The research team is made up of a total of four of faculty researchers, eight student research assistants, and one post-doc based at Santa Clara University. It also includes Raul Diaz at ASDENIC, leaders within local smallholder cooperatives and the Campesino-a-Campesino movement, and community members as key Nicaragua-based collaborators.
Principal Investigator Christopher M. Bacon
Co-Principal Investigators William Sundstrom, Iris Stewart-Frey, and Edwin Maurer
Nicaragua-based collaborator: Raul Diaz, at ASDENIC.
Current Student Research Assistants: Amanda Alipaz, Kim Grandi, Nathan Miyashiro, Martin Perez, Anand Purohit, Claire Smoker, Lindsay Tenes, and Deja Thomas
Former student Research Assistant: Lauren Cloward
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