Department of Geography
at the University of Wisconsin – Madison

Hilary Habeck Hunt

Position title: Ph.D. Candidate

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Email: hhhunt@wisc.edu

Address:
Advisors: Paul Robbins and Jenna Loyd

Education:

B.A. University of Michigan: Spanish, Program in the Environment, and Community Action & Social Change

M.S. University of Oregon: Nonprofit Management

Research Interests:

Land tenure, land conservation, diverse economies, political ecology, feminist human geography, mixed methods

Publications:

Hunt, H. H., Baker, K., Lettow, M. C., Howe, B., & Fuller, N. (2024). Strategic land conservation: An applied, multi-target approach to prioritization of resilient sites for protection. Conservation Science and Practice, e13192. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13192

Robbins P., Hunt H. H., Pelegri F. and Gilbert J. (2023). Sovereign genes: wildlife conservation, genetic preservation, and Indigenous data sovereignty. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 4 (1099562). https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2023.1099562

Book Reviews:

Hunt, H. H. (2024, September). Review of Vucetich, John, Restoring the Balance: What Wolves Tell Us about Our Relationship with Nature. H-Environment, H-Review. https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=60595

Teaching:

Lecturer:

  • Geography 475: Alternatives to Capitalism

Teaching Assistant:

  • Environmental Studies 843: Land Use Policy and Planning
  • Environmental Studies 972: Conservation Planning
  • Environmental Studies 978: Conservation Governance, Institutions, and Legislative Processes