Colin Phifer, a grad student in the Conservation  Biology & Environmental Science program at the University of Hawaii-Hilo, was one of this year’s three ESA Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA) winners. Here he talks about his first trip to Washington, DC and explains how he combined years of experience in environmental education with his background in creative writing to tell the “stories of science” to congressional staff.

For more discussion on  communicating science through storytelling, see the accompanying post on ESA’s blog, Ecotone.

This is the second in a series of three episodes featuring graduate students recognized by ESA for their work at the interface of science and society. For more information on the GSPA, click here.

 

 Talking Story: Using narrative to bring ecology home [9:14m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

ESA Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA) winner Patrick Shirey started his PhD in biology at the University of Notre Dame after earning his law degree and MS in wildlife science. Here, he discusses Asian carp research at Notre Dame, the politics of invasive species control, and how a background in law has informed his research in endangered species.

For more discussion, see the accompanying post on ESA’s blog, Ecotone.

This is the first in a series of three episodes featuring graduate students recognized by ESA for their work at the interface of science and society. For more information on the GSPA, click here.

 

 Asian Carp Two Ways [9:41m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download