Dr. Lanham is an Alumni Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology, a Master Teacher, and certified wildlife biologist at Clemson University. His research focuses on songbird ecology, as well as the African-American role in natural-resources conservation. In 2016, his first solo-work, Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature, was published. Dr. Lanham has been active on a number of conservation boards around the country, including at the Aldo Leopold Foundation.