Palette(able) Entomology: Using SciArt and SciComm for Effective Insect-focused Education and Engagement

Organizer(s)

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  Hailey Shanovich

  PhD Candidate
  Department of Entomology
  University of Minnesota
  Saint Paul, Minnesota
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  Grace Savoy-Burke

  PhD candidate
  Entomology
  University of Delaware
  Newark, Delaware
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  Amelia Lindsey

  Assistant Professor
  Department of Entomology
  University of Minnesota
  Saint Paul, Minnesota
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  Karmi Oxman

  PhD Candidate
  Drexel University
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  Heather Andrews

  Faculty Research Assistant
  Horticulture
  Oregon State University
  Aurora, Oregon

Attendees will acquire innovative tools to better communicate, teach, and learn about entomology. This symposium will run the gamut of verbal to visual methods of science communication (SciComm). During our session, speakers will share techniques for creative infographics, podcasts, social media, comics, ceramics, mini-magazines, illustration, nature guides, and more!

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM PT

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Hailey Shanovich – University of Minnesota
• 1:35 PM – 1:49 PM PT

  Unlocking the intrigue: How art can be used to engage and educate the public about insects
  

  Presenting Author: Heather Andrews – Oregon State University
• 1:49 PM – 2:03 PM PT

  Talking insects and science adventures! EntoComics in education and outreach
  

  Presenting Author: Carly M. Tribull – Farmingdale State College
• 2:03 PM – 2:17 PM PT

  Scratchboard as a tool for illustrating insects
  

  Presenting Author: M. Kathryn Busby – University of Arizona
• 2:17 PM – 2:31 PM PT

  Bug mugs: Promoting insect appreciation through ceramics
  

  Presenting Author: Sarah J. Ritchie – From Hands of SJR
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM PT

  Break
• 3:00 PM – 3:14 PM PT

  ArthroZINE: Mini magazines for collective learning and sharing
  

  Presenting Author: Karmi L. Oxman – Drexel University
• 3:14 PM – 3:28 PM PT

  Conversations with collections: Photographing real and imagined ecologies through time and space
  

  Presenting Author: Zoe Wood – University of California
• 3:28 PM – 3:42 PM PT

  Putting the graphic in infographics
  

  Presenting Author: Hannah Chu – University of California
• 3:42 PM – 3:56 PM PT

  Choose your own (insect) adventure: Introducing students to collecting with interactive guides
  

  Presenting Author: Jacki Whisenant – University of Wisconsin
• 3:56 PM – 4:10 PM PT

  The use of monarch butterfly biology as part of a cross-curriculum education program
  

  Presenting Author: Tracy Matel – Milwaukee Spanish Immersion School
• 4:10 PM – 4:25 PM PT

  Break
• 4:25 PM – 4:39 PM PT

  Entomology in the Digital Age: How to use social media to inspire a love of insects
  

  Presenting Author: John C. Dombrowski (he/him/his) – Cornell University
• 4:39 PM – 4:53 PM PT

  Diversifying public engagement in entomology through art on social media
  

  Presenting Author: Bridget White – University of Manitoba
• 4:53 PM – 5:07 PM PT

  Earbud extension: Why podcasts work for entomology sci-comm
  

  Presenting Author: Jonathan L. Larson – University of Kentucky
• 5:07 PM – 5:16 PM PT

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Hailey Shanovich – University of Minnesota