About Me
Growing up in rural Northwest Georgia gave me itchy feet. As a first generation college student in New York City, I was restless to see more of the world, leading me to summers in the Intermontane West and a semester in Nepal. I have since made Nepal a second home. My academic and professional life is oriented around my research and ethical commitments to Nepal and the wider Himalaya. I am currently based in Northeast England and welcome opportunities to engage with others devoted to supporting rural futures in South Asia.

Education
2009
B.A.
Barnard College
Department of Anthropology
New York, NY
2020
Ph.D.
Yale University
Combined Degree Anthropology and Environment
New Haven, CT
Recognition and Grants
Recognition
David M. Shneider Award, American Anthropological Association, 2020
Britain Nepal Academic Council Dissertation Prize, 2021
External Grants
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, 2013-2018
National Science Foundation Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, 2016-2018
Winner Gren Foundation, 2016-2018
Personal Development
2009-2010
Fulbright Student, Nepal
10 month ethnographic research
Tamang territorialization and federal autonomous regions
2011-2013
The Carter Center, Nepal
Peace and Democracy Program
Identity Politics and Constitution Writing
Amy Leigh Johnson
Northumbria University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences