The ESSA initiative’s annual symposium is open to anyone interested in transforming graduate education
Save the date!
Join our symposium on November 3rd from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (Arizona time)
Attend the annual symposium
2023 Agenda
Friday, November 3, 2023 – Walton Center for Planetary Health 509, Tempe campus (map)
All sessions will be available in person in WCPH 509. Select sessions on Zoom (links included).
| 9:30 – 10 a.m. | Bagels and Coffee – Walton Center for Planetary Health |
| 10 – 10:30 | Welcome Michele Clark, ESSA Manager, School of Life Sciences ESSA mission and core values Nancy Grimm, ESSA Director, Regent’s Professor, School of Life Sciences Abigail York, ESSA Director, Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change Weaving Relations – Immersive experiences and identity-based cohort building Melissa Nelson, Weaving Relations PI, Professor, School of Sustainability Michelle Hale, Weaving Relations co-PI, Teaching Professor, American Indian Studies Zoom link: https://asu.zoom.us/my/essaroom2 |
| 10:30 – 11:45 | ESSA Scholar Presentations Moderator: Michele Clark Luke Ramsey-Wiegmann A Portrait of Urban Salt River Wetlands: Integrating Art, Restoration, and Ecology Xavier Nokes Of Place: Place As Material Valeria Angel and Priscilla Frankson Navigating Privilege, Place-Based Diets, and Cultural Convergence Edauri Navarro-Pérez Roots as my teachers of success, failures, and intersectionality in graduate school Arshonne Cazares and Zoe Gentry Living Lands |
| 12 – 1 p.m. | Luncheon and Living Lands demonstration Please register by 10/30 so we can accommodate your meal. |
| 1 – 2 | Virtual guest speaker, Gwen Bridges Ethical Space: Roots of Conflict, Indigenous Knowledge and Reconciliation Zoom: https://asu.zoom.us/my/essaroom2 |
| 2 – 2:30 | Networking break |
| 2:30 – 4 | ESSA Scholar Presentations Moderator: Michele Clark Taína Diaz-Reyes An Ecology of Indigenous Culinary Culture Daniel Moses Research Protocols for Heron Shadow Ashley Foster Predicting Taste and Odor Compounds in Phoenix Canals Alycia de Mesa The Critical Nature of Indigenous Pre-Research Xyonane Segovia, Nana Sakyiwa Brown-Wood, Sola Kim Mutually Enriching Mentorship |
| 5 – 6 p.m. | Informal Happy Hour – Pedal Haus Light appetizers provided – please register! 730 S. Mill Ave., #102, Tempe, AZ 85281 |