PhD Candidate Katie Foster is a graduate student in the Integrative Conservation and Anthropology Ph.D. program. Her dissertation research explores the intersections of indigenous rights policy and environmental governance in Peru. This work combines ethnographic, institutional, and policy analyses to examine how policy at the international level gets transformed or "translated" as it gets implemented at lower levels of governance, and the implications of these transformations on local peoples and ecologies. She is a member of the Institutions & Governance Lab, as well as the ICON and Anthropology graduate student organizations. Research Research Interests: Environmental Justice Political Ecology Environmental Governance Human Rights Labs: Institutions and Governance Lab Selected Publications Selected Publications: 2021 W. DePuy, J. Weger, L.C. Foster, A. Bonanno, S. Kumar, K. Lear, R. Basilio, and L. German. (2021) Environmental Governance: Broadening Ontological Spaces for a More Livable World. Environment and Planning: Nature and Space, 1-29. 2020 L. German, A. Bonanno, L.C. Foster, and L. Cotula. (2020) “Inclusive Business” in Agriculture: Evidence from the evolution of agricultural value chains. World Development 134: 105018, 1-21. Grants Grants: 2021 National Science Foundation - DDRIG ($25,000) 2021 Fulbright-Hays – DDRA ($23,550) 2021 Social Science Research Council - IDRF ($14,500) 2021 US Dept. of Education - FLAS ($7,500) 2020 US Dept. of Education - FLAS ($7,500) 2018 UGA - Innovative & Interdisciplinary Research Grant ($1250) 2018 UGA - Willson Center for Humanities Grant ($1000) 2018 UGA - Rhoades Pre-Dissertation Research Grant ($750) 2018 UGA - LACSI Summer Research Grant ($1250) 2017 UGA - LACSI Summer Research Grant ($1000) 2017 UGA - Graduate School Summer Research Grant ($950) Education Education: B.A. 2012 - Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX (Animal Behavior & Environmental Studies)