Global Development Studies Faculty
Chair
Associate Professor
Email: brotteml@grinnell.edu
I teach courses in Global Development Studies and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). My research focuses on the intersection of human security, conflict, and development in West and Central Africa. Current activities engage with local dynamics in conflict-affected communities in Mali, Benin, Chad...
Associate Professor
Email: couzoevan@grinnell.edu
Evan Couzo is an environmental and atmospheric scientist. His research interests cover a broad range of air quality issues from pollutant formation and public health to regulatory decision-making and climate change. Evan's projects use sophisticated computer models and atmospheric measurements to...
Associate Professor
Email: driscoll@grinnell.edu
I'm originally from Galway, Ireland and made it to ΢ÃÜÆƽâ by way of Leiden (Holland), Copenhagen, Washington, London, Oslo, and finally Wisconsin, either working in international development or researching themes in comparative politics. My work is on the political economy of development and the...
Professor
Email: jacobsok@grinnell.edu
I am a fungal biologist and I teach in the Biology Department at ΢ÃÜÆƽâ. Faculty members teach BIO 150 - Introduction to Biological Inquiry on subject matter of our choosing, because our course goals are to expose students to learning by doing experimental science. My BIO 150 section is...
Professor
Faculty Director
Email: jacobsop@grinnell.edu
I am an ecosystem ecologist teaching at ΢ÃÜÆƽâ, a four-year liberal arts undergraduate institution in Iowa. All faculty in the Biology Department teach the introductory course (Introduction to Biological Inquiry) on subject matter of our choice, as the goal of the course is to expose...
Assistant Professor
Email: kulstadt@grinnell.edu
Tess M. Kulstad Gonzalez is a sociocultural anthropologist with a longstanding interest in the social construction of relatedness, childrearing, and the human rights of children. Her research explores the ways in which local and global sociocultural, economic, political processes affect family...
Associate Professor
Email: mcgavock@grinnell.edu
On leave 2024 - 2025 academic year. Tamara McGavock, Assistant Professor, received her B.A. in Economics from Wellesley College and her Ph.D. and M.A. from Cornell University. Her teaching and research areas are development economics, economics of gender and the family, and microeconomic theory. She...
Associate Professor
Email: quinsaat@grinnell.edu
Sharon Quinsaat is a scholar of social movements and migration and currently Associate Professor of Sociology at ΢ÃÜÆƽâ. She has conducted research using both qualitative and quantitative methods and published on a wide range of topics, including migrant conservatism, diaspora formation...
Associate Professor
Email: riveraal@grinnell.edu
Art and architectural historian Fredo Rivera ‘06 is Assistant Professor of Art History at ΢ÃÜÆƽâ, where they teach classes on modern and contemporary architecture and urban visual culture, as well as the art of the Americas, with a focus on the Caribbean. Professor Rivera’s research...
Associate Professor
Email: roperjm@grinnell.edu
Monty Roper is a cultural anthropologist interested in the political economy of natural resource management, indigenous social movements, non-governmental organizations, and community development. His research has focused on small-scale rural indigenous and agricultural communities in Latin America...
Professor
Sidney Meyer Endowed Professor of International Economics
Email: utarhale@grinnell.edu
Hâle Utar is a Professor of Economics at ΢ÃÜÆƽâ and holds the Sidney Meyer Endowed Chair in International Economics. She is also a Research Fellow at IZA, CESifo, ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin, and serves as an Associate Editor at The Review of International Economics. She earned her...