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Inspire Session

INS 6 - ¿Cómo Haces Ecología? Como Você Faz Ecologia? How Do You Do Ecology? Latine Voices in Our Community of Ecologists

Tuesday, August 8, 2023
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
Location: 253

For a long time, scientific institutions in the Global North have operated in a colonial scheme, resulting in persistent racial and ethnic discrimination. As we dismantle colonialism in science around the world, we want to shine light on the experiences of a historically excluded group – the Latine community. The participation of Latine ecologists is important for creating a truly inclusive scientific environment. In order to be successful, the long path to decolonization of science needs the creation of cultural safe spaces that facilitate scientific and cultural exchange between scientists. In this session, we create a welcoming and vibrant space for Latine ecologists to share their experiences and their passion for their research within the ESA community. Specifically, the speakers will discuss the influence of their cultural and geographical background in their ways to do Ecology. To our knowledge, this will be the first session at ESA where scientists are welcome to share their research in English, Spanish or Portuguese, with bilingual text in their slides. This session aims to provide the space to start a (multilingual) conversation about how the perspectives and background of Latine people actively contribute to the growth of Ecology, with a focus on global change. Simultaneously, it will provide a space for Latine scientists, acknowledging their intersectional identities, to share their unfiltered experiences in the field of ecology.< br>We would like to invite the broader ESA community to join this much needed conversation about the diversity challenges within the Latine community that extend beyond the language and cultural barriers in English speaking countries.

Presentations:

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    Crossing borders and barriers for fungi, climate change, and ecology

    Presenting Author: Adriana L. Romero-Olivares – New Mexico State University

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    Free and accessible education: una luz al final del túnel para estudiantes de comunidades desfavorecidas.

    Presenting Author: Rolando Trejo-Pérez – Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, Université de Montréal, Montréal

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    CANCELLED - Navigating academia as an international woman in ecology

    Presenting Author: Silvia Pineda-Munoz – Indiana University Bloomington

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    CANCELLED - Ecology blindness in a biodiversity hotspot

    Presenting Author: Julia Albuquerque de Pinna – Universidade de São Paulo

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    Dunes, Death and Identity: weathering grad school when you barely know who you are

    Presenting Author: Benjamin J. Rivera, MSc – UC Davis

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    Weaving together culture and ecology to express my identity as a scientist

    Presenting Author: Clarissa Rodriguez – University of California, Riverside

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    El amor entra por la cocina: how community and family shaped my path as a pollination ecologist

    Presenting Author: Wilnelia Recart González, Ph. D. – University of San Diego

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    Transfering skills across borders: how to promote research in conservation in tropical America

    Presenting Author: Oscar J. Rocha – Kent State University

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    ¿Cómo lo digo?: Challenges in Science Communication for Latin Americans

    Presenting Author: Katherine Porras Brenes – John Carroll University

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    Discussion (until session ends)