Office Hours:
Monday - 11:15 - 12:45
Wednesday - 11:15 - 12:45
& by appointment

Nadia R. Horning
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Munroe Hall
Phone: 802.443.3428
Email: nhorning@middlebury.edu
Degrees, Specializations & Interests:
Ph.D. (2004), M.A. (1998) Cornell University; M.A. (1992), B.A. (1990) George Mason University

Courses Taught

PSCI 0103: Introduction to Comparative Politics 
PSCI 0202: African Politics
PSCI 0209: Local Green Politics
PSCI 0431: Seminar on African Government

Winter Term Courses Taught

PSCI 1016:  Dictators and Democrats


Publications

"Behind Sacredness in Madagascar: Rules, Local Interests, and Forest Conservation in Bara Country" in Nyamweru, Celia and Michael Sheridan (eds.) African Sacred Groves: Ecological Dynamics and Social Change. Oxford, UK: James Currey Ltd., 2007

"Les nouvelles idées de gestion locale des ressources renouvelables et le processus de promulgation de la loi 96-025" with Alain Bertrand in Pierre Montagne, Zo Razanamaharo, and Andrew Cooke (eds.), Le Transfert de Gestion a Madagasca, Dix Ans d'Efforts. Montpellier (France): CIRAD, 2007

"The Cost of Ignoring Rules: Forest Conservation and Rural Livelihood Outcomes in Madagascar," Forests, Trees and Livelihoods, 15: 149-166, 2005

"How Rules Affect Conservation Outcomes" in Goodman, Stephen and Jonathan Benstead (eds.) The Natural History of Madagascar. University of Chicago Press, 2004

"Madagascar's biodiversity conservation challenge: from local- to national-level dynamics," Environmental Sciences, forthcoming

"Strong Support for Weak Performance: Donor Competition in Madagascar," African Affairs, forthcoming.


Research Interests


Development in Sub-Sahraran Africa
The Politics of Biodiversity Conservation
Community-Based Natural Resource Management
Institutions, Interests, and Rule Compliance