Past symposia (2013-2023)
2023
Environmental Justice, Ecology, and Race
13 - 14 April 2023
Co-hosted with Kent State's Anti-Racism and Equity Institute
Sponsorship by Cleveland Water Alliance
Keynote speaker
Dorceta Taylor, Yale University
- Oscar Rocha, Kent State University
- Paul Chiyokten Wagner, Protectors of the Salish Sea
- Kawenniiosta Jock (Wolf Clan) (Orenhre'kowa Ki'taratakie), Waterfall Unity Alliance
- Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao, Kent State University
- Aaron Rimmler-Cohen, Farm Sanctuary
- Valerie Trouet, Arizona State University
- Kofi Boone, North Carolina State University
- Nayyirah Shariff, Flint Rising
- Taraneh Meshkani, Kent State University
Speaker Biographies
2023 Symposium Highlights
2023 Symposium Abstract Catalog
2020
Facing 21st Century Nature: Configuring Fresh Approaches Through Biodesign
16 - 18 March 2020
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Keynote speaker
Rachel Armstrong, Newcastle University
- Christie Bahlai, Kent State University
- Margarita Benitez, Kent State University
- J. R. Campbell, Kent State University
- Terry Cardy, Kent State University
- Maria Paz Gutierrez, University of California- Berkeley
- J. Scott MacIvor, University of Toronto- Scarborough
- Lauren McPhillips, Pennsylvania State University
- Bridget Mulvey, Kent State University
- Amy M. Youngs, The Ohio State University
Despite the event being canceled in-person due to COVID-19, symposium virtual events included:
- Exhibition and lecture by visiting scholar Rachel Armstrong, Newcastle University
- Student lightning talks
- Poster session
- Collaboration with Design Innovation Initiative
2019
Complexity of Environmental Legacies
19 - 21 March 2019
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Keynote speakers
Elizabeth W. Boyer, Pennsylvania State University
J. Henry Fair, environmentalist and fine art photographer
- Jennifer Grieser, Cleveland Metroparks
- Elizabeth Herndon, Kent State University
- Bess Krietemeyer, Syracuse University
- Rui Liu, Kent State University
- Noel Palomo-Lovinski, Kent State University
- Chris Winslow, The Ohio State University
Additional symposium events included:
- Poster session and book signing with J. Henry Fair
- Panel discussion with symposium speakers
2017
Natural and Designed Ecologies
4 - 5 October 2017
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Keynote speaker
Tim Beatley, University of Virginia
- Daniel Bain, University of Pittsburgh
- Margarita Benitz, Kent State University
- Kelly Bricker, University of Utah
- Reid Coffman, Kent State University
- James Fraser, Vanderbilt University
- Petra Gruber, University of Akron
- Mitchell Joachim, Terreform One
- David Jurca, Kent State University
- Joshua Lawler, University of Washington
- Andrew Lepp, Kent State University
- Kayla Perry, The Ohio State University
- Lisa Petit, National Park Service
- Laia Mogas Soldevila, Tufts University
Additional symposium events include:
- Poster session
- Multiple panel discussions
2016
Sustainability and Resilience on the Land-Water Continuum
5 - 6 October 2016
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Keynote speaker
Cynthia Barnett, journalist and author of Rain: A Natural and Cultural History and Blue Revolution. Unmaking America's Water Crisis
- Darren Bade, Kent State University
- Chris Blackwood, Kent State University
- Andrew Curtis, Kent State University
- Matt Davies, The Ohio State University
- Chris Davis, National Park Service
- Sarah Godsey, Idaho State University
- Connie Hausman, Cleveland Metroparks
- Laura Johnson, Heidelberg University
- Wendy Kellogg, Cleveland State University
- Melissa Kenney, University of Maryland
- Karin Kettenring, Utah State University
- Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Kent State University
- Mark McCabe, Gresham Smith and Partners
- Tom Meixner, University of Arizona
- Harry Sarvis, Ohio EPA
- James White, Cuyahoga County Port Authority
- Truman Young, University of California- Davis
Additional symposium events included:
- Book signing
- Poster session
- Panel discussion
2015
Water in a Changing Climate: Regional to Global Issues
14 - 15 October 2015
Keynote speaker
Richard Alley, Pennsylvania State University
- Emily M. Elliott, University of Pittsburgh
- Xiaozhen (Jen) Mou, Kent State University
- Allison Steiner, University of Michigan
- V. Kelly Turner, Kent State University
- Gena Wirth, SCAPE Landscape Architecture LLC