Ph.D. in Ecology, 2002, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Curriculum in Ecology

Dissertation title: Cows, Kin & Capitalism: The Cultural Ecology of Viliui Sakha in the Post-Socialist Era

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Defended 17 December 2001, Graduated 21 May 2002

M. A. in Folklore, 1994, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Curriculum in Folklore

Masters thesis title: Dance of Life, Circle of Life: Ahyokhai as the Sakhas’ Emergent Ethnic Voice

Intensive Russian Language & Culture Studies

Kharkov State University, Kharkov, Ukraine, Aug 1990-Feb 1991

Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, Summer, 1989

Zaporozhye Institute, Zaporozhye, Ukraine, Summer, 1988

Warren Wilson College, 1983 Swannanoa, North Carolina

B. A. in Environmental Studies, with a concentration in education