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Member Symposium

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Professional Development

Disabled Entomologists: Bug Buddies Breaking Barriers

Wednesday, November 12, 2025
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM Pacific
Location: Oregon Convention Center, Portland Ballroom 251, OCC

Oral Presentation

This symposium will explore challenges faced by disabled entomologists and offer strategies for improving accessibility in labs, fieldwork, and academia. Attendees will gain practical solutions and connect with allies to foster inclusivity, ensuring all entomologists can contribute fully to the field while inspiring lasting change in scientific environments.

Presentations:

  • 1:30 PM - 1:35 PM Pacific
    Introductory remarks

    Presenting Author: Stephanie A. Rainer (she/her/hers) – Arcadia University

  • 1:35 PM - 1:50 PM Pacific
    Buzzing on empty: Navigating chronic illness in a discipline that demands flight

    Presenting Author: Savanna Brown (she/her/hers) – University of Connecticut

  • 1:50 PM - 2:05 PM Pacific
    Developing my STEM Career while navigating OCD and disordered eating

    Presenting Author: Madison S. Karram (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia

  • 2:05 PM - 2:20 PM Pacific
    Navigating the classroom and lab: What faculty can do to support students with chronic illness and disabilities

    Presenting Author: Stephanie A. Rainer (she/her/hers) – Arcadia University

  • 2:20 PM - 2:35 PM Pacific
    Accessible entomology: A perspective on persistence and possibility

    Presenting Author: Bradon Coy – Lil Dudes Insect Academy

  • 2:35 PM - 2:50 PM Pacific
    Widespread lack of article accessibility policies among ecology and evolution journals

    Presenting Author: Olivia Smith – Michigan State University

  • 2:50 PM - 3:05 PM Pacific
    Fieldwork isn't always a sweet deal with Type 1 diabetes

    Presenting Author: Karly Regan (she/her/hers) – Certis Biologicals

  • 3:05 PM - 3:10 PM Pacific
    Break
  • 3:10 PM - 3:25 PM Pacific
    Neurodiversity in entomology: Successes and strategies for accommodating different brains

    Presenting Author: Codey Mathis (she/they) – Pennsylvania State University

  • 3:25 PM - 3:40 PM Pacific
    Fits and starts: Working around an invisible disability in the lab and field

    Presenting Author: Karl Magnacca – State of Hawaii

  • 3:40 PM - 3:55 PM Pacific
    Invisible disabilities: Encouraging a better understanding of accommodative measures for students and faculty within the academic field

    Presenting Author: Maya Z. Harris (they/them/theirs) – Johnson C. Smith University

  • 3:55 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific
    The worst of both worlds: Navigating academia with physical and learning disabilities

    Presenting Author: Skye Austin (they/he) – University of California

  • 4:10 PM - 4:25 PM Pacific
    Dripping out: Disability in the context of the leaky pipeline

    Presenting Author: Abigail Hayes – University of Virginia

  • 4:25 PM - 4:30 PM Pacific
    Break
  • 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Pacific
    Panel discussion
  • 5:00 PM - 5:05 PM Pacific
    Closing remarks

    Presenting Author: Stephanie A. Rainer (she/her/hers) – Arcadia University