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My successful completion of the challenging SEA experience was one of my experiences that most impressed my interviewers for both my first job after college and medical school. To them it was proof positive that I could prevail over challenges, work well with a team, and handle a high volume of new information. More importantly, it gave me the confidence to know I could do anything. When faced with a new task to learn, I frequently think, I learned how to sail across an ocean in a month... I can learn this."

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Dr. Jeffrey Wescott

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Appointed to SEA Faculty in 2015

Phone: 508.540.3954 x541
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Education
PhD, University of California, San Diego, Anthropology, 2012
BA, SUNY Buffalo, Anthropology and Cognitive Psychology, 2001

Research Areas & Interests:

Political, ethical, and cognitive dimensions of human-environment interactions; local/indigenous natural histories; cooperative marine management in Pacific Island communities; social-ecological complexity and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Courses Taught:

SEA Semester: Climate & Society
SEA Semester: Protecting the Phoenix Islands – Toward a Sustainable Ocean: Conservation and Management, Advanced Ocean Policy Research
(Previously) SEA Semester: Sustainability in Polynesian Island Cultures and Ecosystems – Maritime Studies, Maritime History and Culture.

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