Dr. Karim-Aly Kassam is International Professor of Environmental and Indigenous Studies in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University. He is Associate Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and the American Indian Program.
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B.A. (Economics) University of Calgary, Canada
M.Phil. (Islamic Studies) University of Cambridge, UK
M.Sc. (Social Policy and Planning in Developing Countries) London School of Economics, UK
Ph.D. (Natural Resource Policy and Management with concentrations in Socio-Anthropology and Community Sociology) Cornell University, USA
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Honours
International Professor, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (2007 to Present)
Teaching Excellence Award (2005/2006)
Named Popular Professor by Maclean’s Guide to Universities (2004)
Named one of Alberta's 50 most influential people for 2003 by Alberta Venture Magazine along with business and political leaders
Teaching Excellence - Honourable Mention (2002)
Teaching Excellence Award (1998/1999)
First Canadian Recipient of Organization of American States - Fulbright Ecology Fellowship
First Murray Fraser Professor of Community Economic Development
Fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Society