Attempting to Center indigenous People in Marine Sciences
Abstract: Dr. Marco Hatch, Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences at Western Washington University and Principal Investigator for the Coastal Communities and Ecology Lab will present his recent research and share some of the work being done to braid Indigenous knowledge and mainstream science. He will draw on examples from his research on clam gardens, shellfish biotoxins, and climate adaptation to discuss the importance of systems level change for removing institutional barriers to community-based partnerships.
Reception will follow the talk at 4:00pm in the Totman Room, Memorial Union.
Dr. Hatch is marine ecologist with a Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography from Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a member of the Samish Indian Nation. His research weaves traditional ecological knowledge and marine science through the exploration of food systems. He is a Pew Marine Conservation Fellow and co-PI for the Native Food, Energy, Water Systems INCLUDES Alliance, which was funded by the NSF. Dr. Hatch is on the Board of Trustees for the Washington Chapter of the Nature Conservancy and an Advisory Committee member for the UN Decade Northeast Pacific Collaborative Center.
