Immersive, Interdisciplinary, Identity-based Team Science Experience

Community visions of the 

Onk Akimel

Rio Salado

Salt River

The Earth Systems Science for the Anthropocene (ESSA) graduate scholars network is excited to announce the first Immersive, Interdisciplinary, and Identity-based Team Science Experience (IIITSE) cohort for summer 2022. A team of graduate students across multiple disciplines will work together in their cohort to co-design solutions-oriented research. The ESSA initiative supports graduate students interested in developing a collaborative research and action project that explores several interconnected aspects of community development and ecological restoration on the Rio Salado (Salt River) and Gila River watershed. We are aiming to work at the upstream, middle, and downstream ends of the Rio with Indigenous and urban communities living along the river. Our approach is to co-create collaborative, culturally affirming, and solutions-oriented projects that center diverse knowledge systems to respond to community needs.

If you are interested in forming partnerships or collaborations with our community-oriented research or if your organization is interested in sharing resources, please contact essa@asu.edu. 

Want to learn more about the next iteration of the Weaving Relations IIITSE program? Follow our updated team site here:  https://sites.google.com/asu.edu/weaving-relations/home 

Follow along throughout the IIITSE summer 2022 cohort to see updates about research plans.