Jeremy Spoon is a Research Professor in the Anthropology Academic Area. Since 1997, he has been collaborating with Indigenous and rural peoples and government agencies on applied research related to local knowledge, disaster recovery, development, nature conservation, protected areas, cultural heritage preservation, and public education in Nepal, the western United States, Germany, Hawai'i, and Kenya. Dr. Spoon’s scholarship and facilitation utilizes participatory approaches and aims to operationalize outcomes in pragmatic and progressive ways, such as the integration of Indigenous knowledge into protected area governance, management, and interpretation or disaster recovery interventions by government and aid organizations.
Selected Works:
- Khattri, M. B., & Subedi, M. (2025). Interview with Professor Jeremy Spoon. Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology, 19(1), 119–124. https://doi.org/10.3126/dsaj.v19i1.80831
- Rosenkranz, Leah, Jeremy Spoon, Douglas Deur. (2024). Unbalanced or absent: Assessing Indigenous representation in interpretive materials at government administered heritage sites in Cascadia and Hawai’i. Heritage and Society: 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159032X.2024.2367188
- Spoon, Jeremy, Drew Gerkey, Alisa Rai, and Ram B. Chhetri. (2023). Contextualizing patterns in short-term disaster recoveries from the 2015 Nepal earthquakes: household vulnerabilities, adaptive capacities, and change. Ecology and Society 28(1):40. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-13892-280140
- Spoon, Jeremy, Drew Gerkey, Ram B. Chherti, Alisa Rai, Umesh Basnet, and Chelsea E. Hunter. (2021) Understanding short-term household recoveries from the 2015 Nepal earthquakes: Lessons learned and recommendations. Progress in Disaster Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2021.100169
- Spoon, Jeremy, Chelsea Hunter, Ram B. Chhetri, Alisa Rai, Umesh Basnet, and Anudeep Dewan. (2020). Anatomy of Disaster Recoveries: Tangible and Intangible Short-Term Recovery Dynamics Following the 2015 Nepal Earthquakes. International Journal for Disaster Risk Reduction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101879
- Spoon, Jeremy, Drew Gerkey, Ram B. Chhetri, Alisa Rai, and Umesh Basnet. (2020). Navigating Multidimensional Household Recoveries Following the 2015 Nepal Earthquakes. World Development. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105041
- Spoon, Jeremy. (2014). Quantitative, Qualitative, and Collaborative Methods: Approaching Indigenous Ecological Knowledge Heterogeneity. Ecology and Society 19(3): 33.
- Spoon, Jeremy, Kruger, Brittany, Arnold, Richard, Barcalow, Kate, and Tribal Revegetation Committee, TRC. (2021) Tribal Revegetation Project Final Project Report: 92-Acre Area, Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Complex, Nevada National Security Site, Nevada. https://doi.org/10.2172/1773633
- Verschuuren, Bas; Mallarach, Josep-Maria; Bernbaum, Edwin; Spoon, Jeremy; Brown, Steve; Borde, Radhika; Brown, Jessica; Calamia, Mark; Mitchell, Nora; Infield, Mark; Lee, Emma; Groves, Craig. (2021). Cultural and spiritual significance of nature: Guidance for protected and conserved area governance and management. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.CH.2021.PAG.32.en
Courses Taught:
- Anth 103 Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology
- Anth 300U The Modern World in Anthropological Perspective
- Anth 345 Practicing Anthropology
- Anth 414/518 Culture and Ecology
- Anth 415/515 Applied Anthropology
- Anth 418/528 Environmental Anthropology
- Anth 511 Core Seminar in Social and Cultural Anthropology