2022 Joint Campus Conference

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Environmental Science Research Colloquium

Thursday May 26th 2022

3:00pm - 8:00pm

Native American Student and Community Center

710 SW Jackson St, Portland, OR 9720

This is an annual event hosted by students for students who are interested in environmental science to come together and either share their research, or learn about the diverse array of environment-related research projects happening at PSU, OSU and UO through a lightning talk session and oral presentations.

The joint conference invites all students from PSU, OSU, UO and will be open to the public. The goal of the event is to help foster a broader involvement in and dissemination of environmental science on campus and in Portland. We hope to further expand our audience and enrich the experience for students by hosting a keynote speaker, Dr. J. Drew Lanham from Clemson University. Dr. Lanham will be speaking about his research on songbird ecology, as well as the African-American role in natural-resources conservation.

This event is free of admission and will be catered by Chipotle! Proof of vaccination required upon entry.

Tentative Schedule:


Poster Session 3:00 - 5:00pm

Lightning Talks 5:00pm - 5:30pm

Grad Student Oral Presentations 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Keynote Address 7:00pm - 8:00pm



Student Poster Session:

The poster session is open to all students. All submissions will be considered for a poster presentation. Selected submissions will be invited for a lighting talk or oral presentation if desired.


Lightning talks:

All students - graduate and undergraduate - are encouraged to submit their research, research ideas and design for the lightning talk session. Six students will be chosen for a five minute talk.


Oral Presentations:

Up to 2 oral presentations will be selected to give a 15 minute research presentation with 5 additional minutes for Q&A. Graduate students with advanced environmental science-based research are encouraged to submit their abstract for consideration of an oral presentation.


All abstract submissions are due by May 13th, 2022

Keynote Speaker: Dr. J. Drew Lanham

Dr. J. Drew Lanham is a professor of wildlife at Clemson University, where he holds an endowed chair as an Alumni Distinguished Professor and was named an Alumni Master Teacher in 2012. His research focuses on songbird ecology, as well as the African-American role in natural-resources conservation. A South Carolina native, Lanham is active on a number of conservation boards, including the South Carolina Wildlife Federation, Audubon South Carolina, the Aldo Leopold Foundation, BirdNote, and the American Birding Association, and he is a member of the advisory board for the North American Association of Environmental Education. He was most recently named a 2016 Brandwein Fellow for his work in environmental education, and he has also been a fellow of Toyota TogetherGreen and the Clemson University Institute for Parks. Lanham is also an author and award-nominated poet; his first solo work, The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature, was published in 2016. Lanham received his B.A. and M.S. in Zoology, and his Ph.D. in Forest Resources, from Clemson.

Thank you to Stephen A. Wille, the Environmental Science & Management department, and the PSU Student Activities and Leadership Program for their generous support of this Association of Environmental Science Students event.