Affiliate Faculty: Eric Keys (year 2); Claudia Romero (year 2); Sandra Russo (year 1)
Associate Programs Reps.: Brian Child (MDP) and Bob Buschbacher (ACLI)
Student Reps.: Laura Kowler (Latin America) and Sam Schramski (Africa)