Candace Famiglietti is the Research Coordinator for the WEMS initiative and is a scholar of global environmental governance. She approaches her work through an interdisciplinary lens, drawing on international law, human security, and gender. She is particularly interested the roles of various actors in the international wildlife trade – the private sector, states, NGOs, international and regional institutions, indigenous peoples, and end-user communities. She is also interested in how discourses surrounding wildlife shape consumer behavior, environmental management on the ground, and resulting biodiversity outcomes. She is currently a PhD student in Global Governance and Human Security and a research associate at the Center for Governance and Sustainability (CGS) at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Additionally, Candace is an Adjunct Lecturer of Environmental Politics at Babson College in Massachusetts. She received her BS in Finance and MA in International Studies from Oklahoma State University. Prior to a career in academia, she was a social entrepreneur focused on providing peace-based education in conflict-ridden areas around the world.