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Explore. Connect. Transform.
Environmental Anthropologist, Interdisciplinary and Participatory Researcher, Educator, Science Communicator

Welcome!

I am an interdisciplinary researcher, a PhD candidate in the Integrative Conservation (ICON) program at the Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia (Athens, GA, USA), an external PhD scholar at the Wildlife Institute of India, and a National Geographic Explorer. My research sits at the intersection of environmental anthropology, political ecology, human animal studies, and science and technology studies (STS).  For my doctoral work, I explore how interspecies relationships—particularly between humans and wildlife—can illuminate patterns of environmental justice (and injustice). I conduct my fieldwork in the forests of Central India, focusing on the socio-ecological impacts of large carnivore conservation, especially where it intersects with caste and species asseblage dynamics and landscape change.  My broader research interests include environmental justice, biodiversity conservation, landscape planning and management, and the politics of knowledge in conservation science.

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Department of Anthropology

355 South Jackson Street
Baldwin Hall Room 250
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602

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