aboutScott T. Erich is a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the Graduate Center, CUNY. His research interests include maritime economies, fisheries, and natural resource extraction in the Indian Ocean, and is supported by the Fulbright-Hays DDRA and the Wenner-Gren Foundation. Previously, Scott was based in Muscat as a Fellow with the Institute of Current World Affairs, and has worked at the University of Chicago, the Middle East Institute and the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center. Currently, he is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at Baruch College, and a volunteer and Community Reef Ambassador with the Billion Oyster Project. |