Brown, Madeline

Bio

Dr. Madeline Brown is an Associate Professor of Anthropology with research focused on human-environment interactions in contexts ranging from from community-level forest restoration in Thailand to large landscape conservation in North America. Dr. Brown completed a BA in Anthropology at Brown University and a MA and a PhD in Anthropology at Stanford University. She works both domestically and internationally in interdisciplinary teams to integrate anthropological methods and new analytical lenses into projects.

Dr. Brown is currently working on a collaborative, interdisciplinary project focused on community perceptions of forest restoration in northern Thailand. This project uses cultural domain analysis, participatory transects, and focus groups to understand local use, knowledge and perceptions of forests. She is also working on research related to trails, trail names, and conservation. This project considers how protected areas are managed, perceived, and modified by those who engage with them.

Dr. Brown’s previous fieldwork focused on cooperation and resource access among wild mushroom harvesting communities in southwest China. This work combined ethnography with social network and spatial analysis to understand complex natural resource governance dynamics.

More information is available on Dr. Brown’s website: https://maddiebrown.github.io