10-min: FIT, General

Moderator(s)

• 

  Edmond Bonjour

  Associate Extension Specialist - Stored Product Entomologist
  Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  Oklahoma State University
  Stillwater, Oklahoma
• 

  Faith Weeks

  Associate Professor
  Biological Sciences
  Towson University
  Towson, Maryland

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:42 PM MST

  A butterfly in every classroom 4-H program
  

  Presenting Author: Kenneth Thomas Gioeli, M.Ag. (he/him/his) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Linette Trabulsy – St. Anastasia Catholic School
• 1:42 PM – 1:54 PM MST

  Artistic expression of original research: A case study at the intersection of art, science communication, and informal STEM education
  

  Presenting Author: Jessica Maccaro – University of California

  Co-Author: Boris Baer – University of California

  Co-Author: Peter R. Marting – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Tanya Nieri – University of California

  Co-Author: Daniel Ozer – University of California
• 1:54 PM – 2:06 PM MST

  Developing an educational intervention to reduce tick-borne disease exposure among rural Black children in South Carolina.
  

  Presenting Author: Lidia Gual-Gonzalez – University of South Carolina
• 2:06 PM – 2:18 PM MST

  Educating fumigators in stored grain protection
  

  Presenting Author: Edmond L. Bonjour – Oklahoma State University
• 2:18 PM – 2:30 PM MST

  Extreme responses in entomophobia research: Could AI assist in overcoming the bias?
  

  Presenting Author: Moshe Gish – University of Haifa
• 2:30 PM – 2:42 PM MST

  Break
• 2:42 PM – 2:54 PM MST

  From disgust to acceptance: Exploring consumer attitudes and emotional responses to edible insects in Western cultures
  

  Presenting Author: Agnieszka Orkusz – Wroclaw University of Economics and Business

  Co-Author: Katarzyna Ostasiewicz – Wroclaw University of Economics and Business

  Co-Author: Joanna Harasym – Wroclaw University of Economics and Business
• 2:54 PM – 3:06 PM MST

  If you give a child a critter: Establishment and expansion of 'Museums in Miniature' in the southeast
  

  Presenting Author: Patricia Louise Wooden – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Nikolai Artley – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Caitlin May Silva – Dallas Zoo
• 3:18 PM – 3:30 PM MST

  Insects and education: Using drawings as tools to gauge knowledge gained in students
  

  Presenting Author: Elizabeth Carlson – Oklahoma State University

  Co-Author: Andrine A. Shufran (she/her/hers) – Oklahoma State University

  Co-Author: Emily A. Geest – Oklahoma State University
• 3:30 PM – 3:42 PM MST

  Break
• 3:42 PM – 3:54 PM MST

  Reframing entomology education presentations to explicitly focus on their importance and relevance to humans and human survival
  

  Presenting Author: Faith J. Weeks – Towson University
• 3:54 PM – 4:06 PM MST

  Service-learning biodiversity surveys: A partnership with the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina
  

  Presenting Author: Kaitlin U. Campbell (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina

  Co-Author: Lisa Kelly – University of North Carolina
• 4:06 PM – 4:18 PM MST

  Tiptoeing around climate change in K-12 classrooms: Pollinator datasets as a strategy
  

  Presenting Author: Sophie M. Maksymkiw (she/her/hers) – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: Meena Balgopal – Colorado State University
• 4:18 PM – 4:30 PM MST

  When “bugs” need heroes: Using unconventional outreach to engage the public
  

  Presenting Author: Kelly Zimmerman, MSc – Bugs Need Heroes Podcast