Paul Duncan

Paul Duncan, who holds a BA from the University of Iowa and an MS in Forestry from the University of Florida, has brought decades of international and community-based experience to his work in Athens and at the University of Georgia. His career has included work in Guatemala and the Dominican Republic, including conservation and community development initiatives with organizations such as the Peace Corps and CARE. Since beginning his work at UGA in 1998, Duncan contributed to a variety of programs and projects supporting Latin American studies, service-learning, and community engagement.

Duncan previously served as associate director of the Latin American & Caribbean Studies Institute (LACSI), where he oversaw LACSI’s Latin American Ethnobotanical Garden and led community service initiatives benefiting Athens-area Latinx immigrant communities. He also taught a horticulture service-learning course at UGA and remained actively involved with Casa de Amistad and other community-based educational and cultural programs connected to Latin America. With nearly 25 years of service at UGA, Duncan’s work reflected a longstanding commitment to cross-cultural engagement and Latin American affairs, a passion rooted in his Peace Corps experience.