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Global Indigenous Forum

Dr. Mitzi Uehara Carter, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies
Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies SIPA 307
Florida International University
11200 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33199
Office phone: 305-348-2258
Secretary: 305-348-2247
Email: mcarter@fiu.edu

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Degrees

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology, UGA, 2001
Master of Arts in Comparative Sociology, FIU, 1995
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies, FIU, 1989
Associate of Arts in Marine Sciences, MDCC, 1980

Contact

Department of Earth & Environment, AHC5 366
Office: Modesto A. Maidique Campus,
Phone: (305) 348-1209
Email: riachj@fiu.edu

Biography

Dr. Riach received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Georgia. He is a faculty fellow of the Honors College at F.I.U. and has been an adjunct with the university for several years. His research and teaching interests include the interconnections between ecosystem health and human well-being, with a focus on the Amazon and South Florida regions. His work combines multiple theories and methodologies from anthropology, epidemiology, medicine, ecology, and geography. He also specializes in traditional health knowledge and ethnobotany of native people in the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazon. He has worked on health and environmental projects among indigenous rainforest cultures including the Cayapas and the Siona-Secoya of Ecuador and the Aguaruna and Yagua of Peru. As a member of Project Amazonas, Inc., a humanitarian and environmental research and education non-profit organization, he has helped develop integrated strategies to address health, conservation, and development needs in the Peruvian Amazon.

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