The Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry
YALE FOREST FORUM LEADERSHIP SEMINAR
Speaker Biographies -- Spring 2009
Marsh Hall Rotunda, 360 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut
February 26, 2009
Maria Tysiachniouk
Chair, the Environmental Sociology group at the Center for Independent Social Research, St. Petersburg, Russia
Dr. Maria Tysiachniouk holds a Master of Science in Environmental Studies from Bard College, NY, a PhD in Biology from the Russian Academy of Sciences and a Certificate in Nonprofit Studies from Johns Hopkins University.
She has taught at Herzen Pedagogical University in St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg State University, Johns Hopkins University, Dickinson College, PA, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Towson University, and short courses at several universities in Europe.
Dr. Tysiachniouk has written more than hundred publications on topics related to the third sector and has had fieldwork experience in Kamchatka and the Far East.
She is currently chairing the Environmental Sociology group at the Center for Independent Social Research, St. Petersburg, Russia and doing intense field research on global forest governance as well as investigating the role of non-profit organizations in social transformation. Dr. Tysiachniouk studied the role of transboundary environmental organizations in promoting forest certification in Russia, Byelorussia, Brazil, South Africa, Western Europe and China.
