Crystal Wilkinson, a recent fellowship recipient of the Academy of American Poets, is the award-winning author of Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts, a culinary memoir; Perfect Black; a collection of poems; and three works of fiction—The Birds of Opulence, Water Street and Blackberries, Blackberries.
She is the recipient of an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Poetry, an O. Henry Prize, a USA Artists Fellowship, and an Ernest J. Gaines Prize for Literary Excellence. Named Kentucky’s Poet Laureate from 2021 to 2023, she has received recognition from the Yaddo Foundation, Hedgebrook, The Vermont Studio Center for the Arts, The Hermitage Foundation and others. Her short stories, poems and essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies including most recently in The Atlantic, The Kenyon Review, STORY, Agni Literary Journal, Emergence, Oxford American and Southern Cultures. She currently teaches at the University of Kentucky where she is Bush-Holbrook Professor in Creative Writing.
Learn more at https://www.kaee.org/post/conference-wilkinson
Thursday November 14, 2024 12:00pm - 1:15pm EST
Ballroom A/B
1. Acoustic Bat Monitoring, Susan Brown 2. Through the Trees, Brook Crenshaw 3. Kentucky's Envirothon, Johnna McHugh 4. Kentucky's PEEC, Wesley Bullock 5. Nature Explorer Program, Kaitlynn Gootee 6. Environmental Days at Maywoods, Kelly Watson 7. Empowering Tomorrow's Stewards, Aidan Wells 8. Improving Environmental Stewardship, Jody Thompson 9. Misconceptions about Caves, Jeanine Huss 10. Citizen Science in Beargrass Creek, Ella Swinger 11. Kentucky Green Schools 12. Every Park in a Classroom, Chris Anderson 13. Using the EE21 Survey, Nicholas Burke
Thursday November 14, 2024 2:45pm - 4:00pm EST
Ballroom A/B
Restoring Ecological Function Through Pollinator Habitat Establishment: The Relative Efficacies of Several Pollinator Habitat Establishment Systems, Kristin Conrad, Kentucky State University
Comparing Accuracies of LiDAR and Multi-spectral Equipped Drones to Traditional Field Assessment for Determining the Spatial Extent of Amur honeysuckle in Central KY Forests, Kasia Bradley, Kentucky State University
An Analysis of Litter, Urbanization, and the Emerging Role of Citizen Science in Beargrass Creek, Louisville, KY, Ella Swigler, University of Louisville
Children's Access to Nature: A Comparison Study, Becky Johnson, Fayette County Public Schools
Understanding Misconceptions about Caves: Improving the Learning, Jeanine Huss, Western Kentucky University
Is Goat Browsing as Effective as Traditional Brush Management Methods, Jody Thompson, Kentucky State University
Assessing environmental education: evaluating the impacts on student knowledge and attitudes about Ohio River Conservation, Lillie Daniel, Thomas More University
Children’s Access to Nature: Central Kentucky, Brooke Crenshaw, Eastern Kentucky University
Branching Out: Cultivating Social Skills Through Play and Forest Schooling, Brooke Crenshaw, Eastern Kentucky University and Trail Tots
Friday November 15, 2024 8:15am - 9:15am EST
Pre-Fab Area
