Empowering Entomology Leaders to Create an Inclusive Workplace

Organizer(s)

• SO

  Scott O'Neal

  Research Entomologist
  Crop Protection Discovery
  Corteva Agriscience
  Indianapolis, Indiana
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  Anastasia Cooper (she/her/hers)

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Pathobiology
  Auburn University
  Opelika, Alabama
• NQ

  Nicole Quinn

  Assistant Professor
  Indian River Research and Education Center
  University of Florida
  Fort Pierce, Florida
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  Sajjan Grover

  Senior Scientist
  Bayer Crop Science
  Manchester, Missouri
• MP

  Morgan Pinkerton (she/her/hers)

  Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Extension Agent
  Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
  University of Florida
  Sanford, Florida
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  Anna Briggs

  Science Policy
  Boise, Idaho

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM MST

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Scott T. O'Neal – Corteva Agriscience
• 1:35 PM – 1:55 PM MST

  So you want to talk about DEI
  

  Presenting Author: Keri Ann Sather-Wagstaff – Clemson University
• 1:55 PM – 2:15 PM MST

  Workplaces that empower insect scientists to create tomorrow's crop protection solutions
  

  Presenting Author: Michelle Smith, BCE-Emeritus – Corteva Agriscience
• 2:15 PM – 2:35 PM MST

  Harnessing the power of employee resource groups to amplify our unique voices – Examples of empowering individuals in industry
  

  Presenting Author: Kimberly Morrell (she/her/hers) – Bayer Crop Science

  Co-Author: Frankie Stubbins (he/him/his) – Bayer Crop Science
• 2:35 PM – 2:45 PM MST

  Break
• 2:45 PM – 3:05 PM MST

  Investing in diverse entomologists in the USDA Agricultural Research Service
  

  Presenting Author: Alvin M. Simmons – USDA-ARS
• 3:05 PM – 3:25 PM MST

  Building and maintaining your laboratory from the ground up using principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion
  

  Presenting Author: William R. Morrison, III (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS
• 3:25 PM – 3:45 PM MST

  A framework for inclusive research
  

  Presenting Author: Ana M. Velez (she/her/hers) – University of Nebraska
• 3:45 PM – 3:55 PM MST

  Break
• 3:55 PM – 4:15 PM MST

  Justice and belonging for 2SLGBTQIA+ entomologists is possible and needed
  

  Presenting Author: Edel Perez-Lopez – Université Laval
• 4:15 PM – 4:35 PM MST

  Permeable walls: Diversity in museum spaces and scientific societies
  

  Presenting Author: Jessica L. Ware, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – American Museum of Natural History
• 4:35 PM – 4:55 PM MST

  Supporting women in agriculture
  

  Presenting Author: Sally Taylor – Cotton Incorporated
• 4:55 PM – 5:25 PM MST

  Panel discussion
• 5:25 PM – 5:30 PM MST

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Scott T. O'Neal – Corteva Agriscience