My research interests are multidisciplinary and relate to using agricultural, socio-economic and environmental (including field experiment, survey, and census), Geographic Information System (GIS) and remotely sensed data for scientific research on sustainable agriculture, ecosystems goods and services, land-use change, human-environment relationship, sustainability indicators, integrated environmental monitoring and management, climate change and variability, resource dependency and inequality, farm profitability and efficiency, participatory research and community development. My teaching interests involve: GIS & Remote Sensing applications in agriculture and environment, climate studies, spatial statistics and modeling, agriculture policy, research methodology, basic economics, agribusiness and farm management.

2007 Ph. D., Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Alabama A&M University, AL. Dissertation: Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Human Well-being, Land Cover Types, Community Capitals, and Income Growth in the Black Belt Region of Alabama Committee: Rory Fraser (Chair); Y. Wang, J. Bukenya, J. Schelhas, W. Tadesse

2002 M. S., Department of Agribusiness, Alabama A&M University, AL. Thesis: An Evaluation of Participatory Behavior of Limited Resource Farmers in Cost-share Programs in Alabama Committee: Okwudili Onianwa (Chair), G. Wheelock, H. Jones, J. Befecadu, R. Fraser

1999 M. A., International Development Program, Clark University, MA Thesis: Stability or Disintegration: a Dilemma in Agriculture of Hill and Mountain Regions of Nepal-an Impact Assessment of the Market-led Agricultural Policies Committee: Barbara Thomas-Slayter (Chair), R. Ford, C. Miller

1992 B. Sc. (Agriculture), Tribhuvan University, Institute of Agricultural and Animal Sciences, Nepal

Professional Certificate 1994 Graduate Certificate Course "Gender, Resources Management, and Development", International Development Program, Clark University, MA

2014 Excellence in Research Award, The Southern Rural Sociological Association 111th Annual Meeting of the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, Dallas, Texas, Feb 3, 2014 2013 Outstanding Research Award. College of Agriculture, Food Science, and Sustainable Systems, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, KY, December 13, 2013. 2011 Commitment for Research Excellence, Center for Forest Ecosystems Assessment,