9.1, Acknowledgements


Guest Editor

Christina Crespo is a PhD candidate in Integrative Conservation and Anthropology and is completing the Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies. Her research explores how scientists strategically transform scientific practices towards more just processes. In particular, she is interested in how practicing feminist science shapes how knowledge is produced and how scientists are made. She is a member of the feminist and anticolonial marine science laboratory, CLEAR, which is based in Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. She was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award in 2021 by the Graduate School at the University of Georgia.

Guest Reviewer

Dr. Katherine L. Reinberger is a Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Associate at the Center for Applied Isotope Studies at UGA. Her research focuses on novel uses of isotope analysis to answer archaeological questions about past human populations, with projects in Italy, Romania, and the Southeastern United States. She received her Ph.D. in Anthropology in 2022 from the University of Georgia, where she studied diet and mobility of ancient Greek soldiers in Sicily. Her work explores the intersection between historical records and science, investigating how modern methods can challenge and corroborate our understanding of the past.

Guest Copy Editors

Dr. Megan Anne Conger received her Ph.D. from the University of Georgia in 2022 and is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Center for Applied Isotope Studies. She is an archaeologist who studies some of the earliest exchanges between Indigenous people and European settlers near what is now Toronto, Canada. She enjoys mentoring, and helping students learn how to apply practical skills in the field and the lab.

Benjamin Gochnour, PhD Student in Entomology‬ at The University of Georgia.

Digital Development and Marketing

Eden Gilley is a senior at the University of Georgia as an English major and women’s studies minor and will be graduating in spring 2023 with the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. Eden transferred to UGA in the spring of 2021, having previously attended Lanier Technical College. In the summer of 2022, she was able to study at the University of Oxford as part of the UGA at Oxford program. After graduating, Eden aims to pursue a master’s degree in English and to eventually enter the world of editing and publishing. Outside of school, she works as a dance instructor for children ages 3-18. She loves reading, writing, and drawing and enjoys getting to combine her creative side with her love of literature as an English major.


Thanks to all of the graduate student editors and reviewers who made this issue possible.