Dr. Ariel Otruba (12'M) is a feminist political geographer, whose scholarship brings embodied and emotional insight into the study of violent geographies. She is a Non-Resident Research Associate at the Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance (VTIPG) and an adjunct professor in the International Peace and Conflict Resolution graduate program at Arcadia University. With the support of multiple American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) fellowships, she has worked with conflict-affected populations in the Republic of Georgia for over a decade. Her current research project examines the emotional impact of housing infrastructure disrepair on internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Republic of Georgia using visual ethnographic and community-based, photographic participatory action research methods. She is the curator of a traveling photovoice exhibit based on this project called “Violent Infrastructure: Ecologies of Decay and Displacement” and a co-editor of a forthcoming companion volume on protracted displacement and housing injustice. Her other publications have appeared in several edited volumes and Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space. Beyond the classroom, Dr. Otruba supports anti-trafficking advocacy and trauma-informed care for survivors in the Lehigh Valley.