{"id":12638,"date":"2024-11-20T09:44:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T14:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/?p=12638"},"modified":"2026-10-09T08:57:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:57:48","slug":"anoushka-concepcion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/2024\/11\/20\/anoushka-concepcion\/","title":{"rendered":"Anoushka Concepcion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>Degree program:<\/strong> Ph.D. in Marine Affairs<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Year accepted:<\/strong> 2024<br \/>\n<strong>Advisor:<\/strong> Dr. Emily Diamond<br \/>\n<strong>Research:<\/strong> Social dimensions of emerging aquaculture industries, industry entry and retention, and producer wellbeing<br \/>\n<strong>Background:<\/strong> B.S. in Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington (2000); M.S. in Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Rhode Island (2005)<\/p>\n<p>Anoushka Concepcion is a Ph.D. candidate in Marine Affairs at the University of Rhode Island with more than 25 years of experience in marine aquaculture spanning industry, research, university extension, government, and national and international leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Her dissertation examines the social dimensions of emerging aquaculture industries, using U.S. kelp farming as a case study to explore how industry narratives influence expectations, participation, retention, and producer wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>Before returning to URI, Anoushka spent 14 years with Connecticut Sea Grant and the University of Connecticut Extension, supporting shellfish and seaweed aquaculture development, and subsequently served as Regional Aquaculture Coordinator for NOAA Fisheries&#8217; Greater Atlantic Region. She currently serves as Chair of the Global Seaweed Coalition&#8217;s Strategic Advisory Council. Her doctoral research builds on her professional experience and interest in the development of sustainable aquaculture industries and the people who participate in them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PhD <br \/> Seaweed aquaculture<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":809,"featured_media":12646,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[233,241],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-graduate-students","category-phd"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/809"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12638"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13403,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12638\/revisions\/13403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}