Background
Kirksey, Scott Eben was born on October 18, 1976 in Tallahassee. Son of William Evan and Sarah Jane Kirksey.
Kirksey, Scott Eben was born on October 18, 1976 in Tallahassee. Son of William Evan and Sarah Jane Kirksey.
Student, University Cenderawasih, Jayapura, West Papua, Indonesia, 1998. Student, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1998. Bachelor, New College Florida, Sarasota, 1995.
Master of Philosophy, University Oxford, England, 2002. Master of Letters, University Oxford, England, 2004.
Researcher La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica, 1996, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, 1997. Residential instructor Outward Bound, Mayakka, Florida, 1999—2000. Lecturer University Cenderawasih, Jayapura, Indonesia, 2000.
Research collaborator National Museum Natural History Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 2000—2003, since 2005. Researcher international institute Asian studies Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands, 2001. Researcher University California, Santa Cruz, California, since 2003.
Scholar Project Interchange, Jerusalem, 2002. Founder, director Mamberamo Conservation Group, Jayapura, West Papua, Indonesia, 2000—2001. Chancellor's fellow University California, Santa Cruz, 2003—2007.
Graduate fellow University California Washington Center, 2005. Course participant Organization Tropical Studies, 2006.
Alumnae trustee New College Foundation, Sarasota, Florida, 2000—2003. Member West Papua advocacy team Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, 2003—2006. Board director Oxford Papuan Rights Campaign, Oxford, England, 2000—2002.
Founder West Papua Action Network. Member of Association Social Anthropology, American Anthropological Association, Melanesia Interest Group, Amnesty International, Oxford West Papua Friendship Society (founder, president 2001-2002).