Past WEBS Symposia

2008 WEBS Symposium

Date: October 19-22, 2008
Location: Pack Forest Conference Center outside of Seattle, WA
Attendees: 25 participants and 15 speakers (speakers listed below)

Pictures from WEBS 2008

2008 Speakers:

• Jessica Brown, McNair Scholars Program Manager, California State University, Monterey Bay and Former Ocean Science Outreach Specialist for SeaWeb's COMPASS program (Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea).
• Laurie Eberhardt, Associate Professor of Biology at Valparaiso University
• Martha Groom, Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Conservation Biology at the University of Washington, Bothell and Seattle.
• Susan Kephart, Professor of Biology at Willamette University.
• Mimi Koehl, Gill Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley.
• Penny Kukuk, Research Professor in the Division of Biological Sciences at University of Montana.
• Peggy Fiedler, Ecosystem Science & Restoration Services, WSP Environment & Energy.
• Christopher J. Loving, Founder of the Leadership Institute for Tomorrow (LIFT) and Loving Leadership, Inc.
• Lee Anne Martinez, Associate Professor of Biology, Colorado State University - Pueblo.
• Nalini Nadkarni, Member of the Faculty at the Evergreen State College.
• Ingrid Parker, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of California, Santa Cruz.
• Roberta Troy, Biology Department Head and Assistant Provost of Undergraduate Studies at Tuskegee University.
• Judith Weis, Professor of Biological Sciences at Rutgers University.
• Phyllis Wise Provost and Executive Vice President at University of Washington.
• Robyn Wright Dunbar, Senior Associate Director for Science and Engineering at Stanford’s Center for Teaching and Learning.

2007 WEBS Symposium

Date: October 14-17, 2007
Location: Pack Forest Conference Center south of Seattle, Washington
Attendees: 30 participants and 19 speakers (speakers listed below)
2007 WEBS wiki: http://webs2007.wikispaces.com/
Comments from 2007 Participants and Speakers: 2007 Feedback Summary

Pictures from WEBS 2007

2007 Speakers:

• Paulette Bierzychudek, Professor of Biology, Lewis and Clark College
• Jessica Brown, Ocean Science Outreach Specialist for SeaWeb's COMPASS program (Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea)
• Carmen Cid, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Eastern Connecticut State University
• Martha Groom, Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Conservation Biology at the University of Washington, Bothell and Seattle
• Joan Herbers, Dean of Biological Sciences Administration and Professor of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology at Ohio State University.
• Karen Holl, Professor of Environmental Studies at University of California, Santa Cruz
• Mimi Koehl, Gill Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley
• Penny Kukuk, Research Professor in the Division of Biological Sciences at University of Montana.
• Leah Larkin, Research Assistant Professor of Biology, University of New Mexico
• Christopher J. Loving, Founder of the Leadership Institute for Tomorrow (LIFT) and Loving Leadership, Inc.
• Lee Anne Martinez, Associate Professor of Biology, Colorado State University - Pueblo
• Nalini Nadkarni, Member of the Faculty at the Evergreen State College
• Dianna Padilla, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary at Stony Brook University, and NSF Integrative Organismal Biology Ecological and Structural Systems Cluster Program Director
• Ingrid Parker, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of California, Santa Cruz
• Eve Riskin, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering at the University of Washington, Professor of Electrical Engineering, and Director of the UW ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change.
• Sarah Simmons, Director, Office for Honors, Research, and International Studies, College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas, Austin
• LuAnne Thompson, Associate Professor of Oceanography at University of Washington
• Marta Wayne, Director of the University of Florida Genetics Graduate Program, and Associate Professor of Zoology at University of Florida
• Robyn Wright Dunbar, Senior Associate Director for Science and Engineering at Stanford’s Center for Teaching and Learning