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Spring 2025 SENR Seminar Series

Spring 2025 SENR Seminar Series Dr. Tom DeSutter and Keely Fisher. Photo credit: Duane Gandelot

Tuesdays starting at 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Location: 103 Kottman Hall
The SENR Seminar Series is held during the autumn and spring academic semesters. Speakers address a variety of topics that are relevant to the major environmental problems and natural resource management issues of our day. The seminar series reflects the multi-disciplinary nature of the School of Environment and Natural Resources in that a variety of experts contribute from fields as diverse as the humanities and social sciences, traditional resource management disciplines, and the biological and physical sciences.

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SPRING 2025 SENR Seminar Series SCHEDULE

*Environmental Professionals Network breakfast program
 

Date and LinkS
Speaker / Panelists
Seminar THEME / tITLE

Jan. 14*
 

 

Moo-ving Methane: Converting Ohio’s dairy farm manure into an energy source

Jan. 21
Promo Flyer
Presenter Abstracts
Second year MS Lightning Talks

Meg Edwards
Fields and Forests: Understanding agroforestry practitioners' motivations, support networks, and pathways to agriculture

Beth Tull
Influence of Species Composition, Basal Area and Growth Rate on Forest Carbon Stocks in Eastern Deciduous Forests

Emma Hanners
Best communication practices regarding city electrification policies and programs

Rachel Henry
The Hazard Acceptance Model: Predicting Human Tolerance for Carnivores

Cael Jones
Climate Change Messaging in 280 Characters: Decoding Congressional Rhetoric on X

Kaleb Lee 
Deeper than Roots: Exploring Youth Perspectives on Urban Ecology and Food Justice through Creative Expression

Tatiana Slesnick
Unseen and Unheard: Understanding the environmental injustices faced by Youth Experiencing Homelessness


 


 

Jan. 28
Promo Flyer
Abstract

 

Co-sponsor: 
Decision Sciences Collaborative
 
Dr. Gabrielle Wong-Parodi
Assistant Professor
Stanford University Earth System Science
Environmental Social Science
Center Fellow Stanford University Woods Institute for the Environment 		 Understanding and building the resilience of communities facing weather extremes

Feb. 4
Promo Flyer
Abstracts


PhD Student Presentations

Casey Ortbahn
Youth as experts: using co-design to center youth voices and advance environmental education and positive youth development goals

Lily Mank
Play Room Collaboratory: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Equitable Outdoor Play for College Student Well-being

 


 

Feb. 11
Promo Flyer

Co-hosts: Environmental Professionals Network and Department of Comparative Studies, The Ohio State University

Amy Wald
Founder and President of Green Luxe

Claudia Vecchio
President and CEO, Sonoma County Tourism

Jim Embry
Founder of Sustainable Communities Network, and agrarian intellectual activist

 Career Path Discussion: Sustainability for All: Three Leaders’ Journeys to Discover Sustainability in Their Careers

Feb. 18
Promo Flyer

 Rosalie Hendon, MPA, MENR
City Forester, The City of Columbus Recreation and Parks		 Implementing Columbus’ Urban Forestry Master Plan

March 4
 
Second year MS student Lightning Talks

Sonam Rustagi
Farmer Perspectives and Sustainable Agriculture Incentives

Alisa Mancini
Round goby foraging patterns under current and projected climate conditions of Lake Erie

Isaiah Franco
Latine Farmworker Recruitment and Community Wellbeing in Ohio

Cara Wolfe
Cascading grassed waterways effectively treat agricultural runoff

Trey Coulter

Jaspreet Singh
Soil phosphorus stratification and distribution under different land use and agronomic settings

  

March 18
Abstract
 
PhD Student Presentations

Ningzhu Bai
Understanding the Dynamics of Tick-Bird-Pathogen Interactions in Ohio Songbirds

  

March 25*
 

 

Water Re-use for Ohio’s Future: Implications for advanced industry, land conservation, and resource efficiency

April 1
Promo Flyer with Abstract

 Dr. Bryce Adams
Research Forester, Northern Research Station		 Establishing Adaptive Silvicultural Trials in the Ohio Hills: The Ohio Hills Adaptive Silviculture Experiment
April 8
Promo Flyer with Abstract		 Dr. Nyeema Harris
Knobloch Family Associate Professor of Wildlife and Land Conservation and Director Applied Wildlife Ecology Lab, Yale School of the Environment

Our wildlife neighbors and urban ecology 
April 15 - Postponed!