Annie Gallagher is an American PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. She focuses on conservation volunteering as building an embodied understanding of landscape, specifically researching the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland. Prior to this, she received an MSc in Landscape and Wellbeing and an MSc in International Development at Edinburgh, and a BA in Political Science at Fordham University. She is the PhD convener for the Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network, volunteers on the committee for the non-profit, the Lothian Conservation Volunteers, and enjoys meeting new landscapes.