Spring 2025 Distinguished Ethnobiology Speaker Jennifer Grenz

Who are the plant people today?: Strengthening human-plant relationships to build climate resiliency through ecological restoration research

In this talk, Dr. Grenz highlights the critical role of human-plant relationships in fostering ecological resilience. While Indigenous knowledge is increasingly integrated into ecological restoration, many approaches focus on mitigating symptoms rather than addressing the deeper issue of broken human-land connections.

Fall 2024 Distinguished Ethnobiology Speaker Chelsey Geralda Armstrong

Where People, History, and Ecology Meet: Perspectives on Indigenous Forest Management in the Pacific Northwest

In collaboration with the Historical-Ecological Research (HER) Lab, Dr. Armstrong conducts historical-ecological research in northern Ts'msyen and Gitxsan territories in British Columbia, focusing on traditional resource and environmental management. The HER Lab studies human-landscape interactions in the past and how those dynamics relate to the present.