Date: Wednesday, May 15
Location: Eastview Room, University Conference Center, Close-Hipp Building (8th floor)
Timetable
09:30 am: Arrival and registration
10:00–11:30: Session 1: Citizen Science from Campus to the Capitol (Chair: Ryan McCoy, USDA/Washington and Lee University)
- Matt Kisner, USC Philosophy: “Environmental Ethics and Community Engagement at USC: A case study"
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Grant Foster, USC Biology: "Citizen Science in a Changing World"
12:45–14:15: Session 2: Natural History for the Modern World (Chair: Dustin Sigsbee, USC Philosophy)
- Herrick Brown, USC Andrew Charles Moore Herbarium: “Tools of Citizen Science in Herbarium Curation"
- Arlene Marturano, South Carolina Garden-Based Learning Network: "Data Dialogs: Citizen Science in Entomology, Meteorology, and Beyond”
14:30–15:00: Session 3, Closing panel: The Interplay of Citizen Science and Philosophy of Science in Practice (Session Moderator: Julia Bursten, University of Kentucky)
- All speakers and session chairs, plus
- Rachel A. Ankeny, Wageningen University & Research
15:00–17:45: Session 4: Field trip to the USC Arboretum
- 15:00–15:15: Orientation to iNaturalist
- 15:15–15:30: Walk to USC Arboretum
- 15:45–17:45: Field trip led by Hilda Flamholtz, iNaturalist.