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Monday, July 29th

Monday, July 29th, 8:00 am to 11:45 am · Tucson C/Starr Pass
Session EO1: Contributed Papers: Education and Outreach I
Presiding: Kyra Krakos, Maryville University
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July 29th 8:00 amTucson C/Starr PassIntroduction
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EO1002July 29th 8:15 amTucson C/Starr PassMentoring Native American Students for Future Science and Agriculture Workforce through FAST-REEU
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Oral PaperNepal, Madhav; Bott-Knutson, Rebecca; Mathew, Febina; Janaswamy, Srinivas; White, P. Troy.Undergraduate mentoring 
Research experiences
Mentoring minority students
Native American Students 
Trbal Colleges
EO1003July 29th 8:30 amTucson C/Starr PassTeaching Plant Systematics to a class including both visually impaired and sighted students: experiences and recommendations
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Oral PaperBeck, James; Castor, Jay.visual impairment
blindness
accessibility
botany education
EO1004July 29th 8:45 amTucson C/Starr PassUsing High-Impact Practices to Broaden STEM Student Access and Success
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Oral PaperUno, Gordon.High-Impact Practices
STEM Education
Equity Instruction
EO1005July 29th 9:00 amTucson C/Starr PassOrganizing an international multi-lingual scientific conference in a small country, lessons learned
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Oral PaperFreire-Fierro, Alina; Guerrero, Mario; Jaramillo, Edison; Picón, Gabriel; Valdebenito, Hugo; Palacios-Ríos, Mónica; Melo, Maria Margarida da Rocha Fiuza de.Botany
congress
convention
Latin America
EO1006July 29th 9:15 amTucson C/Starr PassCo’s Digital Flora of the Philippines: citizen science and volunteerism driving the documentation of Philippine plant diversity
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Oral PaperBarcelona, Julie Fenete; Nickrent, Daniel; Pelser, Pieter.outreach
vascular plants
ferns
Lycophytes
Angiosperms
plant checklist
gymnosperms
EO1007July 29th 9:30 amTucson C/Starr PassThe Potential of Natural History Collections in Educating the 21stCentury Scientist and Citizen
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Oral PaperMONFILS, ANNA K; Phillips, Molly; Ellwood, Elizabeth; Linton, Debra; Donovan, Sam.biodiversity
digitized herbarium data
data science
education
Data in the Classroom
Inclusion
July 29th 9:45 amTucson C/Starr PassBreak
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EO1009July 29th 10:15 amTucson C/Starr PassThe ONE TREE, ONE PLANET Cell Phone App, Connecting Art and Science
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Oral PaperSoltis, Douglas; Gitzendanner, Matt; Guralnick, Robert; Mestaoui, Naziha; Rosindell, James; Soltis, Pamela; Wong, Yang.art
projection art
cell phone app
biodiversity
outreach
EO1010July 29th 10:30 amTucson C/Starr PassOh no, my research has gone viral!
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Oral PaperMetzgar, Jordan; Hockman, Cassandra.science communication
science outreach
EO1011July 29th 10:45 amTucson C/Starr PassBringing the Outside Inside: Creating and Using Virtual Learning Spaces for Botany
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Oral PaperKrakos, Kyra.virtual reality
education
teaching modules
EO1012July 29th 11:00 amTucson C/Starr PassCross-pollination: Art & Sex through the Lens of Botany
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Oral PaperMartine, Christopher; Kell, Anna.education
teaching
PUI
reproductive biology
botanical art
sciart
interdisciplinarity 
team teaching
STEAM
human diversity
EO1013July 29th 11:15 amTucson C/Starr PassDigital leaf morphology in the classroom
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Oral PaperKlein, Laura.morphology
geometric morphometrics
digital imaging
Research experiences
undergraduate mentoring
EO1014July 29th 11:30 amTucson C/Starr PassPieces, Patterns, and Processes: Botany and the Field Naturalist Approach to Reading the Landscape
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Oral PaperParis, Catherine; Thompson, Elizabeth.botany education
field botany
conservation science
UVM Field Naturalist Program
Monday, July 29th, 11:45 am to 1:30 pm · Tucson C/Starr Pass
Session M19: Meeting: BSA Teaching Section Business Meeting and Luncheon
Presiding: Kyra Krakos, Maryville University
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July 29th 11:45 amTucson C/Starr PassBSA Teaching Section Business Meeting and Luncheon
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Monday, July 29th, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm · Arizona Ballroom/Starr Pass
Session P: Contributed Posters: Education and Outreach Posters
Presiding: Benjamin Montgomery,
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PEO001July 29th 5:30 pmArizona Ballroom/Starr PassSecondary Agriscience Teaching Modules Developed through iLEARN Workshop
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Poster: Education and Outreach Nepal, Madhav; Browning, Larry; Miller, Matthew; White, P. Troy; Purintun, Jordan.
PEO002July 29th 5:30 pmArizona Ballroom/Starr PassUsing digitized herbarium data for authentic research experiences in undergraduate botany courses
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Poster: Education and Outreach McCauley, Ross.teaching
digitized herbarium data
Undergraduate
PEO003July 29th 5:30 pmArizona Ballroom/Starr PassBringing a little Middle Earth to Maryville University: Creating an educational native plant garden on campus
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Poster: Education and Outreach Deterding, Deanna; Krakos, Kyra.native plant
Gardens
PEO004July 29th 5:30 pmArizona Ballroom/Starr PassDigital tools for obtaining knowledge of plants in the American Southwest
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Poster: Education and Outreach Rocha, Dawn; Shingoitewa, LeRoy; Buckles, Avi; McNair, Daniel.traditional ecological knowledge
Indigenous perspectives
plant identification
Linnaean taxonomy
American Southwest
ethnobotany
PEO005July 29th 5:30 pmArizona Ballroom/Starr PassFaculty Mentoring Networks As A Path To Botany Faculty Professional Development
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Poster: Education and Outreach Gibson, Phil.Pedagogy
active learning
Faculty Mentoring Netork
professional development
PEO006July 29th 5:30 pmArizona Ballroom/Starr PassWeb-based modules for teaching flagellate plant morphology
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Poster: Education and Outreach Elkin, Lucy; Mansour, Isabel; Kollar, Leslie; Antonenko, Pavlo; Sessa, Emily; Davis, E. Christine.education
accessibility
plant blindness
interactive
active learning
morphology
PEO007July 29th 5:30 pmArizona Ballroom/Starr PassCompositae in a Crate: an outreach initiative to promote plant awareness
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Poster: Education and Outreach Siniscalchi, Carolina; Moore, Erika; Parsley, Kathryn; Sabel, Jamie; Mandel, Jennifer.Asteraceae
plant blindness
outreach
PEO008July 29th 5:30 pmArizona Ballroom/Starr PassDesert Botanical Garden voucher program: Celebrating 25 years of documenting the collections
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Poster: Education and Outreach Ward, Joni.Cactaceae
Agave
Gardens
Botanical Garden
herbarium
vouchers
Living Collections
PEO009July 29th 5:30 pmArizona Ballroom/Starr PassA learning experience: My first year as a Botany professor
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Poster: Education and Outreach Allen, Sarah.plant taxonomy
introductory botany
economic botany
undergraduate teaching
botany education
plant blindness
PEO010July 29th 5:30 pmArizona Ballroom/Starr PassSpotting bee diversity: Testing the quality of citizen science photo survey data
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Poster: Education and Outreach Miller-Struttmann, Nicole; Gerardo, Camilo; Danback, Lisa.
PEO011July 29th 5:30 pmArizona Ballroom/Starr PassEngagement in Authentic Research during the First Semester in College: A Student’s Perspective
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Poster: Education and Outreach Smith, Karagan; Garcia, Cristian; Grinovich, Brandon Reed; Fiallo, Samantha; Brewster, Jay; Swift, Cheryl; Davis, Stephen.First year students
Undergraduate
Stem
assesment
PEO012July 29th 5:30 pmArizona Ballroom/Starr PassBig research ins a small space: Mycorrhizal communities differ in simulated elevational gradient in courtyard garden at Flagstaff High School
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Poster: Education and Outreach Bradley, Robin; Hull, Julia.citizen science
mycorrhizal fungi
climate change
PEO013July 29th 5:30 pmArizona Ballroom/Starr PassHonoring Henry Judson Jacob, a former Delta State University Dean, for his contributions to the Delta State University Herbarium
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Poster: Education and Outreach Baghai-Riding, Nina; Jones, Emily.Henry Jacob
Mississippi
herbarium
SERNEC
PEO014July 29th 5:30 pmArizona Ballroom/Starr PassNatives vs. Exotics: Reducing non-native plant species in urban landscapes of Southern New Mexico
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Poster: Education and Outreach Harpold, Trystan; Fuentes Soriano, Sara.Conservation Ecology
Natives
Invasives
Non-natives
outreach
horticulture
Landscaping
PEO015July 29th 5:30 pmArizona Ballroom/Starr PassA series of case studies to address misconceptions about the process of science
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Poster: Education and Outreach Harley, Sue.Case Study
introductory botany
scientific method
PEO016July 29th 5:30 pmArizona Ballroom/Starr PassVascular Plants of the Arizona Center for Nature Conservation (Phoenix Zoo)
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Poster: Education and Outreach Berry, Zachery; Berry, Zachery.horticulture
conservation
education

Tuesday, July 30th

Tuesday, July 30th, 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm · Tucson D/Starr Pass
Session EO2: Contributed Papers: Education and Outreach II
Presiding: Benjamin Montgomery,
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EO2001July 30th 1:30 pmTucson D/Starr PassHerbaria as a resource for surveying agricultural potential of perennial herbaceous plants
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Oral PaperRubin, Matthew; Herron, Sterling; Ciotir, Claudia; Bergh, Emma; Martinez, Dahlia; Sandoval, Marissa; Selby, Samantha; Sherrod, Summer; Miller, Allison.herbarium
annual perennial
Research experiences
perennial agriculture
EO2002July 30th 1:45 pmTucson D/Starr PassBuds and Branches: student specimen collection experience in a Systematic Botany course during the Alaskan winter
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Oral PaperGabbitas, Robert; Ickert-Bond, Stefanie.Interactive key
Flora of Alaska
winter bud ID
EO2003July 30th 2:00 pmTucson D/Starr Pass"Sex on the Kitchen Table": an outreach experiment
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Oral PaperEllstrand, Norman.evolution
outreach
reproductive biology
crop
food plants
genetics
domestication
crop improvement
genetic engineering
transgenic
Beta vulgaris
Lycopersicum esculentum
Cucurbita pepo
Agrostis stolonifera
Musa acuminata
Persea americana
EO2004July 30th 2:15 pmTucson D/Starr PassOn-line “Plant Anatomy Study Guide and Laboratory Manual”
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Oral PaperGandolfo, Maria; Gandolfo, Maria; Nixon, Kevin.Plant Anatomy
On-Line manual
Microscopic Plant Images
EO2005July 30th 2:30 pmTucson D/Starr PassThe Taste of Life: informal science education made delicious
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Oral PaperMoscoe, Lauren; Hanes, Margaret.agrobiodiversity
biodiversity
collaboration
ethnobotany
food systems
plant blindness
science outreach
EO2006July 30th 2:45 pmTucson D/Starr PassInquiry module using citizen science data and informatics to explore effect of climate on plant-insect interactions
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Oral PaperClement, Wendy; Prudic, Kathleen; Oliver, Jeffrey.plant-animal interactions
species distribution model
citizen science
student-centered learning
ecoinformatics
data science
EO2007July 30th 3:00 pmTucson D/Starr PassiNaturalist as a tool for biodiversity engagement, formal and informal education, and campus species inventories
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Oral PaperStruwe, Lena.education
teaching
citizen science
science communication
community science
biodiversity
inventory
digital tools
Floristics
iNaturalist
discovery
species diversity
outreach
botany education

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