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Video Livestream ViewAttendees 81

Member Symposium

Powerful Voices: Overcoming Challenges in Entomology - 8th Latin American/ Hispanic Symposium

Tuesday, November 17, 2020
2:15 PM - 4:50 PM EST

Livestream

    Organizer(s)

  • Ana Legrand

    Plant Science
    University of Connecticut
    Storrs Mansfield, Connecticut

  • Silvia Rondon

    College of Agricultural Sciences
    Oregon State University
    Corvallis, Oregon

  • Steven Reyna

    Global Regulatory Sciences
    Chesterfield, MO

  • JL

    Jesus Lara

    California Department of Food & Agriculture
    Sacramento, California

A forum for any ESA member to connect with U.S. Hispanic entomologists or with entomology professionals and students who conduct research in Latin America. This symposium connects entomologists from diverse backgrounds and interests thereby strengthening relationships and promoting collaboration across the American continent and the Caribbean.

Presentations:

  • 2:15 PM - 2:20 PM EST
    Introductory remarks

    Presenting Author: Steven Michael Reyna

  • 2:20 PM - 2:40 PM EST
    Navigating an entomological career in the land of opportunity given our cultural differences: We can succeed!

    Presenting Author: Sujaya Rao – University of Minnesota

  • 2:40 PM - 2:55 PM EST
    Small but mighty: One Latina’s journey in academia

    Presenting Author: Ana M. Velez

  • 2:55 PM - 3:00 PM EST
    Break
  • 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST
    Insects move across borders, so can we: Tales from a young entomologist

    Presenting Author: Carlos J. Esquivel – Bayer Crop Science

    Co-Author: Erick Martinez – The Ohio State University

    Co-Author: Rachel Bienemann – The Ohio State University

    Co-Author: Rogelio Trabanino – Zamorano University

    Co-Author: Christopher M. Ranger (he/him/his) – USDA

    Co-Author: Andy Michel – The Ohio State University

    Co-Author: Luis A. Canas – The Ohio State University

  • 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM EST
    L.I.F.E. in the private sector: My experience as an entomologist and industry scientist

    Presenting Author: Ana R. Cabrera – Bayer CropScience

  • 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM EST
    Larva livestock- agriculture and research at EnviroFlight

    Presenting Author: Elida Maria Espinoza – EnviroFlight LLC

  • 3:45 PM - 3:50 PM EST
    Break
  • 3:50 PM - 4:05 PM EST
    Sí se puede: Helping myself and others overcome impostor syndrome in entomology

    Presenting Author: Marco Antonio Ponce

    Co-Author: Rob Morrison – USDA-ARS

  • 4:05 PM - 4:20 PM EST
    Navigating working at a Hispanic serving institution, Hispanic identity and other complexities

    Presenting Author: Monique J. Rivera – University of California, Riverside

  • 4:20 PM - 4:35 PM EST
    A journey of a Peruvian entomologist in the midwest US

    Presenting Author: Doris Lagos-Kutz – USDA-ARS

    Co-Author: Glen Hartman – USDA-ARS

  • 4:35 PM - 4:40 PM EST
    Break
  • 4:40 PM - 4:50 PM EST
    Panel discussion