Manuel R. Rauchholz (PhD Heidelberg University) is Director of the PhD (Intercultural Studies) and Associate Professor of Anthropology and Intercultural Studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.  His research and publications have been primarily in cultural anthropology in the study of kinship and exchange, migration, legal anthropology and on ethical topics such as human trafficking, sexual exploitation, human rights, economic development and the environment. Since 2010, Dr. Rauchholz has developed and managed multiple research, educational and community development projects in excess of $2.5 million, most recently with the US Department of the Interior through the Chuuk State Department of Education, Federated States of Micronesia.