Women of Today Empowering Women of Tomorrow for Leadership Roles Across Careers in Insect Science

Organizer(s)

• LB

  Lauren Beebe (she/her/hers)

  Graduate Student
  Department of Entomology
  Texas A&M University
  College Station, Texas
• 

  Chloe Hawkings (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor, Entomology Undergraduate Program Director
  Entomology
  Rutgers University
  New Brunswick, New Jersey
• 

  Jocelyn Holt

  EEB Faculty Fellow
  BioSciences
  Rice University
  Houston, Texas
• JW

  Julia Wooby

  Graduate Student
  Purdue University
  West Lafayette, Indiana

Our symposium highlights women and their leadership roles so scientists of tomorrow can learn about career opportunities. We will showcase speakers with diverse entomological backgrounds and job descriptions who represent this. We hope this aligns with the Women & Allies in Entomology Breakfast to create opportunities for building networks.

Presentations:

• 2:00 PM – 2:05 PM MST

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Chloe Hawkings (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University
• 2:05 PM – 2:25 PM MST

  A young woman scientist navigating an entomological career in academia and in leadership roles: We can thrive!
  

  Presenting Author: Lina Bernaola – Texas A&M University
• 2:25 PM – 2:45 PM MST

  Skill-transfer: Navigating the move from a PhD to corporate
  

  Presenting Author: Crys Wright – McKinsey & Company
• 2:45 PM – 3:05 PM MST

  The role of identifiers in USDA APHIS PPQ's safeguarding continuum
  

  Presenting Author: Xanthe Shirley – USDA APHIS PPQ

  Co-Author: Natalie Hernandez – USDA-ARS
• 3:05 PM – 3:25 PM MST

  Gender equality in army science
  

  Presenting Author: Meaghan Pimsler – Combat Capabilities Development Command
• 3:25 PM – 3:40 PM MST

  Break
• 3:40 PM – 4:00 PM MST

  How I became an entomologist: The ABCs and XYZs of women studying insect science
  

  Presenting Author: Hongmei Li-Byarlay – Central State University
• 4:00 PM – 4:20 PM MST

  Finding success as a researcher in the federal government after academia
  

  Presenting Author: Karen C. Poh (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS
• 4:20 PM – 4:40 PM MST

  Academic professional: Academia without the research or the tenure-track
  

  Presenting Author: Kelly Carruthers (she/her/hers) – University of Georgia
• 4:40 PM – 5:00 PM MST

  Don't give up, 'cause you have friends: From unemployed to ESA leader
  

  Presenting Author: Rayda K. Krell, Ph.D. – Corteva Agriscience
• 5:00 PM – 5:20 PM MST

  Dead men tell no tales, but insects do: Role of forensic entomologists in criminal and civil litigation
  

  Presenting Author: Samantha J. Sawyer, Ph.D., M-ABFE (she/her/hers) – Curry College
• 5:20 PM – 5:25 PM MST

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Chloe Hawkings (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University