{"id":36,"date":"2013-02-27T22:03:54","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T22:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-sparks-lab.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2024-07-18T14:04:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T14:04:42","slug":"hi-there","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sparks.eeb.cornell.edu\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cornell University<br>Department of Ecology &amp; Evolutionary Biology<br><\/strong>E409 Corson Hall<br>Ithaca, NY 14853<strong><br><\/strong>Lab Phone: 607-254-4270 Fax: 607-255-8088<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Statement on Systemic Inequity in Academia<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Racial and socioeconomic inequity are prevalent in academia, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. As such, the Sparks Lab is working to cultivate and sustain an antiracist and inclusive environment to mentor and train one another as antiracist scientists. Our current and ongoing goals include:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(1) Regularly collaborate with underrepresented researchers in ecology and evolutionary biology, especially those who identify as Black and Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC);<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2) Read, cite, and promote work led by BIPOC scientists;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(3) Actively recruit BIPOC graduate students to join our lab, and support their professional development and emotional well being while here;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(4) Encourage recruitment and sustained professional support for BIPOC faculty in our department<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sparks Lab 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Front row: Dave Frey, Charlotte Tysall, Jed Sparks, Ben Uveges, Camille Blevins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Back row: Kim Sparks, Hannah Monti,  Lucas Fink, Dan Petticord, Sudan Kariuki, John Pollack, Allasandra Valdez<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1654\" height=\"1290\" src=\"https:\/\/live-sparks-lab.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-04-at-11.34.31-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sparks.eeb.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-04-at-11.34.31-AM.png 1654w, https:\/\/sparks.eeb.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-04-at-11.34.31-AM-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/sparks.eeb.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-04-at-11.34.31-AM-768x599.png 768w, https:\/\/sparks.eeb.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-04-at-11.34.31-AM-1024x799.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sparks Lab 2020 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Lab members (left to right): Dan Petticord, Lizzie Lombardi,&nbsp; Jed Sparks, Kim Sparks, John Pollack, Kelsey Jensen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2649\" height=\"2428\" src=\"https:\/\/live-sparks-lab.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/SparksLab2018.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sparks.eeb.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/SparksLab2018.jpg 2649w, https:\/\/sparks.eeb.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/SparksLab2018-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sparks.eeb.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/SparksLab2018-768x704.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sparks.eeb.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/SparksLab2018-1024x939.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sparks.eeb.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/SparksLab2018-624x572.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sparks Lab 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Back row: Kelsey Jensen, John Pollak, Dr. Fiona Soper, Kim Sparks, Dr. Jed Sparks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Front row: Sudan Kariuki, Ellie Goud<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sparks Lab 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Front row: Dr. Jed Sparks, Ben Johnson, Kelsey Jensen, Ellie Goud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Back row: Lizzie Lombardi, Adam MacDonald, John Pollak, Kimberlee Sparks, Melly He.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cornell UniversityDepartment of Ecology &amp; Evolutionary BiologyE409 Corson HallIthaca, NY 14853Lab Phone: 607-254-4270 Fax: 607-255-8088 Statement on Systemic Inequity in Academia Racial and socioeconomic inequity are prevalent in academia, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. As such, the Sparks Lab is working to cultivate and sustain an antiracist and inclusive environment to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sparks.eeb.cornell.edu\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparks.eeb.cornell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparks.eeb.cornell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparks.eeb.cornell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparks.eeb.cornell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparks.eeb.cornell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/sparks.eeb.cornell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":639,"href":"https:\/\/sparks.eeb.cornell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions\/639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparks.eeb.cornell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}