Leslie E. Sponsel

Professor
Director, Ecological Anthropology Program

Background
Interests

For more information, see: http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/sponsel/

Background:

B.A. in geology, Indiana University, 1965; M.A. in anthropology, Cornell University, 1973; Ph.D. in anthropology, Cornell University, 1981

Also summer courses in linguistics at University of Oklahoma, primate field research in Ethiopia from New York University, and nutritional field research methods at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Previously visiting instructor or professor at Indiana U, U Saskatchewan (Saskatoon), Mount Royal College (Calgary), Cornell U, U Massachusetts (Amherst), Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Investigations (Caracas), and Prince of Songkla U (Pattani, Thailand). Joined the faculty at the University of Hawai'i in 1981.

Research Interests:

• Mainland Southeast Asia (Thailand) and Amazon (Venezuela)
• Biological and cultural ecology of foraging, tropical forest ecosystems and deforestation
• Biodiversity studies in relation to cultural diversity, cultural ecology, historical ecology, and sacred places
• Anthropology of religion, spiritual ecology, Buddhist ecology, sacred places and biodiversity conservation
• Anthropology of nonviolence, peace, violence, and war
• Cultural change, human rights, and advocacy anthropology
• Professional ethics

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