Janaki Mohanachandran Photo: First Name: Janaki Last Name: Mohanachandran Read more about Janaki Mohanachandran Janaki is a trained ecologist who discovered her affinity for social sciences while working with indigenous communities in the eastern Himalayas for WWF-India. During her five years with WWF-India, she has worked closely with the communities to capture the discrepancies between well-intended conservation interventions and the realities that materialize on ground. She has dabbled briefly with the vast world of traditional ecological knowledge that exists in several traditional informal institutions.
New Article, “Assessing spatio-temporal mapping and monitoring of climatic variability using SPEI and RF machine learning models,” from Ph.D. Research Scholar Saadia Sultan Wahla Congratulations to Saadia Sultan Wahla, a Ph.D. Research Scholar whose article, “Assessing spatio-temporal mapping and monitoring of climatic variability using SPEI and RF machine learning models,” which focuses on the Cholistan Desert in Pakisan, was recently published in the Geocarto International Journal. Read the full article here! Read more about New Article, “Assessing spatio-temporal mapping and monitoring of climatic variability using SPEI and RF machine learning models,” from Ph.D. Research Scholar Saadia Sultan Wahla
New Article, "Forests, Fields, and Pastures: Unequal Access to Brazil Nuts and Livelihood Strategies in an Extractive Reserve, Brazilian Amazon," from Ph.D. student Bruno Ubiali and Dr. Miguel Alexiades Congratulations to Bruno Ubiali, a Ph.D. student in Integrative Conservation and Anthropology, who has recently published the article “Forests, Fields, and Pastures: Unequal Access to Brazil Nuts and Livelihood Strategies in an Extractive Reserve, Brazilian Amazon.” The article is based on his thesis and co-authored by his Masters’ advisor, Dr. Miguel Alexiades. The study was conducted with forest extractivist rubber tappers (seringueiros) at the Cazumbá-Iracema Extractive Reserve, in the state of Acre, Brazilian Amazon. Read more about New Article, "Forests, Fields, and Pastures: Unequal Access to Brazil Nuts and Livelihood Strategies in an Extractive Reserve, Brazilian Amazon," from Ph.D. student Bruno Ubiali and Dr. Miguel Alexiades
Mary Keilman Photo: First Name: Mary Last Name: Keilman Phone Number: 706-542-3922 Office: 250 Baldwin Hall Athens GA, 30602 Read more about Mary Keilman
Brita Lorentzen Photo: First Name: Brita Last Name: Lorentzen Read more about Brita Lorentzen I am an environmental archaeologist and maritime archaeologist with an appointment in the Department of Anthropology and direct the Laboratory of Tree-Ring and Archaeological Wood Analysis at Georgia (TRAWG).
Bruno Ubiali awarded the Halperin Award for Pre-dissertation Research! Congratulations to PhD student, Bruno Ubiali on receiving the Halperin Award for graduate pre-dissertation research and travel through the Society for Economic Anthropology! Bruno's project is titled, "What is Productive Land? Indigenous and Farmers’ Cultural Notions of Land in an Agricultural Frontier Expansion." Learn more the Rhoda Halperin Memorial Fund award here. Read more about Bruno Ubiali awarded the Halperin Award for Pre-dissertation Research!
New article in Hungarian Archaeology co-authored by Dr. Attila Gyucha and Dr. Danielle Riebe Congratulations to Assistant Professor, Dr. Attila Gyucha and Instructor, Dr. Read more about New article in Hungarian Archaeology co-authored by Dr. Attila Gyucha and Dr. Danielle Riebe
New article in Canadian Journal of Archaeology from Jonathan Micon and Dr. Jennifer Birch 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! Read more about New article in Canadian Journal of Archaeology from Jonathan Micon and Dr. Jennifer Birch
Raíssa Nogueira de Brito Photo: First Name: Raíssa Last Name: Nogueira de Brito Office: Baldwin Hall, G-40 Read more about Raíssa Nogueira de Brito 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 our Fall 2021 Graduates! 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 Read more about Congratulations to our Fall 2021 Graduates!