Dr. Jim Riach

Director of Honors College Summer Fieldschool to the Amazon.

Phone: (305) 348-1209

Email: riachj@fiu.edu

Bio

Dr. Jim Riach has a Ph. D. in Anthropology, is the Director of Honors College Summer Fieldschool to the Amazon. His research includes interconnections between ecosystems and human well-being of Indigenous peoples of the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazon.

Degrees

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology, UGA, 2001 Master of Arts in Comparative Sociology, FIU, 1995 Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies, FIU, 1989 Associate of Arts in Marine Sciences, MDCC, 1980