Broadening Participation in the Biological Sciences: Los Angeles

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is hosting a Broadening Diversity workshop on April 6-7, 2018. This workshop is part of a western-US workshop series with a goal to introduce undergraduate students, especially those in underrepresented populations, to museum and biodiversity science careers.

General Information

Date: April 6-7, 2018 Location: The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles

Workshop Facilitators: Libby Ellwood, Mare Nazaire, Gabriela Hogue, Anna Monfils, and Gil Nelson

Resources

Agenda: Saturday Workshop, 7 April 2018

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Location: The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
Time	Title		Presenter(s)
9:00-9:30	Breakfast/Meet & Greet		Jody Martin, Chief of Inverts
9:00-9:30			James Hanken, Director, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
9:30-10:00			David Blackburn, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
10:00-10:30			Paula M. Mabee, Professor of Biology, University of South Dakota, formerly Director of the Division of Environmental Biology in the NSF’s Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
10:30-11:00	Break - {Location}
Concurrent Session I - {Location} (11:00 a.m. - Noon) Moderator: Theme:
11:00-11:20
11:20-11:40
11:40-Noon
Concurrent Session II - {Location} (11:00 a.m. - Noon) Moderator: Theme:
11:00-11:20
11:20-11:40
11:40-Noon
Discussion Sessions I - (11:00 a.m. - Noon)
11:00-Noon
11:00-Noon
11:00-Noon
12:00-1:30	Lunch (On your own) - See page ## of {Link to logistics document} for restaurant suggestions
Concurrent Session III - {Location} (1:30 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.) Moderator: Theme:
1:30-1:50
1:50-2:10
2:10-2:30
2:30-2:50
2:50-3:10
Concurrent Session IV - {Location} (1:30 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.) Moderator: Theme:
1:30-1:50
1:50-2:10
2:10-2:30
2:30-2:50
2:50-3:10
Discussion Sessions II - (1:30 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.)
1:30-3:00
1:30-3:00
1:30-3:00
1:30-3:00
1:30-3:00
3:10-3:40	Break - {Location}
Poster Session - {Location} (3:40 - 5:00 p.m.)
Dinner (On your own)