SAMUEL T. LEDERMANN. Curriculum Vitae October E St. NW, Suite 501E st Street NW Washington, DC Washington, DC 20036

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1 SAMUEL T. LEDERMANN Curriculum Vitae October 2017 Work Home 1957 E St. NW, Suite 501E st Street NW Washington, DC Washington, DC sledermann@gwu.edu sledermann@gmail.com EDUCATION Ph.D., Geography, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 2012 Dissertation: Organic Revolution: Cotton and its Impact on Poverty, Inequality and Sustainability in Tanzania M.A., Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 2007 M.A. Thesis: Agriculture, GDP and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Cross-Country Analysis of the Impact of Agricultural Production and Exports on Income Inequality B.A., International Studies, Political Science, and Geography, 2005 Macalester College, St. Paul, MN Honors Thesis: Agricultural Subsidies and the Doha Round: A Historic Breakthrough? Case Study Analysis of the WTO Framework Agreement and the Cotton Dispute Settlement on Farmers in the, Mali and South Africa TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS Economic and development geographer with teaching and research interests in agricultural development, development policy and management, sustainability, poverty and inequality assessments, technology adoption and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Regional interest is Sub-Saharan Africa (with extended experience in Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Malawi and Zambia). ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington DC Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice of International Affairs International Development Studies (IDS) Program Aug present PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Articles Kopainsky, B., S.T. Ledermann and T. Tribaldos A food systems perspective for food and nutrition security beyond the post-2015 revise development agenda. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 1

2 Gräub, B., J. Chappell, H. Wittman, S.T. Ledermann, R. Bezner-Kerr and B. Herren The State of Family Farms in the World. World Development. 87. Novy, A., S.T. Ledermann, C. Pray and L. Nagarajan Balancing Agricultural Development Resources: Are GM and Organic Agriculture in Opposition in Africa? AgBioForum 14(3): Ledermann, S. and W.G. Moseley The World Trade Organization s Doha Round and Cotton: Continued Peripheral Status or a Historical Breakthrough for African Farmers. African Geographical Review. 26: Book Chapters Pray, C. and S.T. Ledermann Genetically Engineered Crops and Certified Organic Agriculture for Improving Nutrition Security in Africa and South Asia. In: Biesalski, H.K. and R.E. Black (eds.). Hidden Hunger: Malnutrition and the first Days of Life. World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics Vol Basel; New York: Karger Gräub, B., S.T. Ledermann and H.R. Herren Knowledge and Technological Requirements to Adapt to Climate Change. In: Freedman, B. (ed.). Handbook of Global Environmental Change. Springer. Encyclopedia Entries Ledermann, S.T. and R. Leichenko Organic Agriculture. In: Dando, W.A. (ed.). Food and Famine in the 21st century. ABC-Clio. pp Manuscripts in Submission Diiro, G., S.T. Ledermann et al. (submitted). Malaria Risk and Agriculture Productivity in Boter Chora district, Ethiopia: The Mitigating effects of Integrated Vector Management Interventions. Social Science and Medicine. Kassie, M., S.T. Ledermann et al. (submitted). Estimating the farm level economic and aggregate welfare impacts of the push-pull farming system in Kenya. Land Use Policy. Kassie, M., S.T. Ledermann et al. (submitted). Does adoption of push-pull technology induce productivity growth and aggregate poverty reduction: A case study in Western Kenya. World Development. Other Publications Herren, H. and S.T. Ledermann Es lebe die Vielfalt! - Ansätze zur bodenschonenden Landwirtschaft (Long live diversity! Approaches for a soil-conserving agriculture). Politische Ökologie Ledermann, S.T. and A. Novy GMOs and Bt Cotton in Tanzania: The Smallholder Perspective. Consultancy report. Agricultural Non-State Actors Forum (ANSAF), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Moseley, W.G. and S.T. Ledermann Global Cotton Economy: Prospect and Peril. Africa Week Magazine. April. 2

3 AWARDS AND HONORS Geography Graduate Teaching Excellence Award. Rutgers University Dissertation Enhancement Award. Center of African Studies, Rutgers University Pre-Dissertation Travel Award. Rutgers University Outstanding Achievement. University of Florida Honorable Mention for Best Presentation. Florida Society of Geographers Teaching Award. University of Florida Merit Award. Macalester College. GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant. National Science Foundation, Excellence Fellowship. Rutgers University Grinter Fellowship. University of Florida DeWitt Wallace Scholarship. Macalester College Hildegard Binder Johnson Prize. Geography Department, Macalester College. NON-ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE Biovision Foundation for Ecological Development, Zürich, Switzerland Project Coordinator. Jan 2016 Aug Push-Pull Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa (Malawi, Zambia). Lead Contributor. Consultancy for Report to UN Secretary General. June - July Lead Contributor. Consultancy for Report to UN Secretary General. Jan April Lead Contributor. Consultancy for Report to UN Secretary General. Jan April Scientific Advisor. Jan 2012 present. Changing Course in Global Agriculture (Senegal, Kenya, Italy, ). Programme Officer. Jan 2012 Aug Food Security in Siraro (Ethiopia), Push-Pull Tolay (Ethiopia), Multi-Intervention Impact Assessment (Ethiopia), Push-Pull East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia), Long-Term System Comparison (Kenya, India, Bolivia), Modern Beekeeping in Tolay (Ethiopia), Fruit Fly Control (Kenya, Ethiopia), Garden of Solidarity (Tanzania),

4 Marketing of Ecological Agricultural Production (Kenya), Reviving Traditional Knowledge (Kenya), Tsetse Fly Control and Organic Farming (Ethiopia), Sebeta Biofarm (Ethiopia), International Training Course for Organic Farming (Uganda), GeoConsulting Switzerland Agricultural Policy Consultant. ANSAF, Tanzania. Oct Dec 2011 (part-time). Sustainability Consultant. biore Foundation, Switzerland (part-time). Department of Agriculture, Solothurn, Switzerland Agricultural Subsidies Assistant. June to August (part-time). INVITED TALKS #NoPoverty & #ZeroHunger: Innovations in Agriculture for SDG 1 and SDG2. PechaKucha presentation. UNDP and ImpactHub, Zürich, Switzerland. December Changing Course through Agroecology. Seminar presentation. Department of Environmental Systems Science. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland. November Adaptation and Adoption of Technological Innovations using the Case Study of Ecological Pest Management. Presentation at expert workshop on ecological agriculture. Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Bern, Switzerland. September Can Organic Agriculture Feed the World? Seminar presentation. Geography of Food Research Group. Zürich University of Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, Switzerland. March Ecological Agriculture: Lessons from Africa for Switzerland? Colloquium presentation. Department of Agriculture and Environment, Zürich, Switzerland. February Changing Course - Agroecology. Seminar presentation. Department of Environmental Systems Science. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland. November Push-Pull: The Role of Space and Place in Ecological Development in East Africa. Social Impact Workshop. Zürich University of Arts and Design, Zürich, Switzerland. January Biocontrol in small farming environment. Keynote speech. Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting, Basel, Switzerland. October Gardening for Food Security Bustani ya Tushikamane in Tanzania. Guest lecture. Volkshochschule beider Basel, Switzerland. June Organic Agriculture: A Viable Strategy for Agricultural Development. Guest lecture. Department of Food and Resource Economics, Rutgers University. November. 4

5 2013. Can an Organic Revolution Feed the World? Input presentation. Geography of Food Summer School. Zürich University of Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, Switzerland. June Perspectives of Agriculture in the Global South. Guest lecture. Volkshochschule beider Basel, Switzerland. June Agricultural Development in Tanzania: Improving Smallholder Livelihoods. Input presentation. ETH Sustainability and World Food System Center Summer School. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland. June. CONFERENCE ACTIVITY/PARTICIPATION Genetically Engineered Crops and Certified Organic Agriculture for Improving Nutrition Security in Africa and South Asia. Co-presenter. 2 nd International Hidden Hunger Congress. Universität Hohenheim. Stuttgart, Germany. March 5 th Invited Participant. International Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. September Integrated modeling tools for sustainable development. Side-event moderator. Nexus 2014: Water, Food, Climate and Energy Conference. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. March 5 th - 8 th Food Production in the Nexus. Side-event moderator. Nexus 2014: Water, Food, Climate and Energy Conference. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. March 5 th -8 th Beyond the Green Revolution: Organic Cotton Production and its Impact on Poverty and Inequalities in Tanzania. Annual Meeting of Association of American Geographers. April Agricultural Export Strategies Revisited: A Cross-Country Analysis of the Impact of Agricultural Exports on Growth and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa. Annual Meeting of Association of American Geographers. April The World Trade Organization s Doha Round: A Historical Breakthrough for African Cotton Farmers? Annual Meeting of Florida Society of Geographers. February Agricultural Subsidies and the Doha Round: A Historic Breakthrough? Annual Meeting of Association of American Geographers. April Collateral Victim Africa: Political Ecological Study of the Prospects of the Biotechnological Revolution. Annual Meeting of Minnesota Academy of Science. April. TEACHING EXPERIENCE George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs Professor Agriculture and Sustainable Development Graduate Seminar (Fall 2017) Poverty Alleviation and Bottom-up Development Graduate Seminar (Fall 2017) International Development Studies Pre-Capstone Seminar (Fall 2017) 5

6 Rutgers University, Department of Geography Graduate Teaching Assistant World Cultural Regions (Fall 2008 and Spring 2011; co-instructor) Geography of Development (Fall 2010; instructor) University of Florida, Department of Geography Graduate Teaching Assistant Geography of Africa (Fall 2005) Physical Geography lab (Spring 2006) Geography for a Changing World (Summer 2007; instructor) Macalester College, Department of Geography Teaching and Research Assistant Regional Geography of Africa (Fall 2004) People and the Environment (Spring 2005) RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Research Assistant. Assisting fieldwork examining resource use and livelihoods surround park landscape. Kibale National Park, Uganda. June. SERVICE TO PROFESSION 2013 present. Peer-Review for Academic Journals: Food Policy, Review of Regional Studies, African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, World Development and Mentor for Capstone Applied Research Seminar. The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland. DEPARTMENTAL/UNIVERSITY SERVICE Treasurer, Graduate Geographers Project (GGP), Geography Department, Rutgers University Initiator for new meeting series - Professional Development Forum (PDF), Geography Department, Rutgers University Graduate Representative to Geography Faculty, Geography Department, University of Florida Student Representative to Geography Faculty, Geography Department, Macalester College EXTRA TRAINING 6

7 2015. Certificate in World Soils and their Assessment. Spring School. Wageningen University, Netherlands Certificate in Presentation and Public Speaking. Swiss Journalism School, Lucerne, Switzerland. RELATED PROFESSIONAL SKILLS Statistical Analysis: SAS, SPSS, STATA, Tableau. LANGUAGES German: native language. English: fluent in reading, speaking and writing. French: very good in reading, good in speaking and writing. Swahili: fair to good in reading, speaking and writing. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS OR AFFILIATIONS 2015 Present. Expert Member. Sustainability Monitoring and Assessment RouTine (SMART). Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Frick, Switzerland Present. Member of Institutional Network. The Potential of Sustainable Farming Systems to Adapt to Climate Change. Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Frick, Switzerland Advisor. Self-Evaluation and Holistic Assessment of Climate Resilience of Farmers and Pastorlists (SHARP). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy Member. Association of American Geographers. REFERENCES Robin Leichenko Professor and Chair of Geography Department of Geography Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 54 Joyce Kilmer Ave. Piscataway, NJ Phone: +1 (848) William G. Moseley Professor of Geography and Director of African Studies Department of Geography Macalester College 1600 Grand Avenue St. Paul, MN

8 Phone: +1 (651) Carl E. Pray Distinguished Professor II Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 55 Dudley Road New Brunswick, N.J Phone: +1 (848)