28th Annual Doctoral Conference
Conference Schedule
October 7, 2011
Kroon Hall, Burke Auditorium
195 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Welcome and Opening Remarks
08:30 09:00 Breakfast, remarks by David Skelly
Social Ecology of Conservation and Development
09:00 09:15 Dana Graef: "Green Sovereignties: Environmentalism in Costa Rica and Cuba"
09:15 09:30 Sarah Osterhoudt: "Cultivating Meanings: Biological and Social Dimensions of Agroforestry Systems in Madagascar"
09:30 09:45 Jennifer Baka: "Biofuels and Wastelands: Energy Policy, Land Markets and Social Inequality in South India"
Air Pollution and Environmental Health
09:45 10:00 Keita Ebisu: "Birth Weight and Fine Particulate Matter"
10:00 10:15 Mercedes Bravo: "Characterizing Population-level Air Pollution Exposure and Estimating Health Outcomes"
10:15 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
Environmental Economics
11:00 11:15 Laura Bakkensen: "The Economics Of Tropical Cyclones Under Climate Change"
11:15 11:30 David Keiser: "Measuring the Damages of Water Pollution in the U.S.: An Integrated Assessment Approach"
11:30 11:45 Jeffrey Chow: "Tropical Reforestation Dynamics in El Salvador"
Ecology, Ecosystems and Biodiversity I: Flora
11:45 12:00 Gabriela Doria: "Dead Plant Talking: On the origin of Neotropical rainforests and further back"
12:00 12:15 Ashley Keiser: "Implications of familiarity: Non-random tree species change, litter decomposition, and the soil microbial community"
12:15 02:00 LUNCH
Environmental and Industrial Policy and Management
02:00 02:15 Xin Zhang: "A network Analysis of Clean Technology Cooperation Programs"
02:15 02:30 Jasmine Hyman: "Private Sector for Public Good? Shaping Climate Policy for Green Development"
02:30 02:45 Jooyung Park: "The Evolution of Materials from Waste into Resource: In the Case of Coal Combustion By-products (CCBs)"
Ecology, Ecosystems and Biodiversity II: Fauna
02:45 03:00 Kevin McLean: "Ecosystem effects of arboreal mammal communities: A 3D perspective of neotropical forest ecology"
03:00 03:15 Mary Rogalski: "Land Use effects on aquatic communities: A question of of spatial scale"
03:15 03:45 BREAK
Keynote Presentation:
"Changes in Selective Pressure Across Lifetimes: Mediate Tradeoffs in Survival Strategies"
03:45 04:45 Dr. Tracy Langkilde, Asst. Professor of Biology, Pennsylvania State University
05:00 06:00 Reception
