Join in person or via Zoom, email ibs-contact@colorado.edu for the password. *Light lunch served at 11:45, please RSVP. Title: Exploring Bias in Denver Public Schools’ Multi-Measure Teacher Evaluation System Abstract:  Multi-measure teacher evaluation systems are the norm in school districts across the nation. Stemming, in part, from the Race to the Top federal funding competition ... Read more

Join in person or via Zoom, email ibs-contact@colorado.edu for the password. *Light lunch served at 11:45, please RSVP. Title: Explaining Negative Views of Ethnic Others  Abstract: What causes members of one ethnic group to hold negative views about members of another group? We theorize that exposure to information about the group being threatening triggers such ... Read more

Join in person or via Zoom, email ibs-contact@colorado.edu for the password. *Light lunch served at 11:45, please RSVP. Title: Governing Disaster, Sustaining Accumulation: Extraction as Environmentality Abstract: Alongside hastening climate emergency and global crises of governance, it is essential to develop a dynamic political ecology of disaster so that we might better understand the roots ... Read more

Join in person or via Zoom, email ibs-contact@colorado.edu for the password. *Light lunch served at 11:45, please RSVP. Title: The past, present, and future of abortion and contraception in the US: Insights from and challenges for demography Abstract: In June 2022, the United States Supreme Court ended 50 years of legal protections for right to ... Read more

Join in person or via Zoom, email ibs-contact@colorado.edu for the password. *Light lunch served at 11:45, please RSVP. Title:  Covid-19 and Conservation/Tourism: Lessons learned from dryland communities in East and Southern Africa. With: Joana Roque de Pinho, University Institute of Lisbon; Angela Kronenburg García, University of Padua; Eduard Gargallo, University Institute of Lisbon; Jona Heita, ... Read more

Join in person or via Zoom, email ibs-contact@colorado.edu for the password. *Light lunch served at 11:45, please RSVP. Title: Investigating the role of equity and sense of place in climate adaptation Abstract:  As climate change worsens and exposes vulnerable populations to natural hazards, there is a growing call to understand the nuances and complexities of ... Read more

Join in person or via Zoom, email ibs-contact@colorado.edu for the password. *Light lunch served at 11:45, please RSVP. Title: Indigenous Access, Conservation, and Land-Based Education in Oklahoma Abstract: Indigenous Nations face significant challenges when it comes to the interrelated processes of cultural knowledge revitalization and environmental adaptation. These challenges range from compromised local ecological health brought ... Read more