She is an anthropologist who has been doing research in Western Flores since the early 1980’s on ritual, mythology, tourism, politics and the environment. Her publications include: the monograph, The Manggaraians (1999, Singapore: Times Editions), co-edited volumes, Regionalism in Post-Suharto Indonesian (with Priyambudi Sulistiyanto and Carole Faucher, 2005, RoutledgeCurzon); Biodiversity and Human Livelihoods in the Malay Archipelago (with Navjot Sodhi, Greg Acciaioli and Alan Tan Khee Jin, 2007, Cambridge University Press); and Deepening Democracy in Indonesia? Direct Elections for Local Leaders (Pilkada), (with Priyambudi Sulistiyanto, 2009, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies). She has also numerous articles and chapters in books. Contact Maribeth Erb