ABOUT

I am an anthropologist who studies the intersections of culture, environment, ecology, evolution, economics, and politics. Using qualitative and quantitative methods, I explore the social and ecological dynamics of people and their environments in a variety of contexts, from subsistence economies, social networks, and institutions to conservation, environmental governance, sustainability, and climate change.

My goals are to:

· generate insights on the emergence of cultural practices, values, institutions, and knowledge that help people adapt to social and environmental change

· apply these insights in ways that support environmentally sustainable and socially just connections between people and nature

My work is grounded in long-term ethnographic research with Indigenous communities in the Arctic and extends to collaborations with researchers working in other parts of the world.

Prior to joining OSU, I was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Maryland Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center and the University of Washington Department of Anthropology.

RESEARCH AREAS

• Cultural Anthropology
• Ecological Anthropology
• Evolutionary Anthropology
• Cooperation
• Social Network Analysis
• Sustainability
• Institutions & Commons
• Conservation & Development
• Climate Change
• Political Ecology
• Behavioral Ecology
• Salmon
• Reindeer
• Arctic (Siberia, Alaska)
• Russia

For more information, please visit my website blogs.oregonstate.edu/drewgerkey and view my publications on Google Scholar.

TEACHING

Please visit the OSU Schedule of Classes for information about the courses I am currently teaching.

Undergraduate

• Ecological Anthropology (ANTH 477)
• Social Networks & Society (ANTH 372)
• Arctic Perspectives on Global Problems (ANTH 447)

Graduate

• Statistical Applications in Anthropology (ANTH 593)
• Uses of Anthropology (ANTH 583)
• Ecological Anthropology (ANTH 577)
• Social Network Analysis: Methods & Theory (ANTH 556)