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Bridging Research and Communities: Advancing Entomology Through Collaborative Science

Wednesday, November 12, 2025
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific
Location: Oregon Convention Center, E145, OCC

Oral Presentation

Participatory science is transforming entomology by uniting researchers, communities, and stakeholders to monitor biodiversity and drive conservation. This symposium explores best practices, ethical considerations, and innovative tools for inclusive, community-driven research. Join us to discover how collaboration strengthens science, fosters engagement, and advances insect conservation in a changing world.

Presentations:

  • 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific
    Opportunities at the interface of entomology and citizen science

    Presenting Author: Sean Ryan – Exponent

  • 9:50 AM - 10:10 AM Pacific
    If history is written by the victors, who describes the spiders? Species author trends reflect gender and geopolitical disparities in biodiversity science

    Presenting Author: Lauren Esposito, PhD – California Academy of Sciences

    Co-Author: Katherine O. Montana – California Academy of Sciences

    Co-Author: Jacob Gorneau, M.S. – California Academy of Sciences

    Co-Author: Sarah Crews, PhD – California Academy of Sciences

    Co-Author: Cláudia Xavier – Universidade Federal do Pará

    Co-Author: Kimberly S. Marta – Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

    Co-Author: Maddy Pratt Hannappel, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley

    Co-Author: Eric O. Stiner – California Academy of Sciences

    Co-Author: Franklyn Cala-Riquelme, PhD – California Academy of Sciences

  • 10:10 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific
    If you build it, they will come – Community science as a mutual resource

    Presenting Author: Rachel Curtis-Robles (she/her/hers) – San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District

    Co-Author: Sarah Hamer – Texas A&M University

  • 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM Pacific
    Growers as experimenters in a research-extension project for integrated pear pest management

    Presenting Author: Robert Orpet – Oregon State University

  • 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM Pacific
    Developing scientific equity for biodiversity research: A thematic analysis of ecological change impacts on ranchers in Baja California Sur, Mexico

    Presenting Author: Eric O. Stiner – California Academy of Sciences

    Co-Author: Lauren Esposito, PhD – California Academy of Sciences

    Co-Author: Christothea Herodotou – Open University, UK

    Co-Author: Judith Taylor – Open university, UK

    Co-Author: David Canseco-Vielma – University of California at Riverside

    Co-Author: Miranda Dyson – Open University, UK

    Co-Author: Mark Gaved – Open University, UK

    Co-Author: Valeria Bastida-Segobiano – Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Mexico

    Co-Author: Bernardo Villavicencio – Islands & Seas

  • 11:10 AM - 11:25 AM Pacific
    Panel discussion
  • 11:25 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific
    Closing remarks

    Presenting Author: Eric O. Stiner – California Academy of Sciences