Troy Wiipongwii

Affiliated Faculty

Email:: ttwiipongwii@wm.edu

Background:

Troy Wiipongwii, one of Virginia Business's top 100 people to meet in 2023, is the Incoming Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Conservation at the Institute for Integrative Conservation (IIC). Prior appointments include affiliate faculty and Director of the Global Research Institutes Blockchain Lab at W&M.

Wiipongwii's research broadly addresses two major themes. The first theme relates to “Web 3.0” technologies (AI/ML, Blockchain, IoT) and their impacts on food systems, from production and consumption to entrepreneurship. The second concerns the politics and policies, directly and indirectly, impacting food systems. He is particularly interested in designing and evaluating Web 3.0 software that supports data sovereignty, sustainable food recommendations, sustainable food supply chains, Indigenous food sovereignty, and sustainable food enterprises. Additionally, he is interested in exploring how the politics of Indigenous sovereignty impacts Indigenous peoples' ability to address conservation and economic issues.

Education and Training:

PhD, Data Science and Technology, School of Technology, Capitol Technology University, 2022
MPP, School of Public Policy, William & Mary, 2018
BS, Applied Mathematics, Southern New Hampshire University, 2016

Research Projects (Current):

Developing a Decision-Support Tool for Achieving Food Sovereignty on Native American Tribal Lands in Virginia
Project Trace: Developing Traceability Tools for Southwest Virginia's (SWVA) Growing Craft Brewing Industry

Publications:

Conrad, Zach; Cyril, Ashley; Kowalski, Corina; Jackson, Erin; Hendrickx, Brittany; Lan, Jessie Jie; McDowell, Acree; Salesses, Meredith; Love, David C; Wiipongwii, Troy; Zhang, Fang Fang; Blackstone, Nicole Tichenor. (2022). Diet sustainability analyses can be improved with updates to the Food Commodity Intake Database. Frontiers in Nutrition (In Press).
Ibba, N., Wiipongwii, T., & Chung, T. T. R. (2021). SimChain: Simulator for Supply Chain Decision Making with Blockchain.
Hibbert, G., & Wiipongwii, T. (2020) Blockchain and COVID-19 in Indian Country. Www.diplomaticourier.com. Retrieved December 20, 2021, from https://www.diplomaticourier.com/posts/blockchain-and-covid-19-in-indian-country
Keilitz, I., & Wiipongwii, T. (2019). Ten Things You Should Know About Blockchain Today: A Guide for Court Managers. Court Manager Vol. 34 #2 – Summer 2019
Keilitz, I., & Wiipongwii, T. (2017). Blockchain and international development: Can blockchain technology be the solution to effective land registration systems in developing nations? Wm. & Mary Pol'y Rev., 9, 52.

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