Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. Kimmerer will discuss her experiences as an Indigenous scientist and writer and explore how we can deepen our understanding of the natural world through Indigenous ways of knowing. She will share stories and insights that challenge us to rethink our relationship with the Earth and all its inhabitants, and inspire us to cultivate a more respectful, reciprocal, and sustainable relationship with the world around us.
Free & open to the public, registration required.
Book signing to follow (Free books available for the first 100 registrants!).
Sponsored by the Newark Earthworks Center; Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Office of Multicultural Affairs; John L. and Christine Warner Library; Newark Campus Bookstore;Central Ohio Technical College and The Ohio State University at Newark. If you need accommodations for this event, please contact Stephanie Rowland by March 13th. The university will make every effort to meet requests after this date.
