Congratulations to PhD student, Jonathan Micon and Associate Professor, Dr. Jennifer Birch, along with Ronald F. Williamson and Louis Lesage, on their new article, "Strangers No More: Kinship, Clanship, and the Incorporation of Newcomers in Northern Iroquoia." Their article was recently published in the Canadian Journal of Archaeology. Learn more about their article here!

Raissa Nogueira de Brito holds a Ph.D. in Health Sciences (major: Infectious and Parasitic Diseases). Currently, she is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Georgia (UGA). Raissa has dedicated her efforts to researching Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and other zoonotic, infectious diseases that disproportionately impact disenfranchised people, primarily focusing on the control and surveillance of these diseases.

Congratulations to the Class of 2021! We wish all of our Fall 2021 graduates success in their future endeavors!

This fall, we have six graduate students earning their PhD's. Congratulations to Russell Cutts, Walker Depuy, Jonathan Hallemeier, Sammantha Holder, Aaron Lenihan, and Jacob Weger!

Russell Cutts, Doctor of Philosophy, Anthropology

This December, Claire Brandes’s essay “The Pleistocene Overkill Hypothesis: An Optimal Foraging Perspective” appears in The Classic, the Writing Intensive Program’s journal of undergraduate writing and research. Here, Brandes further explores the hypothesis on the demise of North American megafauna through an economic lens, by considering the advantages and disadvantages to hunting large game with regards to trade-offs in energy expenditure.

Adjunct Professor, Dr. Sarah Hitchner, along with Dr. John Schelhas from the Southern Research Station of the USDA Forest Service, and Distinguished Research Professor, Dr. J. Peter Brosius have a new book, Forests as Fuel: Energy, Landscape, Climate, and Race in the US South, coming January 2022.

Associate Professor, Dr. Bram Tucker, along with co-authors: Erik J.

Deltas in Motion: Politics of Translation and the Governance of Climate Change Adaptation in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Doctoral Dissertation Defense by Jacob Weger

Please email Jacob at joweger@uga.edu for the passcode.

Dr. Merino's research areas include political ecology, international environmental governance, and indigenous rights. He earned his Ph.D. in Social and Policy Sciences and an M.Sc. in International Public Policy at the University of Bath (United Kingdom). Dr.

The Adventures of Wounaan Children and Many Birds/ Wounaan chaain döhigaau nemchaain hoo wënʌʌrrajim/Los niños wounaan, en sus aventuras vieron muchas aves was recently published in three languages and focuses on the Wounaan, Indigenous people of Panama and Colombia, and their relationships with birds. Associate Professor, Dr. Julie Velásquez Runk was invited by the Wounaan National Congress and the Foundation for the Development of Wounaan People to join the book's project team.