Resilience in the Face of Change: Stories of Hope & Unconventional Career Paths

Organizer(s)

• LB

  Lauren Beebe

  Graduate Student
  Department of Entomology
  Texas A&M University
  College Station, Texas
• 

  Chloe Hawkings

  Rutgers University
  Milltown, New Jersey
• RK

  Rayda Krell

  Corteva Agriscience
  Ridgefield, Connecticut
• PP

  Patti Prasifka

  Technical Knowledge Solutions Scientist
  Corteva Agriscience
  West Fargo, North Dakota
• DM

  Debora Montezano, PhD

  Dr. Debora Montezano
  Corteva Agriscience
  Granger, Iowa
• JW

  Julia Wooby

  Purdue University
  West Lafayette, Indiana

We aim to bring together a panel of speakers who have navigated unconventional career paths: alternatives to government, academia, or industry, career trajectories punctuated with changes of direction, even job displacement or position elimination. This symposium will showcase panel members from a variety of entomological backgrounds and job descriptions.

Presentations:

• 10:00 AM - 10:05 AM Pacific

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Julia Wooby – Purdue University
• 10:05 AM - 10:20 AM Pacific

  How I became an entrepreneur
  

  Presenting Author: Fatma Kaplan – Pheronym, Inc
• 10:20 AM - 10:35 AM Pacific

  Serendipity and resilience and soft Skills, oh my! Being prepared for change and open to the unexpected
  

  Presenting Author: Patti L. Prasifka – Corteva Agriscience

  Co-Author: Grace Sward – Corteva Agriscience

  Co-Author: Debora Montezano, PhD – Corteva Agriscience
• 10:35 AM - 10:50 AM Pacific

  Weathering the storm: Lessons in resilience, reinvention, and navigating uncertainty in a changing job market
  

  Presenting Author: Scott T. O'Neal (he/him/his) – FSS, Inc.
• 10:50 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific

  Break
• 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Pacific

  It takes a colony: Stronger together
  

  Presenting Author: Elizabeth Walsh (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS
• 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific

  Cultivating curiosity: An entomological career grounded in outreach
  

  Presenting Author: Emily Justus – Purdue University
• 11:30 AM - 11:55 AM Pacific

  Discussion
• 11:55 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Julia Wooby – Purdue University