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  • Writer's pictureBethann Garramon Merkle

2024 talks & trainings

Updated: Feb 1

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.





Scroll down for this year's sessions!


I'll update this list as more details/sessions are finalized. Hope to see you at/online for some of these!


A person stands in the center of a room, in front of a large screen upon which a presentation is being projected. The presenter is speaking to a room of people seated at a set of tables organized in a "u" shape. People at the tables are drawing nature objects like leaves, bones, and lemons.
Leading a sketching workshop in Canada | credit Kasia Borkowska


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: 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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