On January 23, 2026, political scientist Dr. Nathan Cook delivered a seminar and a workshop for graduate students and faculty of the Department of Anthropology and the Center for Integrative Conservation Research at the University of Georgia. Dr. Nathan Cook is an assistant professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, working on the intersections of public policy analysis, environmental policy, and international development.

PhD Student, Sarieh Amiribeirami, co-authored a paper published in the scientific journal, Nature. Read below for a brief description of the work and if you'd like to access the full paper follow this link.

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Dr. Don Nelson is a part of a team of investigators on the "Resilient Agricultural Landscapes Initiative".

Dr. Isabelle Holland-Lulewicz graduated from the University of Georgia with a BA in Anthropology and BS in Geology in 2015 and again with her PhD in Anthropology in 2020. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Faculty in Ecology at Pennsylvania State University where she is the director of the Socio-ecological Histories of Estuarine Landscapes (SHEL) Lab at Penn State.

Department of Marine Sciences

PhD Student, Alejandro Najera, participated in a mixed methodology study to develop a report card on the Coastal-Marine Zone of Tabasco, Mexico. Alejandro was able to collaborate through the 2024/2025 Student Workshop on International Coastal and Marine Management in the Gulf of Mexico (SWIMM).

Please join us for Kristen Morrow's Dissertation Defense titled "Tracing Primate Presence in Central Kalimantan's Unprotected Forests: Encounters, Governance, and Acoustic Monitoring in Changing Landscapes" on Friday, April 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM in Baldwin Hall, Room 302.