Films and Case Studies

Maliseet Stewardship of Plants Written, directed, and produced by Michelle Baumflek, Karim-Aly Kassam and Rocky Bear (2015)

Nurturing Knowledge: Plant biodiversity and health sovereignty in the Pamir Mountains. Written and directed by Karim-Aly Kassam and James Herring (2012)

Accompanying Case Study: Karim-Aly Kassam, Michelle Baumflek, Morgan Ruelle, Munira Karamkhudoeva. 2013. Nurturing Knowledge: Medicinal Plants in the Pamir Mountains of Afghanistan and Tajikistan. View Case Study

Protecting the Sacred: The conservation of three sacred sites in the Pamir Mountains. Written and directed by Karim-Aly Kassam and James Herring (2012)

Climate change, food, and ‘sharing’ among the Iñupiat of Wainwright, Alaska. Written and directed by John Hobson, Jr., Karim-Aly Kassam, and James Herring (2011)

Accompanying Case Study: Wilson, Nicole, Morgan Ruelle, Michelle Baumflek, Chuan Liao, and Karim-Aly Kassam. 2011. Climate change, food, and ‘sharing’ among the Iñupiat of Wainwright, Alaska. View Case Study

Speaking Engagements

International Career Archievement Award Speak:

Commencement Address at the American University of Central Asia (June 3, 2023)

[Commencement Address in English and Russian]

Speaker at the Soup and Hope Lecture Series (March 23, 2023)

Speaker at the New York Society of Ethical Culture (October 9, 2022)

Mission Sustainability, Cornell

News Interview in Kabul, Afghanistan on Kurshid Television Network (January 6, 2016)

Engaged Cornell Speaker Series: How Do We Teach Students to Speak Truth to Power Thoughtfully and with Humility and Grace? Engendering a New Generation of Public Intellectuals (Spring 2015)

Indigenous Knowledge, Climate Change, and Building Anticipatory Capacity: An Interdisciplinary Challenge (2013)

War on Terror Interview (2010)