Diverse Voices Influencing Change in Entomology Through Art, Culture, and Science

Organizer(s)

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  Ramandeep Kaur Sandhi

  Global R & D scientist
  Insecticides
  FMC Corporation
  Newark, Delaware
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  Victoria Pickens

  Graduate Research Assistant
  Department of Entomology
  Kansas State University
  Manhattan, Kansas
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  Elizabeth Bello

  Graduate Student
  Entomology
  University of Illinois
  Champaign, Illinois
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  Sarah Elzay (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  Biological Sciences
  Fort Hays State University
  Hays, Kansas
• SK

  Shelby Kilpatrick

  Pennsylvania State University
  University Park, Pennsylvania
• SS

  Sara Salgado

  University of Florida
  Gainesville, Florida
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  Salka'Tuwa Bondoc Mafla

  PhD candidate
  Newark
  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  Maplewood, New Jersey

Hosted by ESA Student Affairs Committee, this symposium emphasizes entomology’s critical, multifaceted components. Speakers from diverse communities, representing ESA and ESC membership, will highlight their varied entomological careers and interests, including science (practices/methods), art (photography), and culture (food). A moderated panel discussion will facilitate open conversation on these topics.

Presentations:

• 9:00 AM – 9:03 AM PT

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Victoria Pickens – Kansas State University
• 9:03 AM – 9:23 AM PT

  Incorporating cultures' role in the food and agricultural sciences
  

  Presenting Author: Florence Dunkel – Montana State University

  Co-author: Chef Sean Sherman – The Sioux Chef Owamni Restaurant

  Co-author: Barbara Komlos – The University of British Columbia
• 9:23 AM – 9:43 AM PT

  Fostering entomological diversity: My role training Native American entomologists through the NATIVES program
  

  Presenting Author: Melissa Reed – Oklahoma State University
• 9:43 AM – 10:03 AM PT

  Empowering a community with a plastic cup and some guidance
  

  Presenting Author: Rebecca T. Trout Fryxell (she/her/hers) – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Michael Camponovo – University of Tennessee

  Co-author: B. smith – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Julie Andsager – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Joshua Rosenberg – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Corey Day – University of Tennessee

  Co-author: E. Dyer – University of Tennessee

  Co-author: S. D. Rampold – University of Tennessee
• 10:03 AM – 10:23 AM PT

  Inspidering change in entomological societies, online communities, and beyond
  

  Presenting Author: Catherine Scott – McGill University
• 10:23 AM – 10:43 AM PT

  Forget the lines when coloring your life in entomology
  

  Presenting Author: Andrine A. Shufran (she/her/hers) – Oklahoma State University
• 10:43 AM – 11:03 AM PT

  CANCELED: Wasps, tacos, and ales: Mis experiencias entomofágicas
  

  Presenting Author: Sebastian Ibarra Jimenez (he/him/his) – British Columbia Ministry of Forests
• 11:03 AM – 11:08 AM PT

  Break
• 11:08 AM – 11:58 AM PT

  Panel discussion
  

  Presenting Author: Victoria Pickens – Kansas State University
• 11:58 AM – 12:00 PM PT

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Victoria Pickens – Kansas State University