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KYRA RICCI SHAW
Dissertation
Using Visual Art to Facilitate Conservation Education and Communication
Review: Visual arts in environmental and ecological sciences
Art: Angela Luo
How are visual arts used to communicate environmental science?
The Wetlands & You:
Art to advance wetland conservation

Art: Kathleen Lu
Can an art exhibit advance public awareness of wetland conservation?
In review, 2026
Public interest and student comprehension of ecological art
Art: Benjamin McLauchlin
Do students learn content at an ecological art exhibit?
Engaging youth in biodiversity education through visual narrative
Art: Emma Glembocki & Kathleen Lu
Can we engage kids in conservation through visual storytelling?
Additional Research
Interdisciplinary dialogue and undergraduate identities
Art: Olivia Cashimere
How do undergraduate students navigate identity in research?
Consequences of microbial adaptation to global change
Art: Benjamin McLauchlin
What happens to disease dynamics when microbes adapt to pollution?
Oxidative stress and the lasting legacy of contamination
Art: Benjamin McLauchlin
Does historical population exposure to pesticides influence present-day stress?
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