Congratulations to the following students on defending their ICON dissertations this year:
Behnoosh Abbasnezhad (PhD, ICON & Forestry and Natural Resources, Major Professor: Jesse Abrams): “Conservation Planning As a Transdisciplinary Process: Integrating Social and Spatial Science Into Forest Conservation In The Upper Flint River Watershed, Georgia, USA”
Denzell Cross (PhD, ICON & Ecology, Major Professor: Krista Capps): “Shifting Paradigms of Urban Watersheds: Exploring Changes in Stream Ecosystem Structure and Function and Patterns of Community Engagement in Urban Restoration”
Katie Foster (PhD, ICON & Anthropology, Major Professor: Laura German): “Translating Indigenous Rights: A Multilevel Analysis of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in Peru”
Alec Nelson (PhD, ICON & Forestry and Natural Resources, Major Professor: Nate Nibbelink): “Integrating Social and Ecological Values for Spatial Prioritization of Private Land Conservation in the Savannah River Watershed”
Cydney Seigerman (PhD, ICON & Anthropology, Major Professor: Don Nelson): “Fluid Inequities: The Dynamics of Water Relations and Water Insecurities in Ceará, Northeast Brazil”