June 2022 E-Newsline

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‘Queer is Natural’ video series celebrates pride in the animal world

“There are estimated to be over 1,000 species that engage in same-sex coupling or whose sex roles aren’t exactly what you learned about in basic biology,” Christine Wilkinson says in her Queer is Natural video series. “For Pride Month, let’s highlight these queer animals, and talk about how being queer is actually natural.” Watch the series on Christine’s TikTok to learn about species ranging from penguins to banana slugs, flour beetles to Japanese macaques, and more!

Get ready to welcome the 2022 Switzer Fellows! Thanks to a committed team of Switzer Network volunteers, we have selected the 2022 Switzer Fellows and will be announcing them very soon! As they join, we have two requests to help create a welcoming environment and facilitate networking. First, please check your Switzer profile. If it's not up to date, use this Google form to submit changes. This will be helpful for the incoming fellows who will be looking through the Switzer Network's directory for networking connections. Second, when we make the announcement via the listserv, we invite each of you to reply with a welcoming message. This could include a hearty congratulations, a brief introduction, an offer of support, or a simple hello. The new fellows will have been added to the listserv by then, and they will all receive your messages. If you’re not on the Switzer Fellows listserv and would like to be, please contact Cora.  Let us know if you have any questions, and look out for more information about the new fellows in the coming days!

Event Recap & Recording: "Black Faces, White Spaces” Conversation and Lecture with Carolyn Finney Christian Cooper. George Floyd. Renaming institutions. Reparations. What does the environment have to do with it? How do we meet this moment? Drawing from her book, Black Faces, White Spaces, her relationships “in the field”, her lived experience, and this moment of reckoning, Dr. Finney explores the complexities and contradictions of American history as it relates to green space, race and the power to shape the places we live in our own image. This presentation was hosted by the Switzer Network Race & Equity Discussion Group. Watch the recording.

Fellow News

What if we get this right? Ayana Elizabeth Johnson interviewed in On Being Christine Wilkinson selected as 2022 Schmidt Science Fellow Rachel Morello-Frosch publishes about historical racist redlining practices leading to higher exposures to oil and gas wells Jade Johnson co-authors study finding high concentrations of DDT-related chemicals in California condors The Future of Our Food: Jonathan Scheuer and Noa Lincoln speak at PBS Hawaiʻi town hall Regan Patterson featured in Resources Radio on driving toward transportation justice Josh Stewart study finds that larger North Atlantic right whale females have more calves Pamela McElwee analyzes community-based Payment for Forest Environmental Services models in Vietnam Matt Orosz’s organization OnePower expands energy access in Lesotho Studies by Sarah Reed and Kathy Zeller featured in the Conversation on making room for wildlife  Keith Parker speaks on traditional ecological knowledge at fisheries conference Have news for this section? Send it to us so we can post it to our website, social media and future e-news. Please use this Google Form to update your profile as well.

Events

2021 Switzer Fellows Virtual Summer Gathering Monday, June 27th, 2022. 11 am - Noon PDT / 2 - 3 pm EDT A virtual gathering for 2021 Switzer Fellows to connect as a cohort and celebrate the conclusion of their fellowship year. 2021 Fellows may contact Erin for details.

Leadership and Network Innovation Grants Roundtable Tuesday, July 19th, 2022. 1-2 pm PDT / 4-5 pm EDT Are you interested in pursuing the grant opportunities available to Switzer Fellows beyond the fellowship? Join this virtual roundtable to learn from past Leadership and Network Innovation grant recipients about their experiences and the impact the programs have had on their careers. Register today to have your questions answered and learn how these programs can work for you.

Integrating Social Justice into STEM Education and Practice Wednesday, July 27th, 2022. 11 am - 12:30 pm PDT / 2-3:30 pm EDT All Switzer Fellows are welcome to the final session of the 2021/2022 Switzer Network Race & Equity Discussion Group, where fellows Lisa Stoddard and Karen Merritt will explore the need for applied STEM practice to have a grounding in social justice, and facilitate discussion around approaches and case studies for integrating social justice into STEM as educators and environmental practitioners. Learn more and register.

Opportunities

The Society for Conservation Biology is accepting applications for the David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship Program. These two year postdoctoral fellowships provide support for outstanding early-career scientists who want to better link conservation science and theory with policy and management, improving and expanding their research skills while directing their efforts towards conservation problems of pressing concern for the United States. Contact Erin if you’re interested and would like to be put in touch with one of several Switzer Fellows who are also Smith Fellows.  NAAEE has announced two new funding opportunities via the Pratt & Whitney E-STEM Awards to support new and existing programs that engage students in meaningful STEM learning experiences through environmental problem solving. Applications are due July, 11, 2022.  Kartikeya Singh shared a time-sensitive posting seeking instructors for a climate change program for Putney Student Travels and Columbia University. The program has already begun and they are seeking additional instructors.  Lara Cushing is hiring a Research Analyst to join her research group in the UCLA Department of Environmental Health Sciences starting summer 2022.  Sasha Gennet shared that TNC North America is recruiting a Director of Community and Equitable Conservation. Application deadline is July 11, 2022. The position can be found on nature.org/careers # 51614. Sarah Smith’s organization The Clean Air Task Force is hiring for several open positions, including a Zero-Carbon Fuels Director, U.S. and a Hydrogen Hubs Manager. Hillary Young shared that the University of California Berkeley’s Eric & Wendy Schmidt Center for Data Science & Environment is hiring an Executive Director for the Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management. The deadline is June 30, 2022.  Meredith Niles shared three job opportunities with TNC in California: Science Director, California Water Program; Director, California Land Program; and Science Director, California Oceans Program. Thank you to everyone who has been sharing opportunities on the Switzer Fellows listserv! We encourage you to keep posting jobs that come your way. If you have a connection to the hiring organization and are willing to be contacted, please include that information when you forward the posting. If a fellow has a connection, we will include it in this section each month. You are also invited to join our private LinkedIn Group. This is another space to connect with other Switzer Fellows and stay up to date on the latest opportunities and news.

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