Research interests— economic anthropology, institutional analysis, land tenure, West Africa, United States Of note: Recent Publications: Bonanno, A.V. 2018. “Formalizing Freedom: Land Tenure Arrangements from the Perspective of Social Modes of Production.” In Living (In) Dependence: Critical Perspectives on Global Interdependence, edited by B.F. Ndi, B.H. Fishkin, and A.T. Ankumah, 99-124. Bamenda, Cameroon: Langaa Research and Publishing Common Initiative Group. Bonanno, A.V. 2018. "Assessing Local Mutual Credit as a Socioeconomic Tool for Farmers in New York State’s Hudson Valley." International Journal of Community Currency Research 22, 89-102. Awards National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, 2020 Fulbright U.S. Student Research Award—Sierra Leone, U.S. Department of State, 2019-2020 Best Graduate Student Paper/Presentation—Bonanno, A.V. & Bonanno, A.M. 2017. "Family Farms, Family Land: National Land Policy, Customary Tenure Arrangements, and Change in Northern Sierra Leone." Paper presented at the Southeastern Regional Seminar in African Studies Fall 2017 Conference, Auburn University. Education Education: M.S. Environmental Policy, Bard College, 2015 B.A. Political Science, Houghton College, 2012
