You’re invited to a Twin Ports Freshwater Folk hybrid presentation on Improving Communication on Cross-Disciplinary Teams to Improve Conservation Outcomes on August 7, 2024, by Jesse Engebretson, an applied anthropologist with the Great Lakes Ecology and Toxicology Division of the Environmental Protection Agency.
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.
The online presentation begins at noon and the in-person presentation will start at 11:30 a.m. at the Environmental Protection Agency’s Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division Lab in Duluth, Minnesota, with free sub sandwiches and plenty of fresh water. Sadly, the zoom option is sandwich-free.
Location:
Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division Lab, Ontonagon Room
6201 Congdon Blvd, Duluth, Minnesota 55804
Registration:
Event schedule:
- 11:30 a.m. Lunch and networking (in-person only)
- 12:00 p.m. Attendee announcements
- 12:05 p.m. Seminar(s)
- 12:45 p.m. Moderated question and answer session
Adjourning by 1 p.m. at latest.
Presenter Info:
Jesse Engebretson is an applied anthropologist working at the Great Lakes Ecology and Toxicology Division for the Environmental Protection Agency. Before that, he was an assistant professor of Parks and Protected Area Management at California State University, Chico. Currently, he is working on projects related to understanding the lived experience of homelessness in parks and protected areas in the western US, the adoption of eDNA monitoring technology across federal land management agencies, and has a general applied research interest in improving communication between land managers and the public. Related to TPFF's August workshop, Engebretson will apply his experience as a collaborator with Michigan State University’s Center for Interdisciplinarity to discuss the role of communication on cross-disciplinary team.
Presentation Abstract:
Collaborative cross-disciplinary research teams bring different disciplinary cultures and languages to bear on conservation issues. Often, the cultural assumptions and languages of disparate perspectives among team members remain unexplored. In this presentation and workshop, Engebretson will discuss the ways in which these unarticulated differences can hinder communication on cross-disciplinary teams, which can lead to disfunction and poor outcomes. After this discussion, he will lead a workshop using a tool developed to improve communication on such teams.
About TPFF:
Twin Ports Freshwater Folk (TPFF) is an informal gathering of people from the Twin Ports who are engaged in freshwater research, policy, or regulation issues. Meetings take place on the first Wednesday of every month and include networking, informal discussion, and a seminar.
Event sponsors:
- Minnesota Sea Grant
- Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
- Large Lakes Observatory at the University of Minnesota Duluth
Natural Resources Research Institute at the University of Minnesota Duluth
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Contact:
Alex Frie, research and fellowship coordinator, Minnesota Sea Grant, University of Minnesota and University of Minnesota Duluth.
A picture of Jesse Engebretson mid-speech, pointing towards the camera.