Celia Nyamweru (St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York)

Submitted:  Mon, 25 August 2003


Celia Nyamweru
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
St. Lawrence University

Academic Director
Kenya Semester Program (until 31 May 2004)

Mail address:
Romoda Drive
Canton, New York  13617   USA

Address until May 2004:
P.O. Box 43795
00100 GPO
Nairobi
Kenya

phone:   315 229 5723                   
         254 020 884509 and 11 (until 31 May 2004)
fax:     315 229 5803                       
         254 020 882794 (until 31 May 2004)
E-mail:  cnyamweru@stlawu.edu AND cnyamweru@africaonline.co.ke


Teaching:
Human Ecology and Conservation in Africa, including 'Environment and
Resource use in Kenya', 'Women and Land in Africa', 'Famine', 'Environmental
Perception and Indigenous Knowledge"

Research: 
Sacred forests and other natural sacred sites (in particular the kaya
forests of coastal Kenya) - indigenous conservation strategies and modern
conservation issues. Barkcloth in Uganda; economic, environmental and
aesthetic aspects of its production and sale. Monitoring of the activity of
Oldoinyo Lengai volcano, Tanzania.

Recent publication:  
'Women and sacred groves in coastal Kenya: a contribution to the ecofeminist
debate' in Ecofeminism and globalization, edited H. Eaton and L.A.
Lorentzen, Rowman and Littlefield, 2003.