{"id":11,"date":"2019-02-06T21:30:22","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T21:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcmiller.nres.illinois.edu\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-06-17T10:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:30:22","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-05-at-1.53.42\u202fPM-940x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-646 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-05-at-1.53.42\u202fPM-940x1024.png 940w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-05-at-1.53.42\u202fPM-275x300.png 275w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-05-at-1.53.42\u202fPM-768x837.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-05-at-1.53.42\u202fPM.png 1028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Daniel C. Miller<\/strong><br>Principal Investigator<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\">Daniel C. Miller is Associate Professor of Environmental Policy at the University of Notre Dame Keough School of Global Affairs. Dr. Miller\u2019s research and teaching focus on international environmental politics and policy.&nbsp; He is especially interested in understanding the socio-economic and ecological impacts of conservation funding in developing countries over the long-term and the political factors that shape those impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fdcfc74e wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" style=\"font-size:16px\">Full Biography<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/02\/Charissa-Miller-Research-Group.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-660\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:308px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/02\/Charissa-Miller-Research-Group.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/02\/Charissa-Miller-Research-Group-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/02\/Charissa-Miller-Research-Group-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/02\/Charissa-Miller-Research-Group-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Charissa Bosma<br><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/charissabosma\/?originalSubdomain=nl\">PhD student<\/a><br>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wur.nl\/en.htm\">Wageningen University<\/a>; co-advised)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized wp-container-content-69bc4bdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forestlivelihoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Katia-Nakamura.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:297px;height:auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Katia Nakamura<br><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestlivelihoods.org\/\">FLARE<\/a> Associate Program Director<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/research.nd.edu\/assets\/469895\/600x600\/wanbaugh_square2.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:290px;height:auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Brian Wanbaugh<br><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestlivelihoods.org\/\">FLARE<\/a> Program Manager<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/02\/sacha_siani.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-661\" style=\"width:288px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/02\/sacha_siani.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/02\/sacha_siani-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/02\/sacha_siani-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Sacha Ortiz Siani<br><\/strong>Postdoctoral Research Fellow, <a href=\"https:\/\/pulte.nd.edu\/\">Pulte Institute for Global Development<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scholar.googleusercontent.com\/citations?view_op=medium_photo&amp;user=Bw0lKowAAAAJ&amp;citpid=3\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Abiodun Oyelere<br><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/keough.nd.edu\/academics\/master-of-global-affairs\/\">MGA student<\/a><br>(Research Assistant)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/10\/phani-devarakonda0403-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-738\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:281px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/10\/phani-devarakonda0403-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/10\/phani-devarakonda0403-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/10\/phani-devarakonda0403-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/10\/phani-devarakonda0403-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/10\/phani-devarakonda0403-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Phani Devarakondai<br><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/keough.nd.edu\/academics\/phd-program\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/keough.nd.edu\/academics\/phd-program\/\">PhD student<\/a><br>(Research Assistant)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"803\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/10\/Fabian-Mojardin.crop2_-1024x803.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-736\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:276px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/10\/Fabian-Mojardin.crop2_-1024x803.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/10\/Fabian-Mojardin.crop2_-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/10\/Fabian-Mojardin.crop2_-768x602.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/10\/Fabian-Mojardin.crop2_-1536x1204.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/files\/2025\/10\/Fabian-Mojardin.crop2_-2048x1606.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Brandon Fabian Mojardin Carranza<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/keough.nd.edu\/academics\/master-of-global-affairs\/\">MGA student<\/a><br>(Research Assistant)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Former Graduate Students and Postdocs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Aemro Ayalew<\/strong>, MGA, Research Assistant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Beverly Ndifoin<\/strong>, MGA, Research Assistant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Roberta Afonso<\/strong>, Ph.D. (Central Bank of Brazil)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Festus Amadu<\/strong>, Ph.D. &amp; Postdoc (Assistant Professor, Florida Gulf Coast University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Khadijat Atere<\/strong>, MGA, Research Assistant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sarah&nbsp;(Brown) Castle<\/strong>, MS &amp; Ph.D. Student (Postdoc, Yale University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dikshya Devkota<\/strong>, MS (Global Environment Facility)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/farrae\/?originalSubdomain=ae\">Mohammed Farrae<\/a><\/strong>, MGA, Research Assistant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Valena McEwen<\/strong>, MGA, Research and Teaching Assistant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Katia Nakamura<\/strong>, MS, Ph.D. &amp; Postdoc (FLARE Network, University of Notre Dame)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hira Noor<\/strong>, MGA, Research Assistant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sonia Padonou<\/strong>, MS (Champaign Public Schools)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Francis Paulino<\/strong>, MS (Catholic Relief Services)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pushpendra Rana<\/strong>, Postdoc (Conservation International)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jennifer Zavaleta Cheek<\/strong>, Postdoc (Assistant Professor, South Dakota State University)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Undergraduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">At University of Notre Dame<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Erica Dowd<\/strong>, Kellogg&nbsp;International&nbsp;Scholar\u2019s research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Evie Garces-Foley<\/strong>, Kellogg&nbsp;International&nbsp;Scholar\u2019s research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mathilda Noone<\/strong>, Undergraduate honor\u2019s research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Anna Rutherford<\/strong>, Undergraduate capstone research (MS, Statistics, University of<br>Washington, Seattle)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Elizabeth Stifel<\/strong>, Kellogg Developing Researchers Program &amp; Undergraduate honor\u2019s<br>research (Princeton in Asia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">At University of Illinois<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Anneli Cers<\/strong>, Ignite undergraduate research program honor\u2019s research, (Lewis &amp; Clark<br>Law School)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Shiyuan Dong<\/strong>, Undergraduate research (MEM, Duke University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Carly Hopkins<\/strong>, Undergraduate honor\u2019s research (JD\/MEM, Pace\/Yale University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dana Johnson<\/strong>, Undergraduate honor\u2019s research (Master\u2019s in NRES, University of<br>Illinois)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rebecca Laurent<\/strong>, Undergraduate honor\u2019s research, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nikolas Merten<\/strong>, Undergraduate honor\u2019s research MPP, Ohio State University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Will Smithson<\/strong>, Undergraduate honor\u2019s research, (MA, Maxwell School, Syracuse<br>University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Krti Tallam<\/strong>, Undergraduate research (Fulbright, India and University of Oxford Ph.D.<br>student)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kealie Vogel<\/strong>, ACES undergraduate research program &amp; honor\u2019s research (Master\u2019s in<br>NRES, University of Illinois)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jordan Williams<\/strong>, Undergraduate honor\u2019s research (Environmental Leadership<br>Program)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Yuezhou Yang<\/strong> (Ph.D., London School of Economics and Political Science)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Adam Yusen<\/strong>, Undergraduate research (UCLA Law School)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ziwei Zhang<\/strong>, ACES undergraduate research program &amp; honor\u2019s research, (Master\u2019s in International Affairs, Columbia University)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Graduate Students and Postdocs Undergraduate Students At University of Notre Dame At University of Illinois<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4023,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4023"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":766,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/danielcmiller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}