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Dr. Amy Trauger
A Year of Titles: Dr. Amy Trauger returns from Fulbright Scholar program

Amy Trauger, author and professor of geography, was named last year as the Canada Research Chair in Food Studies at the University of Guelph, administered through the Fulbright Canada program. With this position, Trauger set forth to research the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on food insecure populations, particularly rural and indigenous people, and how indigenous groups with food sovereignty goals have responded to the pandemic. “If I had to…

Dr. Marshall Shepherd
A Year of Titles: Dr. Marshall Shepherd named SEC Professor of the Year

Marshall Shepherd, the Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Georgia, was recently named the 2022 SEC Professor of the Year. The award is given annually to one SEC faculty member whose record of teaching and research places him or her among the elite in higher education. Winners are selected by the SEC provosts from among the 14 SEC Faculty Achievement Award recipients. In…

Dr. Deepak Mishra
A Year of Titles: Dr. Deepak Mishra named Merle C. Prunty Professor of Geography

Deepak Mishra, professor and associate head of the Department of Geography, was appointed by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents as the Merle C. Prunty, Jr. Professor in Geography. The appointment and award are named after UGA Geography’s first department head, Professor Merle Charles Prunty, Jr., who served as department head (of what was at the time called the Department of Geography and Geology) for 26 years. The appointment…

Dr. Nik Heynen
A Year of Titles: Dr. Nik Heynen named Distinguished Research Professor (2021)

Last year, Nik Heynen, professor in the Department of Geography, was named a Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Georgia. This title is awarded to faculty who are internationally recognized for their original contributions to knowledge and whose work promises to foster continued creativity in their discipline. Heynen’s work is centered in the scholar-activism of social and environmental justice and has helped forge closer…

Dr. Suzanne Pilaar Birch
A Year of Titles: Dr. Suzie Birch named Wilson Research Fellow

Suzie Birch, associate professor of Geography and Anthropology at the University of Georgia, was last year awarded the Wilson Center Research Fellowship through the Wilson Center for Humanities and Arts. Offered through the University of Georgia, the fellowship supports excellence in the humanities and arts by providing faculty with time to engage in research and creative activity. Birch’s work focused on writing a book manuscript entitled More…
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