Betsy Hartmann
Dr. Betsy Hartmann is Director of the Population and Development Program and Professor of Development Studies at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA, USA. She writes and speaks frequently on the intersections between reproductive rights, population, immigration, environment, and security concerns in activist, policy, and scholarly venues. Her non-fiction books include «Reproductive Rights and Wrongs: The Global Politics of Population Control», «A Quiet Violence: View from a Bangladesh Village» (co-authored with James Boyce), and the co-edited anthology «Making Threats: Biofears and Environmental Anxieties». She is also the author of two political thrillers: «The Truth about Fire» and «Deadly Election».
Currently, Betsy Hartmann is working on the implications of framing climate change as a national security threat for development policy. She has a chapter on this subject in the anthology, "Climate Change and Sustainable Development: New Challenges for Poverty Reduction", edited by M.A. Mohamed Salih (Edward Elgar 2009). She has a chapter on this subject in the anthology, «Climate Change and Sustainable Development: New Challenges for Poverty Reduction», edited by M.A. Mohamed Salih (Edward Elgar 2009). To find out more about Betsy, please visit http://www.betsyhartmann.com/ . To find out more about the Population and Development Program, please visit http://popdev.hampshire.edu/ .
Currently, Betsy Hartmann is working on the implications of framing climate change as a national security threat for development policy. She has a chapter on this subject in the anthology, "Climate Change and Sustainable Development: New Challenges for Poverty Reduction", edited by M.A. Mohamed Salih (Edward Elgar 2009). She has a chapter on this subject in the anthology, «Climate Change and Sustainable Development: New Challenges for Poverty Reduction», edited by M.A. Mohamed Salih (Edward Elgar 2009). To find out more about Betsy, please visit http://www.betsyhartmann.com/ . To find out more about the Population and Development Program, please visit http://popdev.hampshire.edu/ .
