Kaggie OrrickPh.D. Candidate
Yale School of the Environment EducationM.A., 2015, Columbia University, Conservation Biology
B.A., 2010, Colby College, Environmental Studies Curriculum Vitae |
ContactEmail: kaggie.orrick [at] yale.edu
Website: https://kdorrick.github.io/ Office: Greeley Laboratory, Rm 119 Mailing Address: Yale University School of the Environment 370 Prospect Street New Haven, CT 06511 USA |
Research
I am interested in the human-wildlife interface - how humans, wildlife and livestock impact one another across the landscape. I am especially interested in non-traditional methods to understanding these relationships and holistic approaches to conservation that involve local communities. I use anthropological theories and expand them to examine social-ecological systems; thus my work spans across qualitative and quantitative disciplines and methodologies. I work in the Makgadikgadi region of Botswana and am focused on the multi-species and multi-predator interaction and space use in a human-dominated (and livestock-dominated) landscape. I am also passionate about spatially-explicit software (Google Earth Engine, ArcGIS, QGIS, Netlogo) and community-based representation in conservation planning and design.
I earned a BA in Environmental Studies from Colby College in 2010. Upon completion of my undergraduate degree, I spent three years in South Africa working on a private game reserve, conducting large carnivore research as well as managing a small mammal satellite research camp on a geographically-isolated mountain range. I received a MA in Conservation Biology at Columbia University in 2015 with a thesis focused on anthropogenic features that influence elephant movement. From 2015 to 2018 worked for a non-profit NGO called Round River Conservation Studies (RRCS) in Botswana, working in partnership with the University of Botswana and the Botswana Government to help implement community-based wildlife monitoring in community trusts in the Okavango Delta. I simultaneously ran the research program while also working with 5 – 9 American undergraduates as part of their abroad program with RRCS. We lived in tents in the field for three months at a time while working with community members, teaching five college-level courses, conducting research and cooking over an open fire. I have continued partnering with RRCS throughout my PhD and much of my work and my motivation comes from the experiences and knowledge I gained in Botswana.
I earned a BA in Environmental Studies from Colby College in 2010. Upon completion of my undergraduate degree, I spent three years in South Africa working on a private game reserve, conducting large carnivore research as well as managing a small mammal satellite research camp on a geographically-isolated mountain range. I received a MA in Conservation Biology at Columbia University in 2015 with a thesis focused on anthropogenic features that influence elephant movement. From 2015 to 2018 worked for a non-profit NGO called Round River Conservation Studies (RRCS) in Botswana, working in partnership with the University of Botswana and the Botswana Government to help implement community-based wildlife monitoring in community trusts in the Okavango Delta. I simultaneously ran the research program while also working with 5 – 9 American undergraduates as part of their abroad program with RRCS. We lived in tents in the field for three months at a time while working with community members, teaching five college-level courses, conducting research and cooking over an open fire. I have continued partnering with RRCS throughout my PhD and much of my work and my motivation comes from the experiences and knowledge I gained in Botswana.
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Publications3. Zhou, W. Orrick, K. and Lim, A. and Dove, M.. 2021. “Reframing Conservation and Development Perspectives on Bushmeat.” Environmental Research Letters. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac3db1/meta
2. Orrick, K.D. “Range Size and Drivers of African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) Space Use on Karongwe Private Game Reserve, South Africa.” African Journal of Ecology 56, no. 3 (2018): 572–81. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.12500. 1. Heinemeyer, K., Masunga, G.S. Orrick, K., Smith, J., Sinvula, M., Dain-Owens, S. (2016). Community-based wildlife monitoring in selected concessions of Chobe and the Okavango Delta, 2013-2015. |
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