Transforming Entomology Research and Education at Historically Black College and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions

Organizer(s)

• HL

  Hongmei Li-Byarlay

  Assistant Professor
  Agricultural Research Development Program
  Central State University
  Wilberforce, Ohio
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  Michelle Samuel-Foo

  Director of Research
  Biological Sciences
  Alabama State University
  Montgomery, Alabama

The aim of this symposium is to promote and highlight diversity within the ESA at minority-serving institutions and increase interactions between different types of institutions. The symposium will feature a diverse array of speakers to include faculty, scientists, and program officers from academia and federal funding agencies.

View our on-demand presentations, then join us in-person for live presentations and discussion.

Presentations:

• 9:00 AM – 9:05 AM MT

  Introductory remarks
• 9:05 AM – 9:25 AM MT

  All-hands-on-deck: Need and opportunities for HBCUs to address global nutritional security
  

  Presenting Author: Sonny Ramaswamy – Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
• 9:25 AM – 9:40 AM MT

  Encouraging and promoting entomology research and education at historically black colleges and universities
  

  Presenting Author: Olufemi Seyi Ajayi – Tuskegee University
• 9:40 AM – 9:55 AM MT

  Transforming undergraduate entomology education at HSI with curriculum modification and public-private partnerships
  

  Presenting Author: Rupesh Kariyat – University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
• 9:55 AM – 10:20 AM MT

  Discussion
• 10:20 AM – 10:25 AM MT

  Closing remarks