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Growing Democracy PodcastEpisode 205: American Conservation Movement & Environmental JusticeIn this episode, Ashley and guest host Dr. Christie Bahlai (Kent State University, Co-Director ESDRI) talk with Dr. Dorceta Taylor (Senior Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Professor of Environmental Justice, Yale University) about the intersection of ecology, race, and environmental justice - as well the history and present of the American Conservation Movement.
This podcast is made possible with funding from the School of Peace & Conflict and the Center for Pan African Culture at Kent State University - with additional support from Mark Lewine and the John Gray Paynther Program.
Links:
https://environment.yale.edu/profile/taylor
Co-Host...2023-06-0251 min
Michigan Field CropsIn the Weeds: The Lady Beetle Apocalypse In the Weeds Series 10 Episode 4: MSU Extension Educator Monica Jean and Sarah Fronczak, sit down with Christie Bahlai, Ecologist at Kent State University, to discuss research at the Kellogg Biological Station around insect population decline around field crop fields . 2022-11-1627 min
How do you know?An absolutely irreproducible conversation with Nicole NelsonWhat happens when we can't reproduce our work- or someone else's? What does it mean about the science- and ourselves?Today on the podcast, we're talking to Nicole C. Nelson, an associate professor in the Department of Medical History and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and an affiliate of the Holtz Center of Sciences and Technology Studies. Nicole's work examines scientist's assumptions about the natural world and how these assumptions shape scientific practice. In her award-winning book, Model Behavior, she examines how animal behavior geneticists' beliefs about their systems shape the research with mo...2022-10-171h 01How do you know?A balanced diet of machine learning education with Carrie Diaz EatonWelcome back to season 2 of HDYK! Today we're talking about how our positionality and the assumptions we make affect our approaches in science, but also thinking about how we turn that positionality into a strength by incorporating diverse viewpoints. We're starting this season with a great conversation with Dr. Carrie Diaz Eaton. Carrie is a mathematician and associate professor of digital and computational studies at Bates College. She co-founded QUBES, which stands for Quantitative Undergraduate Biology, Education and Synthesis, a community devoted to open educational materials, to share amongst biology educators, to help bring quantitative con...2022-09-0956 minHow do you know?HDYK Episode 8: Eminent ladybugologists and zombie ideas with Kaitlin Stack Whitney and Sara HermannWhat happens to public understanding when science communication goes wrong? Experts go on the media to talk about their work, and somehow, something doesn’t connect. This misinterpretation gains steam, and soon it becomes an outright conspiracy, used to manipulate, polarize and undermine one political agenda or reinforce another. The misunderstanding becomes the message- chances to communicate new findings get lost as we get pulled into conversations trying to debunk rumors and myths. Today, we’re tackling one of these zombie popular science ideas, once and for all. Today is a special episode because we've got not...2022-02-0356 minHow do you know?HDYK Episode 7: Data spaces, data places- With Deondre SmilesScience often treats data and information as a resource that can be extracted. Like colonists coming to conquer new lands, scientists trained in the dominant paradigm often frame data-driven discovery with the same language on the frontier myth used on lands and people. But where is this data coming from- and who is impacted by its extraction? What if, instead of extraction, we thought about data sovereignty? Today on the podcast, we’re Talking to Dr. Deondre Smiles. Deondre Smiles is a new Assistant professor in the department of Geography at the Un...2021-12-1658 minHow do you know?HDYK Episode 6: We've Got History- With Sarah QidwaiAnd now, as Monty Python would say, for something completely different. Or is it? Is it data, is it science? The humanities produce knowledge. Yet, they’re not generally considered part of STEMM. So, what about humanities research on STEMM? What does this look like? Where does it fit in? As we continue to explore the human side of science, in this episode we consider the history of science, and also what it is like to be an early career researcher now navigating the Academy and transitioning from PhD to postdoc.S...2021-11-1547 minHow do you know?HDYK Episode 5: Who’s asking? With Leon WallsSometimes, when researchers ask what seems to be a simple question, they get a lot of different answers. When they look closer, they see that their simple question may be made up of many questions, and how you ask them depends on how-and who- you measure. To make things more complicated, who’s asking the question- and who’s answering- can matter a lot. This becomes a huge problem when researchers use ‘easy’ samples for their work. Today on How Do You Know, we’re talking to Dr. Leon Walls, an associate professor in the College of Education and Social Ser...2021-09-0948 minHow do you know?HDYK Episode 4: It's not me, it's the machine with Jason WilliamsHey! How are you? We’re ok. Keepin’ on, keepin’ on. Are you ready for a new HDYK episode?Some of the most dynamic and influential scientists I know are the connectors. These are the people who can see things from multiple perspectives and bring people together, letting their passion energize new ways of doing things.And our guest today is one of those rare people. Jason Williams is Assistant Director of Inclusion and Research Readiness at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory DNA Learning Center, and an all-around amazing human. This podcast is produced with the...2021-08-1249 minHow do you know?HDYK Episode 3: Remap with Kirstie WhitakerEpisode 3 is the place to be! After a brief hiatus to record a bunch more episodes (we're in post-production, baby!) the HDYK crew is back in the saddle and talking more data, and science, and data science. Stay tuned for much more quality content your dad will love! 2/3 of our dads agree, this is the best interdisciplinary data science podcast they’ve subscribed to!This week, we’re going to talk about open science.How do we ensure scientists are building on each other’s work, sharing data and information equitably, and ma...2021-07-2245 minHow do you know?HDYK Episode 2: Mapes on mapsMap making is both an art and a science. In this episode, Christie, Rebecca and Bridget chat with Dr. Jennifer Mapes, community geographer at Kent State, and deeply patient person, game for trying things out with a gaggle of fledgling podcasters. Mapes specializes in making maps that a meaningful and motivating. Want to learn more? Jen’s amazing map documenting the passage of time and nature from her neighborhood walks can be viewed here. The map of Akron looking at pharmacy access for communities of color can be viewed here. Finally, here’s a link to t...2021-06-0744 min
ElevationsWhat's So Interesting About Insects? An Interview with Christie Bahlai, Ph.D.Christie Bahlai, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Kent State University. She is an applied quantitative ecologist and population ecologist who uses approaches from data science to help solve problems in conservation, sustainability, and ecosystem management.2021-05-2207 minHow do you know?HDYK Episode 1: Crunching the PeopleWelcome to How Do You Know, the podcast about exploring the numbers behind your beliefs. In this episode, Christie, Rebecca and Bridget, three plucky academics who found each other after finding their own ways to a northern corner of Ohio, introduce themselves and talk about how they ended up in the predicament of being people who crunch the people who crunch the numbers.This podcast is produced with the generous support of the Mozilla Foundation and the National Science Foundation, and with input from community members from Mozilla, the Environmental Data Science Inclusion Network, and our...2021-05-1924 min
DataFramed#36 Data Science and EcologyHugo speaks with Christie Bahlai, Assistant Professor at Kent State University, about data science, ecology, and the adoption of techniques such as machine learning in academic research. What are the biggest challenges in ecology that data science can help to solve? What does the intersection of open science and data science look like? In scientific research, what is happening at the interface between data science & machine learning methods, which are pattern-based, and traditional research methods, which are classically hypothesis driven? Is there a paradigm shift occurring here? Listen to find out!
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2018-08-2056 min