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Spring 2026 SENR Speaker Series

Spring 2026 SENR Speaker Series

Tuesdays starting at 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Location: 103 Kottman Hall
The SENR Speaker 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 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 2026 SENR Speaker Series SCHEDULE
 

Date 
Speaker / Panelists
THEME / tITLE
Jan. 13 Dr. Douglas Jackson-Smith
Kellogg Endowed Chair of Agroecological Management 
Director, Agroecological Management Program 
Professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources		 Exploring the challenges and potential of participatory research in agriculture

Jan. 20
 

MS Lightning Talks

Maliha Muhtasim
County-level variations among Midwestern farmers in the adoption of conservation agriculture: The role of macrostructures and individual farm and farmer attributes | Access the Abstract

Cami Vanderwolf
Investigating the urban ecology of a recolonizing river otter population in the Greater Chicago Metropolitan Area | Access the Abstract

Sophia Roberts
"We find a way to move forward": Exploring teachers’ ecological agency in environmental education | Access the Abstract

 

 




 

Jan. 27
 
 

PhD Presentations

Olivia Ruppert
Optimizing scale in landscape genetics: Habitat models as a foundation for connectivity | Access the Abstract

Chinmayee Priyadarshini
Soil Aggregation and Microbial Symbiosis in Mitigating Fusarium Wilt in Tomato



 

Feb. 3

Dr. Maria N. Miriti
Professor, Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University | Access the Abstract

 Ecology, Social Science, and Environmental Justice
Feb. 10 Environmental Professionals Network breakfast program 

The Big Darby Accord, 20 Years Later: Incorporating Conservation in Regional Growth

Feb. 17

How do we break through the tribalism and extremism in our politics? How can we bridge political divides and discuss the important issues we face? Playwrights Annabel Soutar and  Alex Ivanovici have created a blueprint called The Assembly for navigating the extremism and tribalism in political discourse today.

Bridging Political Divides Through Theatre and Art: Porte Parole and the Making of "The Assembly"

Feb. 24

PhD Presentations

Allison Williams

Bishista Shree


 

Mar. 3
 

Dr. Anna Cates
Associate Extension Professor
Department of Soil, Water and Climate, University of Minnesota

 Theme: Soil Health and Stakeholder Engagement

Mar. 10
 

 Environmental Professionals Network breakfast program 

Rising Challenges: Building Rural Ohio’s Resilience to Severe Flooding
Mar. 17

No regular seminar - Spring Break

  

Mar. 24
 

MS Lightning Talks

Madeline Stewart
Alex Rehbinder
Hunter Slear
Zion Streeter

 

 

Mar. 31

TBA

 
Apr. 7 H. Thomas Bartlett, ornithologist and Research Associate at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History Lake Erie Islands Natural History Project and Birding
Apr. 14 Dr. Nicole Ardoin
Associate Professor of Environmental Behavioral Sciences in the Environmental Social Sciences Department of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability (SDSS) and Senior Fellow in the Woods Institute for the Environment
 		 Participatory Research for Environmental Education