William Derman Author & Editor

William Derman is professor of anthropology and African studies at Michigan State University. He has most recently been studying potential dam impacts and irrigation projects in the Gambia River Basin. His more general interests include rural transformation, peasantries, river basin development, and West Africa. Scott Whiteford is associate professor of anthropology at Michigan State University. He has done extensive research on political economy, agrarian change, and labor migration in Latin America. His most recent research has focused on the salinization of the Colorado River and the social, political, and ecological impact of that process on northern Mexico.