Description
Marvel "Kay" Mansfield was the founding program coordinator for the Agrarian Studies Program at Yale University. For nearly two decades, she served as the program's chief administrator, in-house editor, and mother hen to the postdoctoral fellows who called Agrarian Studies home each year. Ultimately, this fraternity of agraristas came to number 158 and hail from 38 countries during her tenure. In this interview, Mansfield discusses meeting James C. Scott and working with him at the Southeast Asia Council; the creation and setup of the Agrarian Studies Program; memorable events in the program's history; and reflections on her experience with Scott and program fellows over the years.