Amber A. Orozco

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Graduate Teaching Assistant
PhD Candidate
Presidential Fellow

Contact info

Email:
amber.orozco25@uga.edu
Office:
Geography-Geology 120G
Research Interests:

Critical Urban Food Studies, Community Geography, Black Geographies, Latinx Geographies, Feminist Qualitative Research Methods

CV:
A.Orozco CV_2025.docx (56.96 KB)
Education:

M.A. International Affairs, American University (2016)

M.A. Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, United Nations-mandated University for Peace, Costa Rica (2016)

B.A. Environmental Studies (Minors: Anthropology, Art History), Whittier College (2013)

 

Grants:

Presidential Fellowship, University of Georgia (2020 - 2025)

Of note:

Community Geographies Collaborative - Student Board Member (2023-2024)

Georgia Community Geography Collective (2023- Present)

Community Mapping Lab (2021-Present)

GGSA Co-Chair (2023-2024)

Geography Graduate Student Association (GGSA) Human Geography Co-Chair (2022- 2023)

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Alumna

Institute for Recruitment of Teachers Alumna

Courses Regularly Taught:
GEOG 2011-2011L
Selected Publications:

Orozco, A., A. Ward, and G. Graddy-Lovelace. 2018. “Documenting USDA Discrimination: Community-Based Research on Farm Policy for Land Justice” ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies. 17(4): 999-1023. https://www.acme-journal.org/index.php/acme/article/view/1514

Major Professor

Jerry Shannon

Associate Professor
jshannon@uga.edu
706-542-1656

Committee Members

Nik Heynen

Distinguished Research Professor
nheynen@uga.edu

Jennifer L. Rice

Professor of Geography
jlrice@uga.edu

External Committee

Hanna Garth (Anthropology, Princeton University)

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