Center for Women's Studies and Gender
Research
200 Ustler Hall
PO Box 117352
Gainesville FL 32611
Phone: (352) 392-3365
Fax: (352) 392-4873
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Dr. Sandra L. Russo
Name: Russo, Sandra
Title: Director, Program Development
Organization: International Center
Education: Ph.D., Agronomy, University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL, 1981
Office Address: 123 Grinter Hall
PO Box 113225
Gainesville, FL, US
32611-
3225
Email: srusso@ufic.ufl.edu
Telephone: +1 (352) 392-5834
Dr. Sandra L. Russo earned her Ph.D. in
Agronomy, with a minor
in Animal Science, from the University of Florida in 1981. Her M.S. in
Agronomy is from the Pennsylvania State University (1976) and her B.S.
in Animal Science from Purdue University (1971). She worked in Africa
from 1981-1986 in Kenya and the Gambia on international development
projects that targeted small farmers, including women. She
continues to work in Africa, most recently in Botswana as Co-Principal Investigator
on an NSF
IGERT on Adaptive Management: Water, Wetlands, and Watersheds (http://amw3igert.ufl.edu) and
southern Africa.
She also
works with universities overseas on accreditation and capacity building
issues.
At the University
of Florida, Dr. Russo is the
Director of
Program Development and Federal Relations in the International
Center and the
Associate Director of
the Transnational and Global Studies Center. She is also affiliated with the
Interdisciplinary Ecology program in the School of Natural Resources
and the Environment. Through the NSF
IGERT program, she team teaches graduate seminars in Leadership,
Communication,
and Ethics and in Water Politics. Current
research interests revolve around gender and water
issues,
environment, and agriculture. She is
currently working on a ecofeminist textbook that stresses service
learning and
activism.
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