I am an award-winning historian, author, and environmental educator in Atlanta, Georgia. I earned a Ph.D. from Penn State in 2013, and my research and writing explores the story of land, water, and wildlife conservation in the United States. ​My first book, The Price of Permanence: Nature and Business in the New South, will be published on August 1, 2018 by the University of Georgia Press. I am currently working on my next book, which explores the origins of the ecotourism industry and its effects on people and landscapes in the United States and the developing world.