Wormsloe Fellows Directory
Fellow Name | Department | Degree | Years in Program | Advisor(s) | Research Topic |
Jessica Cook Hale | Anthropology and Archaeology | Ph.D. | 2008-2010 | Erv Garrison | Use of ground penetrating radar for assessing historical land uses at Wormsloe |
Drew Swanson | History | Ph.D. | 2008-2010 | Paul Sutter | Environmental history of Wormsloe plantation, with an emphasis on the transatlantic relationships of the early plantation and the preservation challenges of managing a historical landscape. |
Andrew Parker | Geography | M.S. | 2009-2010 | Marguerite Madden and Thomas Jordan | Geographic techniques to create 3D models of historic cultural resources at Wormsloe |
Carrie Jensen | Geography | M.S. | 2010-2011 | Kathy Parker and Al Parker | Human-Environment relationships: Integrating dendrochronology with environmental History at Wormsloe |
Carey Burda | Geography | M.S. | 2010-2011 | Marguerite Madden and Thomas Jordan | Historic maps, vegetation surveys, and light detection and ranging (lidar) applications to compare vegetation patterns and canopy structure between land use legacies at Wormsloe. |
Nancy O'Hare | Geography | Ph.D. | 2010-2015 | Marguerite Madden and Thomas Jordan | Amphibian Diversity in the Georgia Sea Islands: Land-use history and landscape context |
Paul Cady | Environment and Design | MLA | 2013-2015 | Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) for the slave cabin area, estate house, farm complex, and fort house ruins sections of Wormsloe. | |
Holly Campbell | Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources | M.S. | 2013-2014 | Lawrence Morris | Soil Indicators of Post Colonization Land Use Change and Vegetation Patterns at Wormsloe Historic Site, Isle of Hope |
Emily Cornelius | Ecology | M.S. | 2011-2013 | Energetic trade-offs that occur within migratory songbirds during the fall migration. | |
Alyssa Gehman | Ecology | Ph.D. | 2013-2015 | Jeb Byers | Invasive barnacle that parasitizes mud crabs. |
Sean Dunlap | Environment and Design | 2016-2017 | Piedmont Prairie Planting Design as Sustainable Campus Landscape Management Trial Study | ||
Alessandro Pasqua | Geography | Ph.D. | 2013-2015 | Marguerite Madden and Thomas Jordan | The use of remote sensing techniques – such as terrestrial laser scanning and unmanned aerial vehicles – as well as archaeological methods consisting in phytolith analysis and flotation of soil samples to analyze evidence of rice cultivation. |
Jennifer Pahl | Ecology | Ph.D. | 2011-2012 | Ron Carroll | The effects of municipal water extraction and drought on an important shoal plant in a Piedmont river. |
Darren Fraser | Ecology | Ph.D. | 2016-2018 | Kimberly Andrews | Focus on how a terrestrial predator uses the edge habitat at the salt marsh-maritime forest interface for movement and foraging. |
Wes Ryals | Environment and Design | MLA | 2011-2013 | Cari Goetcheus | Exploring the affordances of digital technologies for augmenting visitor experiences and aiding in cultural heritage interpretation |
Nicole Peterson | Engineering | 2016-2018 | Jon Calabria | Predictive scientific assessment of future salt marsh transgression using slamm, sleuth, and a novel probabilistic model of estuarine shoreline armoring at the parcel scale. | |
Christopher Wisener | Environment and Design | 2016-2018 | Determining living shoreline suitability at the Wormsloe state historic site | ||
Ania Majewska | Ecology | Ph.D. | 2016-2018 | Sonia Altizer and Andy Davis | Effects of pollinator-friendly gardens on butterfly population biology and host-parasite dynamics |
Shannon Healy | Geography | M.S. | 2018-2020 | Marguerite Madden | Integrated geospatial techniques for monitoring plot-level crop growth in small farms and community |
Katharine Bugbee | Environment and Design | MLA | 2019-2020 | Strategies for increasesd functionality of living shorelines on the Georgia coast. | |
Devan Fitzpatrick | Environmental Engineering | M.S. | 2018-2019 | Brian Bledsoe | Modeling hydraulic effects of unsubmerged in-stream deflection structures |
Morgan Friedman | Veterinary Medicine | 2021-2022 | Studied animal health, disease ecology, and parasitology. | ||
Ryan Palmer | Geography | M.S. | 2021-2023 | Marguerite Madden and Thomas Jordan | Monitoring of a longleaf pine ecosystem restoration site using UAS-based remote sensing and deep learning analysis |
Courtney Balling | Geography | Ph.D. | 2022-2024 | Marguerite Madden | Climate change, coastal wastewater infrastructure and equitable adaptation |
Taylor Pearson | Veterinary Medicine | Ph.D. | 2023-2027 | Christopher Cleveland and Michael Yabsley | Vector borne disease and the intersections of wildlife, livestock, and people through a One Health perspective. |
Keeli Windham | Environment and Design | MLA | 2023 | Daniel Nadenicek | The University of Georgia Center for Research and Education Campus Master Planning |