by Talley Vodicka | Jan 22, 2026 | ICON News
Photovoice is a method that combines photography, reflection, and collective engagement. Through the ICON ‘PhotoVoices’ initiative, we engage with photovoice to learn from, and share with each other as a community. PhotoVoices was initiated in 2024, with the hope to...
by Talley Vodicka | Oct 14, 2025 | ICON News
Amit Kaushik, a PhD candidate in Integrative Conservation (ICON) and Anthropology at the University of Georgia, has received a Dissertation Fieldwork Grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation to support his project, titled “Caste and Conservation: Dalit Ecologies and...
by Talley Vodicka | Jul 23, 2025 | ICON News
Asif Ali Sandeelo (above), a fifth-year PhD candidate in the Integrative Conservation (ICON) and Anthropology program at UGA, has received a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his project titled “A...
by Talley Vodicka | Jun 23, 2025 | ICON News
ICON 8110 students visit Kituwah, the Cherokee Mother Town, in April with EBCI Forest Manager Josh Parris (Image: Laura German) By Laura German During this academic year, two ICON cohorts worked in partnership with the Natural Resources Department (NRD) of the Eastern...
by Talley Vodicka | Jun 5, 2025 | ICON News
Congratulations to the following students on defending their Integrative Conservation dissertations this year: Rachel Arney, PhD, ICON & Geography, “The Politics of Environmental Knowledge Production and Conservation in the U.S. – Mexico Borderlands”...
by Talley Vodicka | May 8, 2025 | ICON News
Kristen Morrow was awarded the Dissertation Completion Award for the 2025-2026 academic year. This competitive award from the UGA Graduate School provides support to doctoral candidates in the final stages of writing their dissertation. Kristen’s research...
