About the chapter
The Chapter has a two-fold vision: To promote, develop and coordinate regional-to continental-scale research and education activities, and to promote ESA’s relevancy to existing and emerging ecological issues in the Southwest, including Mexico.
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Research Highlights
Ever wondered where Southwestern Chapter members are working? Want to increase the visibility of your research? We are making it easy for you to contribute your published works to JournalMap!
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Student Resources
Check out our ESA travel award and other opportunities! Also, read about the cool research that past travel award recipients have done.
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Find us the Southwest Chapter in Baltimore!
We are excited to see you all at these year’s Annual Meeting in Baltimore! Please save these to your program and hope to see you there! 🙂
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Southwest Chapter 2025-2026 Elections!
Hi Chapter! It is that time of year again that we need your help electing next year’s Southwest Chapter officers! Please use the link below to cast your votes. Poll closes on Aug 1, 2025. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dWBXTCK-Q0ZirytzBqhBCGTDdxvOS7Akb4LIEhMXY4I/viewform?edit_requested=true Thank you so much for being a valued member of our Chapter! Cheers,Luiza Aparecido (Chair of the Southwest Chapter)
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Emerging Southwest Ecologist Travel Award!
The ESA Southwest Chapter is pleased to offer 4 travel awards of $500 each to aid in travel expenses to this years ESA Annual meeting in Portland, OR happening August 6-11, 2023! Must meet the below criteria to be eligible for this award: – Applicants must be members of the Southwest Chapter at the time of application. – Applicants…
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Southwestern Chapter Language Services & Inclusion Committee
Our goal is to encourage diversity of thought, and promote inclusion by eliminating language barriers that isolate collaboration with those that speak other languages. Opening up collaboration between different groups, not only allows us to communicate our results, but also promotes inclusion and diversity of thought in our research. We do this by translating research articles and opportunities for collaboration…
Career Opportunities
- Fairer Fields, Inc.: Research Fellow — Theoretical Ecology November 11, 2026
- Michigan State University Extension: Extension Educator - Integrated Pest Management Extension Educator November 6, 2026
- Lehigh University - Center for Catastrophe Modeling & Resilience : Assistant Professor in Natural Hazards Modeling November 6, 2026
- Johns Hopkins University: Morton K. Blaustein Postdoctoral Fellowship November 4, 2026
- Georgia Institute of Technology: Multiple open-rank tenure-track faculty positions in Ecology and Coastal Processes October 31, 2026
- Stanford King Center on Global Development: Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford King Center on Global Development October 30, 2026