Pamela Donohoo
Founding Artist, Environment, Art and Human Security (eARTh) Studio
Artist in Residence, Center for Unconventional Security Affairs
Program Coordinator and Research Associate, Department of Planning, Policy and Design
Office: 5548 Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway
Phone: 949.824.8804
E-mail: pdonohoo@uci.edu
Pamela Donohoo is a Research Associate in the Department of Planning, Policy and Design, the Program Manager for University of California, Irvine's Center for Unconventional Security Affairs and the founding Artist and Artist in Residence for CUSA's Environment, Art and Human Security (eARTh) Studio. She received her bachelor's degree in Cultural and Social Anthropology from Stanford University. Broadly, she is interested in conflict and political violence, human security, sustainable development, gender and social justice, and cultural development and folklore.
Pamela has worked with NGOs, clinics and nonprofit organizations in QwaQwa, South Africa and Dehradun, Bhopal, and Nellore, India. Pamela worked on service projects with hospitals, blood donation and health centers and public school systems.She has also traveled extensively throughout southern Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. These international experiences drive her interest in conceptualizations of nationalism and nation building, various forms of violence and the impacts of globalization and tourism. She has done research on the impacts of parentage Leprosy and HIV, as well as the impacts of disease and defects due to human-caused disasters on children and their communities.
Pamela is also a professional aerialist, gymnast, dancer and choreographer. She has worked with many performing arts companies and arts and cultural organizations in the San Francisco Bay area, New York and Los Angeles. As the Artistic Director of her own aerial and dance theater, Pamela's mission is to choreograph and perform inspiring and socially relevant performances.
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