The full title for this talk is Snake Oil, Silver Buckshot, and People Who Hate Us: Metaphors and Conventional Discourses of Wood-Based Bioenergy in the Rural Southeastern U.S.

Sarah Hitchner is presenting this lecture as part of the requirements for consideration as an adjunct professor in the anthropology department

Marilyn joins us from the College of Education's Department and Science Education as a Business Manager II. Since the Baldwin Hall construction continues, you may find her downstairs in the Ecolab, room 151. She now holds LaBau Bryan's former position.

The latest of Pablo Lapegna's books, "Soybeans and Power: Genetically Modified Crops, Environmental Politics, and Social Movements in Argentina" (Oxford University Press), is launched, followed by a discussion and Q&A. 

I am a fourth-year Ph.D. student broadly interested in small farming and organic agriculture in the United States, and the way knowledge systems, memory, and agricultural heritage inform how individuals preserve farming practices, maintain traditional varieties, and pass knowledge on to future generations.

My name is Jonathan Micon. I graduated with a B.A. in Anthropology and History from Purdue University. My dissertation research addresses key anthropological themes related to borderlands, interaction, and movement in northeastern North America. Specifically, it uses chronometric dating techniques to re-write archaeological histories about Iroquoian population collapse in the St. Lawrence River Valley during the 16th century. In doing this, it challenges the notion that St.

Dissertation Research: 

Physical activity and play across urban and rural environments in Bolivia 

Other Work:

TA position as science writing coach in the Writing Center, University of Georgia 

Key Words:

Physical Activity, Sport, Medical Anthropology, Latin America

I am a doctoral candidate (ABD) working with Victor Thompson here at UGA. I specialize in the areas of Island and Coastal Archaeology, Historical Ecology, and the Cultures of the South Pacific. I have studied Oceanic Societies for over seven years, including as an undergraduate working with Dr. Carmen White at Central Michigan University. Since 2011, I have worked on archaeological field projects in Florida, Georgia, Michigan, and South Carolina as well as in Fiji, French Polynesia, and the Cook Islands.

The Biological Anthropology Lab Complex at the University of Georgia is directed by Dr. Susan Tanner and Dr. Laurie Reitsema. The research objectives of the lab group focus on biological, nutritional, and biocultural anthropology, with a particular emphasis on the role of environment in shaping biological and biocultural outcomes.