Schedule

May 18, 2023

Gerlinger Lounge
University of Oregon

9:00 – 9:45 am              Registration, Poster Set Up, Coffee & Snacks

9:45 – 10:00 am            Opening Remarks

10:00 – 11:00 am           Poster Walk Through

    1. Ari Wolf
    2. Christian Heisler
    3. Dhruv Modi
    4. Hana Matsumoto
    5. Helena Virga
    6. Joelle Harris
    7. Marissa Lane-Massee
    8. Mirabai Collins
    9. Shellsea Miller
    10. Wendy Feng

11:00 – 11:10 am             Break

11:10 am – 12:20 pm      Oral Presentations 1 (12 min each)

  1. Hannah Spencer; Title: “Personal and positional influence on collaboration in social networks for wildfire management in northwestern Wyoming”
  2. Liam Resener; Title: “Framing wildfire risk: a study of the thread between cultural subcontext, visions of nature, and natural resource management priorities”
  3. Colin Mast; Title: “Exploring a novel approach to forest management that aims to promote wildlife habitat and carbon storage while producing timber in the Elliott State Research Forest, Oregon”
  4. Gabriel Abreu-Vigil; Title: “Alaskan boreal forests under future climate change and increased wildfire disturbance: modeling trajectories of permafrost thaw, vegetation shifts, and hydrologic dynamics”

12:20 – 12:30 pm            Break

12:30 – 2:30 pm             Lunch & Keynote Speaker

2:30 – 2:45 pm               Break

2:45 – 4:15 pm                Oral Presentations 2 (12 min each)

  1. Kaleb Beavers; Title: “Framing Ferments: Discursive (Micro)Biopower in Fermentation Practice”
  2. Kristina Beggen; Title: “Unpacking Wolves in the West: Wolf conservation and the Legacy of Settler Colonialism”
  3. Amanda Rickets; Title: “Land Means the World: Narratives of Place and Colonial Ecological Violence in the Media Framing of the Bears Ears National Monument”
  4. Dara Craig; Title: “A Critical Blue Justice Framework for the Marine Social Sciences”

4:15 – 4:30 pm                Prizes & Final Remarks

*Organizing Committee: Madison Fowler-Niblock (Grad Rep.), Alison Mildrexler (Coordinator), Helena Virga (Grad Rep.), Sarah Wald (Chair)