I am a PhD Candidate in the Integrative Conservation & Anthropology program. I ground my work in science and technology studies (STS), human geography, and political ecology. I recently returned from fieldwork in Hawaii, where I used ethnographic, spatial, and collaboratory methods to investigate the impact of citizen science on conservation of threatened and endangered species. My other interests include science communication, feminist theory, and visual anthropology.
2020
Communication of Research and Scholarship Grant, Funded by UGA Graduate School
UGA xPD Campus Internship program, Office of Research Communications (June-July)
UGA Future Faculty Fellow (Fall)
2014
Innovative and Interdisciplinary Research Award, Funded by UGA Graduate School
2013-2015
UGA Graduate School Assistantship
University of Georgia: Integrative Conservation & Anthropology (Current) University of Hawaii: Graduate Certificate in Advanced Women's Studies (2013) University of Hawaii: BA Anthropology (2012); Undergraduate Certificates in Environmental Studies, Latin American Studies, & Women's Studies (2012)
Research
Selected Publications
Brownson, K., Chappell, J., Meador, J., Bloodgood, J., Howard, J., Kosen, L., Burnett, H., Gancos-Crawford, T., Guinessey, E., Heynen, N. and Mertzlufft, C., 2020. Land Trusts as Conservation Boundary Organizations in Rapidly Exurbanizing Landscapes: A Case Study from Southern Appalachia. Society & Natural Resources, pp.1-12.
