B.A., American Univ.

Tsering Lhamo started her journey in international development during her undergraduate studies at American University in Washington, D.C., earning a bachelor’s in international studies with a minor in biology. Between 2017-2018, as an American India Foundation Fellow, she collaborated with the Maternal and Newborn Survival Initiative (MANSI) to conduct baseline research and implement interventions for adolescent reproductive health among underserved female populations in rural Uttarakhand, India. While pursuing her graduate studies at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, Switzerland,  she examined the environmental sustainability of the caterpillar fungus commodity in response to global health market trends and Himalayan geopolitics. She completed her Ph.D. in Geography at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she also taught courses on the Geography of China and Sustainable Futures, Environment, and Society. Her research interests encompass feminist geopolitics, sustainable development, political ecology, traditional medicines, and cross-border trade across the Himalayan borderlands.