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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
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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
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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
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Abstracts


PhD Student Presentations

Casey Ortbahn

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

 


 

Feb. 11
Promo Flyer

Amy Wald
Founder and President of Green Luxe

Claudia Vecchio
President and CEO, Sonoma County Tourism

 Career Path Discussion with EPN Nature Positive Tourism Speaker

Feb. 18
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 Rosalie Hendon
City Forester, Columbus Recreation and Parks Department		 Urban Forestry, Equity and Community Engagement

March 4
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Second year MS student Lightning Talks

Sonam Rustagi

Alisa Mancini

Isaiah Franco

Caroline Wolfe

Trey Coulter

Jaspreet Singh

  

March 18
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PhD Student Presentations

Aravind Viswanathan

Ningzhu Bai

  

March 25*
 

 

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

April 1
Promo Flyer

 Dr. Bryce Adams
Research Forester, Northern Research Station		 Silviculture and Climate Change
April 8
Promo Flyer		 Dr. Nyeema Harris
Knobloch Family Associate Professor of Wildlife and Land Conservation, Yale School of the Environment		 Environmental Literacy in Urban Youth
April 15
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Dr. Nicole Ardoin
Associate Professor of Environmental Behavioral Sciences in the Environmental Social Sciences Department of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability and Senior Fellow in the Woods Institute for the Environment


Participatory Research for Environmental Education