Along with co-editors Amy Hinsley and Alice Hughes, CCGC member Jared Margulies recently co-edited the October special issue of the journal Conservation Biology. The issue, entitled, “Beyond Charismatic Megafauna in Illegal Wildlife Trade,” includes 21 essays, review articles, original research papers, and more on species ranging from Venus flytraps (as shown on the cover), ornamental crayfish, parrots,…Continue Reading New Special Issue “Beyond Charismatic Megafauna in Illegal Wildlife Trade” published in Conservation Biology
CCGC members received all kinds of fun awards and good news in April!
April was an exciting month for CCGC members. Here is a list of some good things that happened: Noah Jacobs was awarded a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP) in 2024. He will be using his NSF stipend to attend the University of Oregon, where he is pursuing a PhD in Geography working with Dr….Continue Reading CCGC members received all kinds of fun awards and good news in April!
Utkarsh Choudhury publishes first, first-author peer-reviewed journal article!
Seeing animals like a state? Divergent forester subjectivities and the managing of human-wildlife conflicts in South India Abstract: How do foresters in India understand the foundational and proximate causes of negative interactions between humans and wildlife? In this article we identify five distinct epistemological orientations towards managing human-wildlife conflicts (HWC) and drivers of those conflicts…Continue Reading Utkarsh Choudhury publishes first, first-author peer-reviewed journal article!
Join CCGC! Recruiting for Fall 2024 PhD Program!
Interested in pursuing a PhD in the Geography and Environment Program at the University of Alabama? Dr. Jared Margulies is recruiting a new PhD student to start in Fall 2024 on a TAship (+health insurance, stipend). Potential opportunity to assisting with grant writing development that could lead to an RAship, but with 4 years of…Continue Reading Join CCGC! Recruiting for Fall 2024 PhD Program!
New article in Current Conservation highlights CCGC research on cactus and succulent illegal trade: “what can we do about illegal trade within the cactus and succulent collector community?”
A new article was published by Jared Margulies and Francesca Moorman of University College London in the online magazine Current Conservation. The article is based on the paper “Prevalence and perspectives of illegal trade in cacti and succulent plants in the collector community” published in Conservation Biology earlier this year. Original article abstract: Although illegal wildlife…Continue Reading New article in Current Conservation highlights CCGC research on cactus and succulent illegal trade: “what can we do about illegal trade within the cactus and succulent collector community?”
Utkarsh Choudhury passes written and oral comprehensive exams ahead of pre-dissertation summer research! Congrats, Utkarsh!
Utkarsh Choudhury defended his written comprehensive exams at the end of May 2023, prior to beginning his second summer of preliminary fieldwork in India on the concept of “river rejuvenation” and river conservation of the Ganga. Utkarsh plans to defend his dissertation proposal in August 2023….Continue Reading Utkarsh Choudhury passes written and oral comprehensive exams ahead of pre-dissertation summer research! Congrats, Utkarsh!
Jared Margulies’ first book The Cactus Hunters: Desire and Extinction in the Illicit Succulent Trade is now available for preorder
From University of Minnesota Press: Cacti and succulents are phenomenally popular worldwide among plant enthusiasts, despite being among the world’s most threatened species. The fervor driving the illegal trade in succulents might also be driving some species to extinction. Delving into the strange world of succulent collecting, The Cactus Hunters takes us to the heart of this…Continue Reading Jared Margulies’ first book The Cactus Hunters: Desire and Extinction in the Illicit Succulent Trade is now available for preorder
Collaboration between CARI Fellows Misha Hadar (UA Theatre and Dance) and Jared Margulies based on their UA installation of Hostile Terrain ’94 published in journal Geohumanities.
As part of their research collaborations through the Collaborative Arts Research Initiative (CARI) at the University of Alabama, CARI fellows Jared Margulies and Misha Hadar (UA Theatre and Dance) published a peer-reviewed journal article in the curations section of the journal Geohumanities about their installation of the Undocumented Migration Project’s Hostile Terrain ’94 exhibition in Fall 2021. Article Abstract. In…Continue Reading Collaboration between CARI Fellows Misha Hadar (UA Theatre and Dance) and Jared Margulies based on their UA installation of Hostile Terrain ’94 published in journal Geohumanities.
Special Issue, “Illicit Geographies and Contested Environments,” now published in Political Geography.
Abstract: The special issue Illicit geographies and contested environments centers the intersection between environmental change and illicit geographies. It brings together five research articles that together underpin and substantiate what we are calling political ecologies of the illicit. In the introduction to the special issue, we review how scholars situated at the intersections of political geography and political ecology…Continue Reading Special Issue, “Illicit Geographies and Contested Environments,” now published in Political Geography.