Printed Program (PDF) - Ecological Society of America

ESA Traditional Ecological Knowledge Business
Meeting and Luncheon
VIP B, Oregon Convention Center
ESA Urban Ecosystem Ecology Section Business
Meeting
E145, Oregon Convention Center
GLBT Ecologists Brown Bag Lunch
Morrison, Doubletree Hotel
Rapid Response Team Luncheon (by invitation only)
D135, Oregon Convention Center
WK 26 - Halting Attrition: Mentoring and Retention of
Women and Minority Students
C123, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: GRH Allington (gallingt@slu.edu), CN Ryan, CR
Lemons, AR Post
Plugging the leaky pipeline of women and minority ecologists
is quickly becoming a priority. This workshop will be an active
discussion between senior and student ecologists from diverse
career paths on mentoring and strategies for career success for
women and minorites.
WK 29 - Data Sharing In Ecology: Breaking Down the
Cultural Barriers
E141, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: WK Gram, S Hampton, V Hutchison
Why does the data paradigm need to shift in ecology? Why are
ecologists hesitant to share their data and use community data?
Bring your lunch and join representatives from NEON, DataONE and
NCEAS, as well as your fellow ecologists, to discuss these issues
and strategies to address these barriers.
WK 30 - The NGame: Improving Student Learning of
Complex Ecological Concepts Through Game-Based
Learning
B113, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: AP Smith, JE Collins, TC Balser
This workshop introduces ‘The NGame’, an interactive, gamebased
learning tool designed to guide students through the series of
complex interactions between the physical, chemical and biological
environment that drive the nitrogen cycle. Participants will learn and
play The NGame, and discuss innovative teaching strategies that
encourage hands on, experiential learning.
WK 31 - How to Use Teaching Issues and Experiments
In Ecology (TIEE) In Your Teaching and Publish Ecology
Research In TIEE
D137, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: C D’Avanzo (cdavanzo@hampshire.edu), LM Hartley,
A Maskiewicz
This workshop is an introduction to how to use Teaching Issues and
Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) in ecology and biology teaching and
how to submit an Experiment, Issue, or Research paper.
WK 32 - Formative Assessment: Just Do It! Rapid
Response to Undergraduate Feedback
D138, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: J Dauer (jdauer@msu.edu), A Sutton-Grier, ESJ
Rauschert, JL Momsen
Participants will explore the value of formative assessment to
student learning, will develop methods for planned and spontaneous
Life on Earth: Preserving, Utilizing, and Sustaining our Ecosystems
11:30 am-1:15 pm
formative assessment, and will learn ways to respond to the results
of formative assessment in order to improve student learning in
diverse class settings.
WK 33 - Answering Ecological Questions with
Metagenomic Sequencing
D139, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: DD Myrold, JT Lennon
Participants will be introduced to the application of metagenomics to
address ecological questions, with an overview of the methodology,
description of a few case studies, and a discussion of the some of
the challenges that face the field as it moves forward.
Speakers:
JT Lennon, Michigan State University
DA Antonopoulos, Argonne National Laboratory
W Mohn, University of British Columbia
WK 34 - SEEDS Chapter Workshop
F150, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: F Abbott (fred@esa.org), M Armstrong
This workshop will provide an opportunity for SEEDS Campus
Ecology Chapters to collaborate and share their accomplishments
and for ESA members to learn more about the SEEDS program and
how to start a Chapter.
WK 35 - Engaging Arts/Humanities with Long-Term
Research and Education Programs: Outcomes,
Approaches, Networking
B116, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: MB Leigh, FJ Swanson
This workshop will begin with examples of engagement of arts
and humanities in long-term, place-based ecological research
and education programs for purposes of both primary inquiry and
outreach. Open discussion will address how to foster this work at
individual sites and across the emerging network of sites (see http://
www.ecologicalreflections.com/).
WK 48 - Funding for Ecology From the National
Science Foundation: A Discussion with Program
Officers
E142, Oregon Convention Center
Organized by: P Alpert, C Dybas, H Gholz, N Grimm, RS Inouye,
DJ Levey, SM Scheiner, AJ Tessier, S Twombly, S Watts
The purposes of this panel discussion are to inform the ecological
research community about current opportunities and processes for
funding at NSF and to receive suggestions on how the Foundation
can best serve the discipline. Participants from NSF will include
program officers from the two clusters most centered on ecology.
Speakers:
P Alpert, National Science Foundation
C Dybas, National Science Foundation
H Gholz, National Science Foundation
N Grimm, National Science Foundation
RS Inouye, National Science Foundation
DJ Levey, National Science Foundation
SM Scheiner, National Science Foundation
AJ Tessier, National Science Foundation
A Townsend, National Science Foundation
S Twombly, National Science Foundation
S Watts, National Science Foundation
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