Dr. Karim-Aly Kassam is International Professor of Environmental and Indigenous Studies in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University. He is Associate Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program.
Photo credit: Jianchu Xu
Education
Ph.D. (Natural Resource Policy and Management with concentrations in Socio-Anthropology and Community Sociology) Cornell University, USA
M.Sc. (Social Policy and Planning in Developing Countries) London School of Economics, UK
M.Phil. (Islamic Studies) University of Cambridge, UK
B.A. (Economics) University of Calgary, Canada
News
From Left to Right: Michael Dunaway, Kayla Scheimreif,
Marilyn Brody, Talia Chorover, Chairman Archambault,
Tamar Law, Karim-Aly Kassam, and Abraham Francis.
Photo credit: Christopher Dunn
From Left to Right: David Lodge (Director ACSF),
Karim-Aly Kassam, Abraham Francis, Talia Chorover,
Tamar Law, and Kayla Scheimreif. Photo credit: Marilyn Brody
Report of the Canadian Embassy to the Governmnet of Canada on Dr. Kassam's Visit to Kabul
Glacier Hub: Ancient Ecological Calendars Find Way Forward in Pamir Mountains
National Geographic: Climate Change Is Making Calendars Run Amok
Ice Fishing Camp in Ulukhaktok
Awards and Appointments
- University of Bayreuth (Germany) International Senior Fellowship (2017-2020)
- Faculty Member, Cornell University Library Board (2016-2020)
- Associate Editor of the Action Research Journal (2014)
- Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Diversity Award (2013)
- Academician (Elected Member) of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan (2012)
- Faculty Fellow, Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future (2009)
- International Professor, College of Agriculture and
Life Sciences (2007) - Teaching Excellence Award (2005/2006)
- Popular Professor, Maclean’s Guide to Universities (2004)
- Alberta's 50 most influential people for 2003, Alberta Venture Magazine
- Teaching Excellence - Honourable Mention (2002)
- Teaching Excellence Award (1998/1999)
- Research Associate, Arctic Institute of North American (1994)
- First Canadian Recipient of Organization of American States, Fulbright Ecology Fellowship (2003-2005)
- First Murray Fraser Professor of Community Economic Development (1998-2001)
- Fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Society (1991)