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Jasmine Brown, Doctoral Student
Department of Forestry<\/p><\/div>\n
The Black Ecologist\u2019s 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 <\/span>Jasmine Brown<\/span><\/a>, a graduate student in the Department of Forestry at Michigan State University. Jasmine studies African Americans\u2019 legacies with forests and the field of forestry. She especially appreciates the joy of unearthing gems about African Americans\u2019 relationships to trees and forests in history: for example, as much as forests have represented danger and trauma, especially during the slavery and Jim Crow eras, they have also often been places of healing; African Americans have long used herbal medicine to treat many common ailments. To learn more about Jasmine\u2019s work, check out her recent interview with Michigan State\u2019s public radio station (<\/span>WKAR<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Over the next few months, we will continue to highlight the work of Black ecologists whose research draws from Black systems of knowledge. If you would like your work to be featured in this series, please complete the attached <\/span>google form<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n