Shirley Fiske is an

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and policy

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. She is an

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at the

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. From 2011 to 2014, Fiske served as chair of the

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's Task Force on Global Climate Change. In 2016, she received the Solon T. Kimball Award for Public and Applied Anthropology award from the American Anthropological Association.

Biography

Fiske obtained her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from

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. After, she joined the

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(NOAA) where she worked for 16 years. Fiske was also involved with communities and businesses along U.S. coastline when she worked for the National Sea Grant College Program. She became the legislative aide of

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Senator Daniel K. Akala for energy, natural resources, oceans, and the environment.

Publications

* Shirley Fiske and Robert M. Wulff, eds. 1986. ''Anthropological Praxis''. Boulder: Westview Press, *Shirley Fiske. 2009. ''Global change policymaking from inside the Beltway: engaging anthropology''. Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press. *Shirley Fiske. 2012. ''Global climate change from the bottom up''. Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press. * Shirley Fiske and Stephanie Paladino, eds. 2016. ''The Carbon Fix: Forest Carbon, Social Justice, and Environmental Governance.'' Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press.

References

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