College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department of Anthropology
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Department of Anthropology
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Ames, Iowa 50011-1050
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Director of Graduate Education
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Lorna
Butler
Lorna Michael Butler is the Henry A. Wallace Endowed Chair for Sustainable
Agriculture, and Professor in the Departments of Sociology and Anthropology
at Iowa State University , Ames , Iowa . Dr. Butler has her Ph.D. from
Washington State University in cultural anthropology with an emphasis
on agrarian systems in Africa . She obtained her M. Ed. From Colorado
State University in Continuing Education, and her B.S. from University
of Manitoba in Human Ecology.
Dr. Butler, who is originally from Alberta , Canada , came to Iowa State
University in February 2000 from Washington State University . The office
of the Wallace Chair serves as a "home" for the Graduate Program
in Sustainable Agriculture. In her role she facilitates a number of
other sustainable agriculture activities. Dr. Butler's interests are
in the human dimensions of sustainable agriculture. She is an advocate
for public engagement and participation in analyzing and resolving social
and cultural issues impacting the future of agriculture. Particular
research and teaching interests include rural-urban interdependency,
urban agriculture, entrepreneurial agricultural alliances, and relationships
between agriculture, agroecosystems and community viability. She brings
a strong commitment to the global and multi-cultural dimensions of sustainability
and to learning from existing farming systems. As an agricultural anthropologist,
she has lived in and worked in a number of African countries, western
Canada , and Europe .
Before coming to ISU she served as Extension Anthropologist in Sustainable
Agriculture and Professor, Department of Rural Sociology. She was principal
investigator of the Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Research Support Program
in East Africa , and leader of the participatory bean breeding research
activities. She was affiliated with the Center for Sustaining Agriculture
and Natural Resources, and co-PI for a number of sustainable agriculture
grant programs on agriculture on the urban edge, urban agriculture,
cover crops as an avenue to sustainability, and participatory research
as a tool for identifying agricultural system innovations, and mechanisms
for bridging rural and urban communities.
Recently, with Richard Carkner, she co-authored "Sustainability:
Links Between Agriculture, Community and the Ecosystem," in Interactions
Between Agroecosystems and Rural Communities, Cornelia Flora (ed.).
Boca Raton , FL : CRC Press LLC. 2001. Other publications include Human
Diversity, Food and Agriculture in American Rural-Urban Communities.
Human Ecology, 2000, (Autumn 3 (1): 84-92 (with C. DePhelps); The Sondeo:
A Rapid Reconnaissance Approach for Situational Assessment. Community
Ventures: Partnerships in Research and Education. 1995, WREP 0127. Washington
State University ; and Focus Groups: A Tool for Understanding Community
Perceptions and Experiences. 1995, Community Ventures: Partnerships
in Research and Education. WREP 128. Washington State University (with
C. DePhelps and R. E. Howell).
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Lorna M. Butler
Office Phone: 515-294-6066
Home Phone: 515-232-8433
Fax: 515-294-7177
lmbutler@iastate.edu
110 Curtiss
Ph.D. 1976, Washington State University, Professor
and Henry A. Wallace Endowed Chair for Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable
agriculture; team leadership for interdisciplinary research; participatory
research; needs assessment [rapid appraisal].
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