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Carla S. Handley

Research Projects

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Mouth swab, Sesia, Samburu

Borana mama, Lakole

Turkana interview, Pelekec Mountains

Samburu Genetic FST

Celebrating in Turkana

Rendille community work, Namarei

Lake Turkana interviews

Rendille mama, Namarei

Interviewing Samburu woman

Mouth swab, Sesia, Samburu

Borana mama, Lakole

Turkana interview, Pelekec Mountains

Samburu Genetic FST

Celebrating in Turkana

Rendille community work, Namarei

Lake Turkana interviews

Rendille mama, Namarei

Interviewing Samburu woman

Pastoralist Mechanisms for Establishing and Maintaining Cooperation

Northern Kenya

Postdoctoral Research

Arizona State University

2014 - Present

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CERC data collection

Experiment introductions

Game Play

Game Play

CERC data collection

Experiment introductions

Game Play

Game Play

Function of religion in cooperative behavior

Northern Kenya

Cultural Evolution of Religion Research Consortium (CERC)

ASU in partnership with Harvard University

2015 - Present

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Borana Peace Meeting

Moran camp

Constructed water trough

Grazing test site, Samburu

Borana water collection

Loolkuliyiani Market

Drought effects on livestock

Samburu wedding

Test farming

Samburu boy warrior

Finally rain

Constructed wells

Erosion zones

Watering Borana livestock

Livestock death

Watering Rendille livestock

Somali satellite camp

Slaughtering wedding bull

Dry Earth Dam

Samburu Nursery School

Borana migration

Dry well

Rendille Herders / Warriors

Girissa water pan

Borana Peace Meeting

Moran camp

Constructed water trough

Grazing test site, Samburu

Borana water collection

Loolkuliyiani Market

Drought effects on livestock

Samburu wedding

Test farming

Samburu boy warrior

Finally rain

Constructed wells

Erosion zones

Watering Borana livestock

Livestock death

Watering Rendille livestock

Somali satellite camp

Slaughtering wedding bull

Dry Earth Dam

Samburu Nursery School

Borana migration

Dry well

Rendille Herders / Warriors

Girissa water pan

Pastoralist Resource Conflict

Northern Kenya

Doctoral Research

University of Durham

2009 - 2011

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Recording Erosion Data

Samburu Children and Ladies, Wamba

Traditional Samburu Warrior Dancing

2011 Research Team

Visiting with Local Samburu Children

School Visit, Wamba

Neighbours of Research Facility

2011 Team at Research Facility

Measuring Erosion

Recording Vegetation Data

Wamba Town

Vegetation Plots

Grevys Zebra

Traditional Samburu Dancing

2009 Research Team

Recording Erosion Data

Samburu Children and Ladies, Wamba

Traditional Samburu Warrior Dancing

2011 Research Team

Visiting with Local Samburu Children

School Visit, Wamba

Neighbours of Research Facility

2011 Team at Research Facility

Measuring Erosion

Recording Vegetation Data

Wamba Town

Vegetation Plots

Grevys Zebra

Traditional Samburu Dancing

2009 Research Team

Wamba Drylands Research Center

Northern Kenya

Rangeland Ecology Education

Earthwatch Institute

2009, 2011

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US HSBC Team, Edgewater, MD

Wytham Woods

Lovely Wood Lice

Accommodations, Wytham Woods

Mouth Pipetting for Wood Lice

Mouse found in small mammal trap

Taking mouse measurements

Investigating quadrats for wood lice

Entering the woods, UK

US HSBC Team, Edgewater, MD

Wytham Woods

Lovely Wood Lice

Accommodations, Wytham Woods

Mouth Pipetting for Wood Lice

Mouse found in small mammal trap

Taking mouse measurements

Investigating quadrats for wood lice

Entering the woods, UK

HSBC Climate Change Partnership

Wytham Woods, Oxford, UK

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, USA

Climate Change and Forest Ecology

Earthwatch Institute, HSBC, Smithsonian Institution, Oxford University

2008

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Excavating Leatherback Nest

Collecting Data, Female Leatherback

Iguana

Rockslide

Coastline

Nature Seekers HQ

Leatherback Hatchlings

Excavating Leatherback Nest

Collecting Data, Female Leatherback

Iguana

Rockslide

Coastline

Nature Seekers HQ

Leatherback Hatchlings

Matura Beach Research Center

Trinidad, West Indies

Marine Ecology Education

Nature Seekers & Earthwatch Institute

2008

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School Children, Dang Jia Shan

Traditional Chinese Paper Cutting

School Children, Dang Jia Shan

Fan Dancing, Fanta Township

Local Music, Dang Jiaxian

Wedding Procession

Data Recording for Local Implements

Divining

Flour Grinding

Dang Jia Shan Village

Reed Weaving

Data Recording, Basketry

Farmer, Dang Jia Shan

View of Dang Jia Shan Village

School Children, Dang Jia Shan

Traditional Chinese Paper Cutting

School Children, Dang Jia Shan

Fan Dancing, Fanta Township

Local Music, Dang Jiaxian

Wedding Procession

Data Recording for Local Implements

Divining

Flour Grinding

Dang Jia Shan Village

Reed Weaving

Data Recording, Basketry

Farmer, Dang Jia Shan

View of Dang Jia Shan Village

Dang Jia Shan Village Traditions

Shaanxi Province, China

Cultural Heritage Research

Earthwatch Institute

2005

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Sifting on Site

Excavation

Making Traditional Kashubian Pottery

Finding, Cervical Vertebra

Sifting on Site

Excavation

Making Traditional Kashubian Pottery

Finding, Cervical Vertebra

Uniradze Burial Mounds Project

Gdansk, Poland

Osteological / Archaeological Research

Earthwatch Institute

2004

Colonial Archival Records Research

Climate Records Research

National Archives of Kenya, Nairobi

Kenya Meteorological Department, Nairobi

2009 - 2010

Human Osteological Research

Duckworth Collection, University of Cambridge, UK

2006

Material Culture Laboratory Assistant

UMass Boston, USA

2004 - 2005

Field Research Assistant in Rangeland Ecology

Sweetwaters Reserve, Kenya
2004

Field Research Assistant in Marine Conservation

Earthwatch Institute, St. Croix, USVI

2002

Ethnographic Research in Medical Anthropology

Johns Hopkins University

2001

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