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Sara Shneiderman is an Associate Professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, where she also serves as Co-Lead of the Himalaya Program. Her work centers on sociocultural anthropology, focusing on community resilience and disaster governance in light of ongoing environmental, social, and political transformations in Canada and Asia. Shneiderman's research involves long-term ethnographic engagement with Indigenous communities in Nepal, India, and Tibetan regions of China, addressing dynamics of citizenship and belonging, cross-border mobility, conflict and political mobilization, territory and land use, and development discourses and practices. Additionally, she contributes to policy discussions on disaster risk reduction and governance, particularly in the Himalayan region and South Asia, as well as in British Columbia. Shneiderman frequently advises community-based organizations and government agencies at local and global levels.
Offers course-only and thesis routes. Focus areas include philosophy of science, mind, ethics, and Asian philosophy.