Professor University of St Thomas (MN) St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
Professional and graduate schools desire students who have research experience and are knowledgeable of social and community issues that impact health. Developing on campus undergraduate research opportunities that explore the overlap between agriculture and health is key to developing competitive students for professional and graduate school. Using urban agriculture ecology to demonstrate the connection between academics and social issues, undergraduate pre-health biology majors may discover new career pathways. In this talk, I will share how this effort could lead to increasing STEM field diversity while providing students with research-based experience that address current social and community challenges.
