Program 2:00–5:00 pm
2:00–2:05 — Welcome and Overview
Session 1: Environment, Society, and Justice
2:05 — SaraRose Salluce (Art History and Environmental Studies)
Birdwatching at the Museum. Advisor: Jenny Isaacs
2:16 — Sarah Ahmad (Anthropology and Environmental Studies)
How Gender-Conformist Ideals Have Negatively Impacted the Mental Health of the Transgender Community in 1960s–70s UK
2:27 — Initha Selvakumar (Cognitive Science and Environmental Studies)
Reproduction of Enclosure through Education in Sri Lanka’s Tea Plantations: Malaiyaga Tamils Across the Eras of Statelessness, Bonded Labour, and Governmental Neglect. Advisor: Asher Ghertner
Session 2: Human–Environment Interactions
2:38 — Brygida Rusinek (Geography and Environmental Studies) and Lusandra Garcia (Environmental Studies)
Visitation Patterns of the Eco Preserve and Personal Connection to Nature
2:49 — Bowen Williams (Environmental Studies)
Environmental Literacy and the Rutgers Ecological Preserve
Session 3: Atmosphere and Environmental Conditions
3:00 — Patrick Bubniak (Geography) and Cory Mangerere (Geography)
The Micro-Meteorology of New Jersey Temperature, Humidity, and Wind: A State Spanning study Temperature, Humidity, and Wind: A County-Wide Study
3:11 — Matthew Schmieder (Geography)
Sound Levels in the Rutgers Ecological Preserve
3:22–3:48 — Break
Session 4: Ecosystems, Biodiversity, and Biomass
3:48 — Skye Fithian (Environmental Studies)
Eco Preserve vs. Livingston Campus: Species Diversity and Location
3:59 — Julia Mac Pherson (Environmental Studies)
Biodiversity in the Rutgers Eco Preserve
4:10 — Avery Groves (Geography), Amit Limaye (Geography Field Methods), and Wenmo Zhang (Geography)
Above-Ground Biomass in the Eco Preserve
Session 5: Environmental Monitoring and Methods
4:21 — Phoenix Kotsatos (Geography)
Forest Age and NDVI
4:32 — Gaelan Wyrwas (Geography)
Use Cases of LIDAR in Geographic Analysis
4:43 — Alec Doody (Geography)
Buell Brook Cleanliness: Changes and Influences Analysis
5:00 pm — End