Adriane Michaelis

Adriane Michaelis is a Ph.D. student in the Anthropology program at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is a member of Dr. Jen Shaffer’s lab, Knowledge, Response, and Adaptation to Environmental Change. Broadly, Adriane’s research interests emphasize local community inclusion in natural resource management. Her dissertation work focuses on the development of oyster aquaculture in the Chesapeake Bay, the composition and motivation of those currently involved in Maryland’s oyster harvest (wild and aquaculture), and future considerations related to oyster aquaculture and management. Adriane received a B.S. in anthropology-zoology from the University of Michigan and a M.S. in marine biology from the University of North Carolina, Wilmington.  Before starting her dissertation work with Maryland’s watermen and oyster growers, Adriane dove from and captained a dive research vessel while monitoring Maryland’s restored oyster reefs.  

Blog Posts

Check out Adriane’s research blog on the UMD blog site. 

See also Adriane's posts to Fellowship Experiences, a blog written by and about fellows funded by Maryland Sea Grant.

• "Livelihood Diversification and Maryland Oysters: What it means, and why we care."
• "Confessions of an Ecologist Turned Anthropologist: Why Switch Fields?"
• "Confessions of an Ecologist Turned Anthropologist: Differences in Data Collection"
• "Livelihood Diversification and Maryland Oysters: What it means, and why we care."