Ecology, Evolution, & Intersectional Identities: Reimagining Environmental Education
SEFS is proud to welcome Rae Wynn-Grant, wildlife ecologist and National Geographic Fellow, as the 2022 Sustaining Our World Lecture speaker. In this lecture, an overview of Dr. Wynn-Grant’s most notable wildlife ecology research will segue into a personal story of her moment of realization that the greater ecology community was lacking the intersectional perspectives that can best support its scientists. She will then define intersectional environmentalism and give several examples of how her own science research has taken a turn for the better since adopting this lens, as well as detail her most recent forays into scholarship surrounding decolonized conservation and science.
This talk quotes language from historical figures that express harmful views of marginalized communities, including Indigenous inhabitants of what is now the United States. Please be aware that this language may be traumatic to viewers who are members of these marginalized groups.