Faculty & Staff

Mara Dicenta
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Integrative Conservation
Email: [[mdicentavilker]]
Social Media: Twitter - @MaraDicenta {{https://twitter.com/MaraDicenta}}
Focus areas: Feminist Science Studies, Conservation Ethics, Environmental Anthropology, Intergenerational and Interspecies Justice, Indigenous-led-conservation

Kathy Fruncillo
Administrative Coordinator
Phone: 757-221-7402
Email: [[kfruncillo]]
IIC Contact For: Administrative, finance, HR, general operations inquiries

Fernando Galeana Rodriguez
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Integrative Conservation
Email: [[fgaleanarodrig]]
Social Media: Twitter - @fgaleanaland {{https://mobile.twitter.com/fgaleanaland}}
Website: Fernando Galeana {{https://wm.academia.edu/FernandoGaleanaRodriguez}}
Focus Areas: Environmental Justice, Political Ecology, International Development, Land Use and Distribution, Indigenous Peoples and Native Nations, Critical Ethnography

Erica Garroutte
Research Program Manager
Email: [[elgarroutte]]
IIC Contact For: Conservation Research Program
Social Media: LinkedIn - Erica Garroutte {{https://www.linkedin.com/in/erica-garroutte-6783063a}}
Focus Areas: Community Engagement, Landscape Ecology, Community-led Conservation, Conservation Leadership Development, Partnerships

Anita Hagy Ferguson
Communications Program Manager
Email: [[adhagyferguson]]
Social Media: LinkedIn - Anita Hagy Ferguson {{https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-hagy-ferguson-phd/}}
IIC Contact For: Events, media inquiries, conservation communications
Focus Areas: Conservation Communications, Narrative & Storytelling, Conflict Transformation, Animal Geographies, Integral Ecology, Intercultural Communications, Visual Arts, Environmental Philosophies, Wildlife and Landscape Connectivity, Rewilding

Pallabi Kundu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Social Media: LinkedIn: {{https://www.linkedin.com/in/pallabikunduphd/}} Twitter: {{https://twitter.com/paul_lo_bee}} Website: https://pallabikundu.pythonanywhere.com/
Website: {{https://pallabikundu.pythonanywhere.com/}}
Focus Areas: Animal Behavior, Conservation Behavior, Technology Development for Conservation, Animal Communication, Ecology, Data Science

Sapana Lohani
Geospatial Data Scientist
Email: [[slohani]]
Focus Areas: Landscape level environmental modeling, Ecosystem services, Watershed management, Geospatial analysis, ArcGIS & remote sensing, Natural resource economics, Traditional & local ecological knowledge, and Ecological footprint

Robert Rose
Executive Director
Tel: 757-570-2050
Email: [[rarose01]]
IIC Contact For: Partnerships and collaborations
Social Media: LinkedIn - Robert Rose {{https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-rose-iic/}}
Focus Areas: Conservation Planning, Conservation GIS & Remote Sensing, Interactive Geovisualization Tools

Alexandra (Alli) Sabo
Capacity Development Program Manager
Email: [[ansabo]]
IIC Contact For: Integrative Conservation Clinic and Conservation Catalyst
Focus Areas: Environmental Governance, Feminist Political Ecology, Human Geography, Infrastructure and Conservation, Discourse Analysis, Leadership and Capacity Development

John Swaddle (he/him)
Faculty Director, Professor of Biology
Email: [[jpswad]]
IIC Contact For: Curriculum, faculty and personnel, partnerships, degree programs, certificates, prospective and current students
Social Media: LinkedIn: John Swaddle {{http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnswaddle/}}; Twitter: @SwaddleJohn {{https://twitter.com/SwaddleJohn}}
Website: {{https://jpswad.wixsite.com/johnpswaddle}}
Focus Areas: Human-wildlife Interactions, Conservation Behavior, Technology Development for Conservation

Wiipongwii, Troy
Adjunct Lecturer and Incoming Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Conservation
Social Media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/troywiipongwii/
Focus Areas: Web 3.0 and Innovation in Food Systems, Ecopreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship Indigenous Food Systems, Economic Development in Southwest Virginia, Multi-criteria Decision-making, Governance of Web 3.0, Governance within a Web 3.0 world, Ecological Market-design

Michelle Zhou '23
Conservation Clinic Website Developer
Major: Computer Science
Major: Applied Mathematics