I'm Mac. I joined the team as Program Manager at the EECL & Global Innovation Center for Energy, Environment and Health (GIC) in October 2006. One of my primary focus areas has been the international clean cook stoves program. I have an MA degree in Asian Studies (Anthropology of Religion and Buddhist Studies) from Cornell University. I am also an Adjunct member of the Philosophy / Religious Studies Department at CSU, since January 2003.

I have taught a variety of courses on Asian religions in which we explored the notion that spirituality is a vital resource, sustaining people in the hard work of social change, and, on regular occasions, inspiring them to imagine possibilities that exceed expectations. At the Lab, I am working on strengthening the social science component of our projects, combining the expertise of the CSU research and design teams with methods and tools for an understanding of the social and cultural dynamics of communities affected by new technologies. I also invest time to assure that GIC researchers understand and build on the social organization of communities in larger social systems for use in identifying and solving energy and health problems, as well as recognize and address differences in culturally diverse perceptions, categories, linguistic terms, values and behaviors related to GIC projects.I?m also involved with the GIC efforts to refine methods and tools of applied anthropology, to include: observation techniques, qualitative and survey interviews, systematic data collection techniques for accessing core values or areas of cultural consensus, ways of identifying and interpreting social networks and a variety of participatory cultural, social and environmental assessment techniques designed to improve intersect oral understanding of demographic composition, social/political dynamics, cultural and other forms of diversity, and capacity for planning and development.In short ? I imagine change work on a global scale in the arenas of energy, environment, and health. I can be reached at Mac.McGoldrick@colostate.edu.