{"id":296,"date":"2024-10-24T21:46:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T21:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/inclusive-ecology\/?p=296"},"modified":"2024-10-24T21:47:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T21:47:20","slug":"introducing-inclusive-ecologys-new-vic-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/inclusive-ecology\/2024\/10\/24\/introducing-inclusive-ecologys-new-vic-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Inclusive Ecology&#8217;s New Vice Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello!\u00a0\u00a0My name is Lindsey (Lyndxe) Zakopal.\u00a0\u00a0I am a PhD student at UC Riverside, and initiated the formation of the ESA SEEDS chapter at my undergrad institution, The Evergreen State College, in Olympia, WA.\u00a0\u00a0There, I became passionate about inclusivity for underrepresented groups in ecology and environmental science, and have continued to be an advocate for both myself and others throughout my experience within ESA.\u00a0\u00a0I am thrilled to be elected as Vice-Chair of the ESA Inclusivity section and hope to continue to bridge gaps and increase support, acceptance, and a foster a welcoming environment for those around me.\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019m always open to new ideas, collaboration, and interacting with individuals from an array of backgrounds with unique experiences.\u00a0\u00a0Please feel free to reach out to me (<a href=\"mailto:lindsey.zakopal@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lindsey.zakopal@gmail.com<\/a>) with any ideas, suggestions, or if I can help you out in any way!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-294 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/inclusive-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/10\/IMG_3706-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/inclusive-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/10\/IMG_3706-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/esa.org\/inclusive-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/10\/IMG_3706-rotated.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello!\u00a0\u00a0My name is Lindsey (Lyndxe) Zakopal.\u00a0\u00a0I am a PhD student at UC Riverside, and initiated the formation of the ESA SEEDS chapter at my undergrad institution, The Evergreen State College, in Olympia, WA.\u00a0\u00a0There, I became passionate about inclusivity for underrepresented groups in ecology and environmental science, and have continued to be an advocate for both myself and others throughout my&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7328,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/inclusive-ecology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/inclusive-ecology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/inclusive-ecology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/inclusive-ecology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/inclusive-ecology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/inclusive-ecology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":298,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/inclusive-ecology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions\/298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/inclusive-ecology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/inclusive-ecology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/inclusive-ecology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}