Annual Research Colloquium
May 23rd, 2024 | Native American Student and Community Center | Starts at 2:00pm
Save the date for the 2024 Annual Environmental Research Colloquium
Thursday May 23rd, 2024
Native American Student and Community Center (NASCC)
710 SW (Andrew) Jackson Street, Indigenous Ancestral Homelands (Portland, OR 97201)
2024 Colloquium Schedule:
Poster Session 2:00 - 4:00pm
Lightning Talks 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Grad Student Oral Presentations 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Keynote Address: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Chipotle will be catered for during the poster session
Keynote Speaker: Cassie Premo Steele
Cassie Premo Steele is an award-winning environmental poet, novelist, and essayist whose writing focuses on the themes of trauma, healing, creativity, and mindfulness. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and is the author of 18 books, including We Heal from Memory: Sexton, Lorde, Anzaldúa and The Poetry of Witness (Palgrave), Earth Joy Writing: Creating Harmony Through Journaling and Nature (Ashland Creek Press), as well as 3 novels and 7 books of poetry. Her most recent novel is Beaver Girl, which has been selected as the 2024 One Book, One Community selection for the City of Columbia, South Carolina, where she lives with her wife.
Join us for the keynote address at 6:00pm to learn about:
Eco-Diversity and the Search for Meaning in Our Writing and Research
Exploring the connections between diversity in our identities, ecosystems and social systems can help us commit more meaningfully to our search for environmental and social justice. This keynote addresses practical ways to find meaning in our writing and research by deepening our relationships between environmental diversity and the healing power of diversity within different aspects of ourselves and our communities.
