Photo: Graduate Teaching Assistant Contact info Email: constanza.urrestyvargas@uga.edu Research Interests: Socioecological landscapes, historical ecology, montology, biocultural conservation, political ecology Education Education: M.A. in Geography (2024), University of Georgia. Geologist Profesional Degree (2009). Department of Geology, University of Chile. B.S. in Geology, University of Chile. Dissertation/Thesis Title: HISTORICAL ECOLOGY OF THE OCOA PALM FOREST, CENTRAL CHILE: A TRANSDISCIPLINARY AND RELATIONAL APPROACH FOR BIOCULTURAL CONSERVATION. Of Note Of note: Media Mentions: Colores de la Tierra: Memoria e identidad en el valle del Aconcagua Research Selected Publications: Urresty, C. 2024. Historical ecology of the Ocoa palm forest, central Chile. A transdisciplinary and relational approach for biocultural conservation. MA Thesis, University of Georgia. Godoy, P., Urresty, C., Goya, B., Valenzuela, C., Begoña, N. 2022. Colores del Aconcagua. Investigación de pigmentos de tierra en el valle del Aconcagua, Chile. Valparaíso: Aúna Editions. 64 pp. (Non-academic book publication) Leguía, M., Colectiva Tejer-nos, Ortiz-Cubillos, N., Mansilla-Quiñones, P., Moreira-Muñoz, A. (2021). Biocultural resistance and re-existence through a dialogue of knowledges and citizen art in a threatened biosphere reserve. eco.mont – Journal on protected mountain areas research and management: 13(special issue): 102–107. (Publication as a member of “Colectiva Tejer-nos"). https://doi.org/10.1553/eco.mont-13-sis102 Rodríguez, M.P., Aguilar, G., Urresty, C., Charrier, R. 2014. Neogene landscape evolution in the Andes of north-central Chile between 28° and 32°S: interplay between tectonic and erosional processes. In Sepúlveda, S. A., Giambiagi, L. B., Moreiras, S. M., Pinto, L., Tunik, M., Hoke,G.D.& Farías, M. (eds). Geodynamic Processes in the Andes of Central Chile and Argentina. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 399. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP399.15 Forthcoming: Urresty, C. Mountain craftscapes. In Sarmiento, F.O., Gunya, A. (eds). Mountain Lexicon: A Corpus of Montology and Innovation. Volume 2. Series: Montology. Springer-Nature/Switzerland. In preparation: Urresty, C., Catalán, E., Sarmiento, F., Razeto, J. (In preparation). Towards biocultural conservation of Chilean palm (Jubaea chilensis) landscapes, central Chile: expanding perspectives from historical ecology. Land. Research Areas: People, Place, and Identity Earth, Environment, and Climate Labs: Neotropical Montology Collaboratory