Bio:
Carole Mandryk has an interdisciplinary understanding of the physical science background of climate change on all time scales as well as a social science perspective on the human dimensions of global environmental change. Whether she has been labeled a paleoecologist, anthropologist, archaeologist, geologist, or geographer, she has always maintained an interest in the context within which human adaptation takes place, an appreciation for the dynamic spatial and temporal variability of that context, and an understanding that single factor explanations can't begin to unravel the cascading cause and effect feedback loops that characterize the interdependent relationships between cultural systems and the landscapes they inhabit. Though originally her research dealt with understanding human-environment relationships of the past, the coming climate change crisis has shifted her focus to anticipating and preparing for the future, and in particular to be keenly interested in climate literacy, and the urgency of communicating climate science to the public.
Prior to joining the center at Mason, Carole taught and conducted research at the University of Hawaii at Manoa; Harvard University; and Grant MacEwan College. While at Harvard, she also served on the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology’s NAGPRA (the Native American Graves Protection & Repatriation Act) Committee. Her experience negotiating constructive dialogue and communication between stakeholders with diametrically opposed worldviews, serves as invaluable preparation for understanding the dynamics of the climate change denier/believers conflict.
Education:
BA (’76), Beloit College
MPH (’81), George Washington University
PhD (’92),University of Alberta
Selected publications:
2004 Invented Traditions and the Ultimate American Origin Myth: In the beginning . . . there was an ice free-corridor. In The settlement of the American continents: a multidisciplinary approach to human biogeography, Edited by C. Michael Barton and Geoffrey A. Clark, Tucson: University of Arizona Press, pp. 209-228.
2001 Late Quaternary Paleoenvironments in Northwestern North America: Implications for Inland vs. Coastal Migration Routes. (co-author with Josenhans, H., Mathewes, R.W., Fedje, D.W.) Quaternary Science Reviews. 20:301-314.
1998 A geoarchaeological interpretation of the Lamb Spring site, Colorado. Geoarchaeology 13 (8):819-846.
1996 Late-glacial vegetation and environment on the Eastern Slope Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada. Journal of Paleolimnology 16:37-57.
1996 Late Wisconsinan Deglaciation of Alberta: Processes and Paleogeography. Quaternary International 32:79-85.
1993 Hunter-Gatherer Social Costs and the Nonviability of Submarginal Environments. Journal of Anthropological Research 49:39-71.
Recent invited talks: “Climate Wars, Revolutions & Reflexivity: Redefining What It Means to be American While Inventing the Future,” American University, 7th Annual Public Anthropology Conference, Revolutions! Building Emancipatory Politics and Action, Washington, D.C., Oct. 16, 2010
Curriculum vitae: Download here
Contact: cmandry2@gmu.edu
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