USP Spring Symposium 2025 – It Takes a Village
Duke University Scholars Program Presents
It Takes a Village
Saturday, March 23, 9:00 am – 2:15 pm
Field Auditorium
Grainger Hall
Nicholas School of the Environment
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9:00 – 9:20 am |
Breakfast |
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9:20 am |
Welcome and Introduction |
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9:30 – 10:10 am |
Session 1 – Collective Threads: Community Action |
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| Graham Gaither (Nicholas School of the Environment) |
Community-Informed Agriculture: Blackfeet Ways of Planning |
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| Manahil Tariq (P’ 27, ECE, Computer Science, Innovation & Entrepreneurship) |
Spotlight on a Village: Visualizing Globalization’s Pressure in Rural Pakistan |
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| Zeinab Mukhtar (T’ 25, Public Policy, Environment) |
Religious History Meets Development in Contemporary Saudi Arabia |
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| Grace Ryan (Sanford School of Public Policy) |
Preparing for Disaster: Property Insurance and Climate Change |
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10:20-10:25 am |
Break |
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10:25 – 10:50 AM |
Session 2 – Circles of Influence: A Kin Perspective |
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Ashleigh Harlow (School of Nursing) |
Zones of Proximal Support: Care for Parent Caregivers |
| Clara Howell, Ph.D. (Biology) |
It Takes a Village: Parental Care in the Animal World |
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| 10:50 am – 10:55 pm | Break | |
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10:55 – 11:20 am |
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10:55 – 11:20 am |
Session 3 – Foundations of Knowledge: Communities of Practice |
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| Gabriel Mesa (Cell and Molecular Biology) |
The Rise of Big Data in Cancer Biology |
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Linda Garziera (T’28, Undeclared) |
Beyond the Author: the Creative Process as a Mosaic |
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11:20 – 12:20 pm |
Brunch |
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12:20 – 1:00 pm |
Keynote Speakers |
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Orin Starn, Ph.D. Professor of Cultural Anthropology and History |
Amazon.com and the Fight for Unionization |
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Lydia Greene, Ph.D. Director of Academic Engagement for Natural & Quantitative Sciences, Adjunct Professor of Biology, USP Alum 2019 |
It Takes a Village: Field Research in Madagascar |
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1:00 – 1:05 pm |
Break |
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1:05 – 2:00 pm |
Keynote Panel |
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