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Kevin Burke is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on the cultural politics of forest science and environmental governance. He is affiliated with Envirolab Interests and has conducted ethnographic studies on industrial pine plantations in the US South and ghost forests affected by climate change. His work is funded by the Wenner-Gren Foundation.
Education background includes a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in Anthropology and Human Biology from Temple University.
His research interests span Environmental Anthropology, Science and Technology Studies, Political Ecology, Environmental History, Economic Anthropology, Climate Change, US South studies, Forestry, and Historical Ecology. He examines how scientific practices influence environmental governance and address questions around environmental futures, the politics of science, and land management policies.
His current project on ghost forests, funded by the Wenner-Gren Foundation, investigates the histories and politics of landscape management along the U.S. eastern seaboard. No scientific awards are explicitly listed in the text.
Grants include Wenner-Gren Foundation funding for his ghost forests research. Advising details are not provided. He is affiliated with Envirolab Interests, though specific lab or team details are not detailed here.
