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EP 22: Stories From a Black Ecologist and Aspiring Hunter
EP 22: Stories From a Black Ecologist and Aspiring Hunter
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81 minutes
Released:
Jul 14, 2020
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Podcast episode
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Dr. Jonathan Hall is a wildlife ecologist by training with a broad interest in wildlife conservation, human/wildlife interaction, environmental justice, and species movement ecology. Much of his research experience is in the semi-arid environment of Western Rajasthan, India, focusing on the ecological and cultural relationships that exist between human populations and vultures. In addition to research in India he is also interested in understanding landscape and other environmental dynamics involving the recovery and range expansion of California Condors. The primary goal of his research is to develop comprehensive conservation strategies for non-human species that accounts for and incorporates human livelihood practices.
Jonathan founded the Wilderness Geography Lab (previously the Conservation Geography Lab) in 2014 in the Department of Geology and Geography at West Virginia University. The lab currently conducts research in West Virginia, California, Yellowstone National Park, and Rajasthan India. Dr. Hall holds a Ph.D. in Ecology from the Ohio State University and a B.S. in Biology from Morehouse College.
Topics Discussed:
California Condors Rehabilitation
How to be a White Accomplice
Structural Racism in Conservation/Ecology
Hunting While Black
Jonathan founded the Wilderness Geography Lab (previously the Conservation Geography Lab) in 2014 in the Department of Geology and Geography at West Virginia University. The lab currently conducts research in West Virginia, California, Yellowstone National Park, and Rajasthan India. Dr. Hall holds a Ph.D. in Ecology from the Ohio State University and a B.S. in Biology from Morehouse College.
Topics Discussed:
California Condors Rehabilitation
How to be a White Accomplice
Structural Racism in Conservation/Ecology
Hunting While Black
Released:
Jul 14, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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