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Abigail Bennett is an Associate Professor at Michigan State University, specializing in food security and global inland fisheries ecology governance. Her research focuses on the integral role of fisheries in sustaining livelihoods and food security globally. She employs qualitative and mixed-method approaches, including fieldwork and ethnographic studies, to confront challenges posed by inadequate data and to analyze the governance processes affecting fisheries under global trade pressures. Bennett's work emphasizes the importance of understanding fisheries' contributions to nutrition, particularly for women and the rural poor. She collaborates with organizations such as the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization to design and implement research aimed at enhancing the contributions of fisheries to food security and sustainable development goals. Her teaching includes courses on global issues in fisheries and wildlife management, where she integrates her research findings into the curriculum.
Department of Psychology