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Summer Austin
Summer Austin
PhD Student
Ethnobotany Track
Mentor: Mark Merlin
Incoming Class of 2004
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Phone: (808) 728-2990
Email: summera@hawaii.edu
University of Hawai`i at Manoa
3190 Maile Way, Room 101
Honolulu, HI 96822
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Botany
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Dissertation Title:
The Diffusion of Medicinal Plants: the Transfer of their Uses from Ghana to Jamaica
Research Interests:
I am interested in a post-positive approach to ethnography that provides opportunities to participating
communities to become actively involved in research at all levels, providing a multidimensional platform
for skill and knowledge transfer. With collaborative research and curricula development methods, ethnobotanists
can help bridge the gap between anecdotal and empirical evidence that supports effective traditional health care
and conservation practices.
Awards:
- 2005 Beatrice Krauss Foundation of Hawai`i Fellowship
Publications:
- Austin, S. and C. Godbolt. 2007. Fern Biology - a Microscope Lesson. In P. Chinn, N. Pyron, and
B. Bruno (eds.), Malama I Ka Aina, Pikoi Ke Kaula Kualena: Standards Based, Culturally
Relevant Science Curricula for Hawai`i's Students. University of Hawai`i at Manoa, College of Education,
Partners in Development of Honolulu, and the United States Department of Education to the Consortium for
Hawai`i Ecological Engineering Education, Honolulu, HI
- Austin, S. 2006. Water Testing - from Mountain to Sea. In P. Chinn, Jenny Q.
Zhang, and N. Pyron (eds.), Malama I Ka Aina, Pikoi Ke Kaula Kualena:
Standards Based, Culturally Relevant Science Curricula for Hawai`i's
Students. University of Hawai`i at Manoa, College of Education, Partners
in Development of Honolulu, and the United States Department of
Education to the Consortium for Hawai`i Ecological Engineering Education, Honolulu, HI
- Austin, S., C. Godbolt, and D. Boynton. 2006. Adaptations for Dispersal:
Hawai`i's Native Species. In P. Chinn, Jenny Q. Zhang, N. Pyron, and B.
Bruno (eds.), Malama I Ka Aina, Pikoi Ke Kaula Kualena: Standards
Based, Culturally Relevant Science Curricula for Hawai`i's Students.
University of Hawai`i at Manoa, College of Education, Partners in
Development of Honolulu, and the United States Department of Education
to the Consortium for Hawai`i Ecological Engineering Education, Honolulu, HI
- Austin, S.M. and Thomas, M.B. (eds.) 2004. Common Medicinal Plants of Portland, Jamaica.
Centre for International Ethnomedicinal Education and Research, Gainesville, Florida.
- Austin, S. and Thomas, M.B. 2004. Lesson Plans for use with Common
Medicinal Plants of Portland. Centre for International Ethnomedicinal
Education and Research, Honolulu, Hawai`i.
King Kwame Akyen, II and Summer Austin talk story by the fishing boats in Kromantse, Ghana
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