Contact Information at the University
of Maine:
5773
So. Stevens Hall
Orono, ME
04469-5773
207-581-1801
In the News:
Read about my EPA Mercury Grant here: Crossing
Disiplines to Address Mercury Pollution
Junior Faculty Start-up funds: Venture
Fund for the Mind
Courses at Dartmouth
NAS
39: Native American Tribal Governance (syllabus)
NAS
52/ENVS 52 : Environmental Issues in Indian Country (syllabus)
NAS
54/ANTH 60: Who Owns Native Culture? (syllabus)
NAS
58/ENVS 58: Environmental Justice Movements in the United
States (syllabus)
Biography
Darren J. Ranco is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at
the University of Maine and has an appointment as an Adjunct
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies here at Dartmouth.
A citizen/member of the Penobscot Indian Nation, he graduated
from Dartmouth College in 1993 with a BA in Anthropology and
Classical Studies. In 1998, he received a Masters of Studies in
Environmental Law from Vermont Law School and completed his
Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from Harvard University in 2000.
From 2000-2003, he was an assistant professor of Native
American Studies in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the
University of California, Berkeley. From 2003-2008, he was an
Assistant Professor of Native American Studies and
Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College. The title of his
dissertation was, "Environmental Risk and Politics in Eastern
Maine: The Penobscot Indians and the United States
Environmental Protection Agency," and it focused on Penobscot
critiques of EPA risk methodologies, which impose dominant
cultural behaviors on cultural minorities. In general, his
research focuses on the ways in which indigenous communities in
the United States resist environmental destruction by using
local knowledge to protect cultural resources, and how state
knowledge systems, rooted in colonial contexts, continue to
expose indigenous peoples to an inordinate amount of
environmental risk. He is in the process of completing his book
manuscript, entitled, "Tribe at Risk: Environmental Diplomacy
on the Penobscot River," and has written about a number of
subjects, including environmental risks to American Indians,
environmental justice, the continued presence of Northeastern
Indians, research ethics in indigenous anthropology, and the
problems of representation of Indians in anthropology. He
teaches courses on Tribal Governments, Indians and
Environmental Issues, Power and Representation in Native
American Studies, and Environmental Justice.
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