Edward Fischer
Professor of Anthropology, Health Policy, Management; board member at NutriListo and Maya Education Foundation; latest book: Making Better Coffee
- Role
- Board Member at Listo Guatemala
- Location
- Nashville, TN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Edward Fischer
Edward F. Fischer is the Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University, where he also holds appointments in the School of Management and the School of Medicine. He is a member of the Technical Advisory Group on Behavioral and Cultural Insights at WHO/Europe (TAG-BCI). He serves on the board of NutriListo, where he started a program that develops and produces locally sourced complementary foods to fight malnutrition; and of the Maya Education Foundation. He research looks at how values shape political-economic and health systems, and he most recent book is Making Better Coffee: How Maya Farmers and Third Wave Tastemakers Create Value.
Experience
Board Member
Jan 2020 — Present · Guatemala, GT
The Mani+ project is now part of LISTO Guatemala. Check out the new NutriLISTO products!
Education
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology
Tulane University
PhD, anthropology
1990 — 1996
University of Alabama at Birmingham
B.A., anthropology
1987 — 1989
Skills
- Program Evaluation
- Editing
- Higher Education
- Economics
- Engaging Public Speaker
- Anthropology
- International Relations
- Public Speaking
- Qualitative Research
- University Teaching
- Grants
- Administration
- Foreign Affairs
- Latin American Studies
- Community Development
- International Development
- Teaching
- Research
- Policy Analysis
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