Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources 2022

Keynote Speakers

(updated 3/18/2022)

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Times are Central Timezone

March 22, 2022 (Tuesday)

• Tuesday evening (7:00 - 8:00 pm) — Social Greet and Mix

March 23, 2022 (Wednesday)

Wednesday morning (9:15am start)

9:15 AM	Video Welcome: Greater Prairie-Chicken Lek Experience (Platte Basin Timelapse); Group Chat Mixer
9:30 AM	Welcome and Logistics: Larkin Powell, Conference Coordinator Welcome from the School of Natural Resources: John Carroll, Director Welcome from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources: Tiffany Heng-Moss, Dean
9:50 AM	Keynote Speaker: Bryan Dewsbury, Florida International University Title: Sense of place - Developing a culture of inclusion in the natural sciences Discussion: Q&A with Bryan
10:45 AM	Tea Break
11:00 AM	Keynote Speaker: Joe Dauer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Title: How do natural resource students organize and make sense of a flood of biology concepts? Discussion: Q&A with Joe
11:55 AM	Lunch Break

Wednesday afternoon (1:00pm start)

	Room A	Room B	Room C	Room D
Themes	Diversity, equity, and inclusion	Online and virtual learning, Technology	Course design, COVID responses	Diversity, equity, and inclusion
1:00 pm	Diversity initiatives in F&W programs; Mathews et al.	Online student engagement; Poarch, Hagan	Using controversial natural resources issues; Dauer	Workshop: Mentoring students of color for success in natural resources; Erim Gomez, U. of Montana
1:15 pm	Break	Break	Break
1:20 pm	Natural Resources enrollment trends; Bal et al.	Professor-student interactions during pandemic; Fash et al.	Readiness assurance testing in team-based course; Berger, Powell
1:35 pm	Break	Break	Break
1:40 pm	Faculty and student diversity in F&W programs; Waits et al.	Student perceptions of shift to online learning; Browne et al.	Online prep course develops tree ID strategies; Wofford, Jeffries
1:55 pm	Break	Break	Break
2:00 pm	Decoloniality and anti-racism in classrooms; Katti	Shiny: bridging real and virtual worlds; Tinkham, Ziegler	Tension among content, skills, and assessment Yahnke et al.	No Activity
2:15 PM	Break	Break	Break
2:20 pm	Decolonization using Native American teachings; Typhina	Remote field experiences in wildlife and forestry; Roen et al.	Planning a Kenya-based field course during pandemic; Petrillo
2:35 pm	Tea Break	Tea Break	Tea Break
3:10 pm	Inclusive historical narratives in the curriculum; Baker, Morales	Stakeholder collaboration in virtual classroom; Seaborn, Caudill	Bringing outdoor labs online; Hagan, Poarch
3:25 pm	Break	Break	Break
3:30 pm	Embedding intercultural competency skills; Flaherty, Karcher	Using online homework submission logs; Ahrendsen, Foreman	aculty perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic; Lamssali et al.
3:45 pm	Break	Break	Break
3:50 pm	Centering equity in env. education; Chin, Nail	Go mobile, fly drones! Hung et al.	Decision-making of STEM students during pandemic; Ofori-Boadu et al.
4:05 pm	Break	Break	Break
4:10 pm	Student perceptions of env. justice; Pacifici	Online practice tool enhances identification skills; Kerrigan, Jeffries	Conversion of labs to outdoor individual labs; Larson
4:25 pm	Break	Break	Break

Wednesday evening (7:30pm start)

7:30 - 8:30 pm

Social Mixer Combined with Live Feed Crane Experience Audubon’s Rowe Sanctuary Zoom with YouTube feed from Crane Cam with Beka Yates, Education Manager, Rowe Sanctuary. Tentative time: 7:30-8:30. Sunset 7:52pm Central.

March 24, 2022 (Thursday)

Thursday morning (9:15am start)

Times are Central Timezone

9:15 am	Video Welcome: Sandhill Crane Morning Flight Experience (Platte Basin Timelapse)
9:30 am	Welcome, Discussion of BCUENR 2024 proposal (Oregon State University), BCUENR 2026 proposal (Michigan Tech)
9:50 am	Break

 

	Room A	Room B	Room C	Room D
Themes	Digital badges, Curriculum building	Inclusive teaching and learning	Experiential learning, Field courses	Inclusive teaching and learning
10:00 am	Cobranding credentials during badging; Malmberg, Studdiford	Online teaching tools create inclusive environment; Jeffries	Training students to address controversy; Titus et al.	Workshop: Learning4all – getting started with Universal Design for Learning; Julia Remsik Larsen, McKinzie Sutter, and Grace Troupe — University of Nebraska–Lincoln
10:15 am	Break	Break	Break
10:20 am	A global assessment of forest education; Rekola, Sharik	Promoting constructive peer review of writing; Kloster	Waterfowl, watercolors, and ID skills; Ashlers
10:35 am	Break	Break	Break
10:40 am	Assessment of forest education in North America; Sharik et al.	Lowering barriers: comfort in the outdoors; Martin, Coulson	Storying telling for env. science; Koehler et al.
10:55 am	Tea Break	Tea Break	Tea Break
11:15 am	Strategic enrollment management; Maller	Transforming career role development for women; Ofori-Boadu, Sampson	Gaps in expectations for summer REU; Silva et al.	Panel: Ungrading is more work and more rewarding; George Hess, Faith Bradshaw, Jason Delborne, and Emma Zawacki — North Carolina State University
11:30 am	Break	Break	Break
11:35 am	Interdisciplinary team-based graduate programs; Wilbur and Budowle	Cooperative instruction improves comprehension; Granger et al.	Literature circles as alternative to lectures; Turk
11:50 am	Break	Break	Break
11:55 am	Using open resources in large enrollment courses; Lupek	No Activity	Citizen science in the classroom; Smith et al.
12:10 pm	Lunch Break	Lunch Break	Lunch Break

Thursday afternoon (1:30pm start)

1:30 pm	Keynote Speaker: Lisa Pennisi, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Title: Neurodiversity in our classrooms Discussion: Q&A with Lisa
2:25 pm	Break
2:40 pm	Keynote Speaker: Sara Bombaci, Colorado State University Title: Advancing Inclusion in Natural Resources Education: Insights from a Decade of Research and Practice Discussion: Q&A with Sara
3:35 pm	Conference Closing Statement and Thank You