The ECo Graduate Student Symposium, ECoGSS, is a platform to enable graduate students in the conservation sciences to share their diverse and interdisciplinary research. This is a symposium for graduate students in the field of conservation science to practice presentation and public speaking skills while coming together as part of a unique team of scientists furthering our world’s knowledge in environmental science. By providing feedback to these students throughout all stages of their graduate career and research development we will help to ensure the success of our department’s advancement and communication of science.
The goals and objectives of the symposium are to:
- Encourage student-faculty and student-student collaborations and camaraderie in the ECo Department
- Provide a setting for graduate students to practice their speaking skills for professional conferences
- Enable students to receive feedback from peers and faculty
- Showcase the diversity of research in the ECo Department (ECo, IMS, OEB and MS graduate programs) and beyond
- Highlight discussions on community and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in both the department and the field of conservation science
2022 Organizing Committee
Patricia Levasseur, Chair
Amanda Suzzi
Seema Ravandale
Katrina Zarrella Smith
Sarah Deckel
Graziella DiRenzo, Faculty Advisor
2021 Organizing Committee
Patricia Levasseur
Alexia Perides
Amanda Suzzi
Ayodele O’uhuru
Samantha Myers
Grace Casselberry
Timothy Randhir, faculty advisor
2020 Organizing Committee
Grace Casselberry
Ayla Skorupa
Katherine Abbott
Amanda Halperin
Ryan Suttle
Ksenia Ruuska
Hollie Sutherland
Donovan Drummey
Carolyn Anderson
Christopher Sutherland, faculty advisor
2019 Organizing Committee
Allison Gage
Carolyn Anderson
Donovan Drummey
Elsa Cousins
Lian Guo
Mariela Garcia Arredondo
Michael Roberts
Nischal Neupane
Christopher Sutherland, faculty advisor
2018 Organizing Committee
Ashleigh Novak
Bia Dias
Carolyn Anderson
Erin Coates-Connor
Evan Kuras
Forrest J. Bowlick
Grace Casselberry
Laura Hancock
Mariela Garcia
Mercedes Harris
Allison Roy, faculty advisor
Our logo was designed by Hollie Sutherland.