Undergraduate diploma received from Journalism School of Moscow State University, Russia. MPA/MS and Ph. D. received from Iowa State University. Currently is teaching core sociology and methods courses at the University of South Alabama. In the 1990
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Undergraduate diploma received from Journalism School of Moscow State University, Russia. MPA/MS and Ph. D. received from Iowa State University. Currently is teaching core sociology and methods courses at the University of South Alabama. In the 1990s led the press service of the Socio-Ecological Union and worked as the Director for Research and Campaign Management at the Centre for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights, Russia. Primary academic research interests encompass issues of sustainable development with the focus on sub-Saharan Africa and include sustainable livelihoods (SL), sustainable natural resource use, participatory development and policy analysis in countries with high incidence of poverty.
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