Shirley Fiske

Shirley Fiske is an environmental and policy anthropologist.^[1] She is an anthropology professor at the University of Maryland.^[2] From 2011 to 2014, Fiske served as chair of the American Anthropological Association's Task Force on Global Climate Change.^[3] In 2016, she received the Solon T. Kimball Award for Public and Applied Anthropology award from the American Anthropological Association.^[1]

Biography

Fiske obtained her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Stanford University.^[4] After, she joined the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) where she worked for 16 years.^[4] Fiske was also involved with communities and businesses along U.S. coastline when she worked for the National Sea Grant College Program.^[4][5] She became the legislative aide of Hawaii Senator Daniel K. Akala for energy, natural resources, oceans, and the environment.^[4]

Publications

• Shirley Fiske and Robert M. Wulff, eds. 1986. Anthropological Praxis. Boulder: Westview Press,
• Shirley Fiske. 2009. Global change policymaking from inside the Beltway: engaging anthropology. Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press.
• Shirley Fiske. 2012. Global climate change from the bottom up. Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press.
• Shirley Fiske and Stephanie Paladino, eds. 2016. The Carbon Fix: Forest Carbon, Social Justice, and Environmental Governance. Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press.^[2]