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Calendar

I usually lead a handful of workshops, talks, and facilitated sessions each year. They tend to be about strategic planning or assessment, science communication, and art-science integration. Join me at one of the following sessions or contact me to schedule one near you.

2025

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Diverse Faculty Panel

February 12, 6:00-8:30 pm MT, Wyoming Union Ballroom, University of Wyoming

Moderators: Professor Bethann Garramon Merkle and Dr. Lauren McLean

Sponsors: School of Graduate Education, Graduate Student Network

Local RSVP link (dinner provided); live stream link

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Enhancing your mindset and narrative skills to enhance your writing

February 24, 2025, full-day retreat for Stengl-Wyer Fellows and faculty, University of Texas-Austin

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Thinking like a writer: An academic writing workshop for graduate students and postdocs

February 25, 2025, 1/2 day workshop, EEB Graduate Program, University of Texas-Austin

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Enhance student writing by enhancing your feedback: An academic writing workshop for faculty & mentors

February 25, 2025, 1/2 day workshop, EEB Graduate Program, University of Texas-Austin

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Mentoring scientific writing efficiently and effectively

July 6, 25, 2025, 1/2-day workshop co-taught with Stephen Heard for the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution annual conference, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.

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2024

 
Diverse Faculty Panel

February 1, 6:30-8:00 pm MT Union Family Room, University of Wyoming

Moderator: Dr. Zebadiah Hall, Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Sponsors: UW School of Graduate Education, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

RSVP required here

 

Ethical and legal ways to use images and work with artists for science communication

February 23, 11 am MT

Register here

Sponsor: University of Arizona's Water Whys program

 

Storytelling with community-engaged research

February 27, 9:30 am MT

Register here; details here

Sponsors: Macrosystems Ecology for All Research Coordination Network, Northern Kentucky University, National Science Foundation

 

Storytelling in science

March 19

Sponsors: Movement & Migration Ecology Research Group, University of Wyoming

 

Sketching for Scientists: Observational Drawing Techniques for Field & Lab Courses

Spring 2024, 9 sessions | virtual & in-person

Sponsors: Southern Oregon University, University of New Brunswick, University of Wyoming

These workshops are part of my on-going Drawn to Science study & instructor support program. Click here to learn more and sign your field or lab course up for Fall 2024!

 

Entering mentoring: An interactive workshop on evidence-based practices for mentorship

August 2024 (date/time TBA)

Ecological Society of America annual meeting

Invited by faculty at Chapman University

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2023

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Sketching for Scientists: A Sketching & Journal Basics Workshop for Curious Minds

September 1 | University of New Hampshire

 

Enhance Student Writing by Enhancing Your Feedback

September 1, 2:00-5:00 pm MT

Details & registration

SciComm Initiative, Writing Center, and Communication Across the Curriculum Program, University of Wyoming

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Drawn to Natural History: Sketching & Journal Basics for Curious Minds

September 6, 6:30-9:00 pm ET | Morrin Centre, Quebec City, QC, Canada

Details & registration

 

Sketching for Scientists: Making and Using Drawings in STEM Teaching and Learning

September 12, 2:00-4:00 pm AT | University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada

Join via MS Teams or in-person on the Fredericton campus (contact Cindy Thomas, Centre for Enhanced Teaching & Learning)

 

Scholarly Writing Practices, Graduate Learning Community

Deadline: September 8 | Program runs: Tuesdays, September 19-October 24

Details & application

Co-facilitated by me (UW SciComm Initiative) and Dr. Rick Fisher, Director, Communication Across the Curriculum Program, University of Wyoming

 

Leveraging Graduate Student Training to Build Institutional SciComm Capacity

September 22 | Join via Zoom

Science Institute Learning Actively Mentoring Program, University of Wyoming

 
Getting clear on why you're sharing science

September 27

Sponsor: Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Wyoming

 

Enhancing mentoring workshop series

Fall 2023

Sponsors: WyoBIRD, NSF-funded research group working on ecology in Panama, University of Wyoming

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See my CV for talks, trainings, and events from 2022 and earlier.

commnatural sciencecommunication research & practice Bethann Garramon Merkle

© 2025 by Bethann Garramon Merkle.

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