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Colleen is an environmental anthropologist who works for forest conservation and sustainable development in tropical forest regions of the world. Based at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ (CU), she serves as an Associate Research Professor in the Environmental Studies Department (ENVS) and the Masters of the Environment (MENV) Program, a Project Director for theÌýÌý(GCF Task Force), and a Research Associate with the Environment and Society Program at CU’sÌý. She teaches graduate courses on stakeholder engagement, runs a field course on integrated conservation and development in Brazil’s Amazon and Atlantic Forests with CU and Brazilian students and professors, mentors students, and conducts research on topics ranging from livelihoods and conservation in the Atlantic Forest to environmental governance and forest citizenship in the Amazon to artisanal mining in Peru and Colombia. She just completed a book on social movements in the global biodiversity hotspot of Southern Bahia, Brazil,Ìý.