Perspectives on Resilience

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A person in a red coat stands at the end of a spit of land looking at light change over water.

When

1 to 5:30 p.m., Feb. 8, 2024

Please join us for an inspiring afternoon of sharing, learning, and networking around the theme of resilience. Learn how your fellow UArizona faculty, researchers, and students approach resilience from their diverse backgrounds and disciplines, and find new ways to collaborate across campus on impactful, community-oriented projects in the future. 

This half-day occasion will include lightning talks, an interactive speaker panel, idea-sharing and networking activities, and will culminate with a discussion of new funding opportunities for future resilience-themed endeavors. A reception with live music will follow.

 

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You can learn more about Perspectives on Resilience by viewing last year's event here.

 

Agenda

Part One

Time Speaker Speaker Title Description
1:00pm Sharon Collinge Director, Arizona Institute for Resilience Welcome & Introduction
1:05pm Elliott Cheu Interim Senior Vice President for Research & Innovation Welcome from Research, Innovation & Impact
1:10pm Chris Zatarain & Jacqueline Arias MA Student, Applied Intercultural Arts Research Program; MFA Studenet, School of Art Original Composition: Rays of Resilience – A Vision of the Future
1:25pm Lisa & Catlow Shipek Co-Founders, Watershed Management Group Interactive Panel Discussion

Lightning Talks: Round One

Time Speaker Speaker Title Description
1:55pm Andrea Gerlak Director, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy Causes and innovative solutions for some of our world’s most pressing environmental challenges.
2:00pm Sawyer Sullivan Earth Grant Intern How art can catalyze connection with nature and change human behavior.
2:05pm Melanie Hingle Nutritional Sciences and Wellness, College of Agriculture, Life & Environmental Sciences Lifestyle behaviors associated with energy balance and disease risk.
2:10pm Nicholas Wilson Assistant Director, Administrative Operations, School of Geography, Development & Environment, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Indigenous college student access, persistence, and degree completion; Indigenous metaphysics, philosophies, pedagogies, and knowledge production.
2:15pm Karina Martinez PhD Candidate, Arid Lands Graduate Interdisciplinary Program Impacts of extreme heat events on the health and well-being of people living in dry-land ecosystems.
2:20pm Gregory Cushman Associate Professor of History Global environmental history, history of science and technology, and Rapanui resilience to soil degradation, climate change and disease. 

Break: conversation and snacks in the ENR2 courtyard.

Part Two

Time Speaker Speaker Title Description
2:35pm Sharon Collinge Director, Arizona Institute for Resilience "Three Questions" Networking Activity
3:00pm Sara Fraker Associate Professor of Music, Fred Fox School of Music, College of Fine Arts Original Composition

Lightning Talks: Round Two

Time Speaker Speaker Title Description
3:10pm Marc Verhougstraete Associate Professor, Community, Environment & Policy Department, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health Integration of environmental microbiology and water quality management to protect human and ecosystem health. 
3:15pm Jacqueline Barrios Assistant Professor, Department of Public and Applied Humanities, College of Humanities Connecting literature and open spaces; bringing urban histories to life through interdisciplinary, socially-engaged projects.
3:20pm Jennifer Roth-Gordon Associate Professor, School of Anthropology, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Race, socio-economic status, and heat exposure in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
3:25pm Yuri Makino & Christine Harland Associate Professor and Associate Director, School of Theatre, Film & Television Fostering resilient communities, especially regarding providing equitable access to health and wellness care.
3:30pm Iliana Samorano Earth Grant Intern Community-engaged research and environmental justice, helping residents protect themselves from health risks.
3:35pm Michael Bogan Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources and the Environment How disturbance and dispersal processes shape biodiversity in aquatic and riparian ecosystems.

Break: conversation and snacks in the ENR2 courtyard.

Part Three

Time Speaker Speaker Title Description
3:50pm Philippa Johnstone MS Student, School of Natural Resources and the Environment Annual Resilience Theme Award: The Art and Science of Drought Resilience Through Soil Health
4:05pm Sharon Collinge Director, Arizona Institute for Resilience Reciprocity Idea Exchange Activity
4:30pm Sharon Collinge Director, Arizona Institute for Resilience Closing; announcement of funding opportunity and next steps.

4:35-5:30pm     Reception, networking, and live music in the ENR2 courtyard!

 

Contacts

Shelley Littin