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Black Ecologists Section

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This section was established to support Black scientists as we to conduct groundbreaking ecological work in hostile environments. We hope to serve as a safe haven for professionals at any stage to share challenges and build on academic and DEI projects.

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  • Christopher Lawrence– Black Wisdom in Ecology

    We’re back again to continue highlighting researchers who center Black cultures, values, and systems of knowledge in their science. This month, we are shining a light on Christopher Lawrence. They are a graduate student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University who studies Heliconius butterflies. He works extensively alongside Rutgers University’s Black Ecologies Lab. This group uses an interdisciplinary…

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  • Dr. Alicia Foxx– Black Wisdom in Ecology

    The Black Ecologist’s Section of ESA is shining a light on Black cultures, values, and systems of knowledge in the natural sciences. This month, we are highlighting the work of Dr. Alicia Foxx. She is a conservation ecologist at the Chicago Botanic Gardens and who studies how plant traits affect plant-microbe interactions and restoration ecology in tallgrass and dryland systems….

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  • Jasmine Brown–Black Wisdom in Ecology

      The Black Ecologist’s Section of ESA would like to shine a light on the value of centering Black cultures, values, and systems of knowledge in the natural sciences. This month, we are highlighting the work of Jasmine Brown, a graduate student in the Department of Forestry at Michigan State University. Jasmine studies African Americans’ legacies with forests and the…

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  • Centering Black Wisdom in Ecology

    As this Black History Month comes to a close, the Black Ecologist’s Section of ESA would like to shine a light on the importance of centering Black cultures, values, and systems of knowledge in the natural sciences. Scientific inquiry is shaped heavily by the perspectives it privileges; centering Black knowledge allows us to expand the suite of approaches used to…

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