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Education
- 2006-2011 Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
- 2003-2005 M.A., Department of Anthropology, The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
- 1992-1996 B.A., Religious Studies, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina (USA)
Experience
- 2024.10- Board Member, Peace Development Fund (USA)
- 2023.09- Director of the Co-Lab for Environmental Health Equity & Renewal (CEHER) in Taiwan
- 2023.08- Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Humanities in Medicine, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Taipei Medical University
- 2023- Research Scholar; Research Institute for Environment, Energy, and Economics, at Appalachian State University (USA)
- 2021- Affiliate Faculty; Center for International Indigenous Affairs, National Dong Hwa University
- 2020- Co-Director of the Environmental Justice CoLab in North Carolina
- 2019-2023 Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Appalachian State University
- 2021-2022 Visiting Associate Professor, Center for International Indigenous Affairs, College of Indigenous Studies, National Dong Hwa University
- 2019-2020 Visiting Faculty Fellow, Society for the Humanities, Cornell University
- 2012-2018 Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology,Appalachian State University
- 2011-2012 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Appalachian State University
Research Interests
- Environmental anthropology
- Political ecology
- Environmental health humanities
- Native American/Indigenous Studies; Extractivism and energy studies
- Environmental and climate justice; science/technology/society
- Affect theory and embodiment
- Gender and feminist theory
- Ethnographic and collaborative methodologies
- Research areas:Navajo (Diné) Nation (USA); eastern North Carolina (USA); Hualien, Taiwan.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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能源生態學:布農族(臺灣卓溪鄉)和倫比族(美國北卡羅來納州羅伯森縣)之永續性經驗實徵比較研究(1/2)
Powell, D. E. (PI)
8/1/24 → 7/31/25
Project: A - Government Institution › b - National Science and Technology Council
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能源生態學:布農族(臺灣卓溪鄉)和倫比族(美國北卡羅來納州羅伯森縣)之永續性經驗實徵比較研究(1/2)
Powell, D. E. (PI)
8/1/24 → 7/30/25
Project: A - Government Institution › b - National Science and Technology Council
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新聘教師研究補助
Powell, D. E. (PI)
11/1/23 → 10/31/24
Project: B - Project of TMU › g - Research Grants for Newly Hired Faculty
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Indigenous Political Ecologies: Centering Sovereignty and Relationality
Powell, D. E., 2025, (Accepted/In press) The Routledge Handbook of Political Ecology. Hope, J., Apostolopoulou, E. & Collins, A. (eds.). New York: RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Climate Change in a time of COVID-19: Living and Transforming the Syndemic in the Navajo Nation,
Powell, D. E., 2024, Stranger than Paradise: Reconfiguring Globalization.. S. & Liao., H.-H. (eds.). Taipei, p. 115 144 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Earth Observation Data to Support Environmental Justice: Linking Non-Permitted Poultry Operations to Social Vulnerability Indices
Tulbure, M. G., Caineta, J., Cox, B., Stehman, S. V., Ercumen, A., Witter, R., Emanuel, R., Powell, D. E., Burdette, K., White-Williamson, S. & Tuberty, S., Dec 2024, In: GeoHealth. 8, 12, e2024GH001179.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Pedagogies Roundtable,
Powell, D. E., Karchmer , E. I., Chang, E.Y.-T. & Lee, P. H., 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Indigenous Political Ecologies
Powell, D. E., Mar 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review