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.

The Co-ecology of Risk: Niche Construction and Northern Purple-Faced Langur (Semnopithecus vetulus philbricki) anti-predator behavior in Sri Lanka

Zoom Meeting ID: 946 5573 4458

Please email Alexandra at a.hofner@uga.edu for the passcode.

CAMPFIRE OR WILDFIRE?

ADVANCING TECHNIQUES DETERMINING ANTHROPOGENIC FIRE IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD

Doctoral Dissertation Defense

by Russell Cutts

On Tuesday, November 16 at 2pm The Wounaan Cultural Team is launching its new trilingual illustrated storybook, Wounaan döhigaau nemchaain hoo wënʌʌrrajim / Durante su aventura, los niños wounaan vieron muchas aves / The Adventures of Wounaan Children and Many Birds. The presentation is part of the Establishing Sustainable Community-Based Research Partnerships series and will be spoken (mostly!) in Spanish (with text translation for the small portion in English). 

If you would like to participate, please register at:

Rights-Based Conservation, REDD+, and Relationality in East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Doctoral Dissertation Defense by Walker DePuy