This page has been developed for use by DISCCRS II symposium participants.
DISCCRS II Symposium
March 26 - April 2, 2006
DISL, Dauphin Island, Mobile, AL
PARTICIPANT INFORMATION
AGENDA as of January 13, 2006
ARRIVAL TIMES and Van Schedule as of November 29, 2005
DEPARTURE TIMES as of November 29, 2005
• Introductory image for DISL: On the first day of the symposium, each of you will have two minutes and one image (powerpoint, overhead, paper...) to use by way of introduction and to make yourself memorable. No rules here!!! Be creative and have fun.
Dissertation Citations and Abstracts Ph.D. dissertation citations for DIALOG VII Symposium participants are included in this file, followed by the abstracts.
Dissertation Citations and Photos Please send a "thumb-nail"(roughly 1.5" x 1.5") photo of yourself to bennetsk@whitman.edu. The photo should be 150 dpi, or a "raw" photo out of a digital camera at a jpeg file.
Presentation Instructions and Tips All DIALOG VII participants are required to present in both oral and poster format. Given the 8-minute time constraint, high diversity of participant backgrounds and number of participants for whom English is a second language, you will need to provide a *different* kind of talk than what you are used to providing at scientific society meetings. Required reading!
Check list for Oral Presentations. You will each be asked to critique the oral presentations of two other participants. This check list will be used for this purpose--you may want to review it while preparing and practicing your own presentation.
Requirements This is the attachment that was sent with your invitation letter.
Required reading! Be sure to be thinking about possible topics for small-group discussions. This is YOUR symposium! Don't let Sue Weiler dictate topics, which she will surely do if you guys don't come prepared with suggestions!!!!
Teambuilding During the symposium, you will be involved with small-group discussions and a brief 'training session'. Based on experience, academics are pretty sceptical about personality typing and have an innate fear of being 'classified' as a 'type'. Never-the-less, when you find yourself working collaboratively, it will be useful to understand at least the rudiments of personality types. I am therefore asking each of you to take a free, on-line adaptation of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). This is NOT required and if you do agree to take it. If you are willing, please take the indicator called the "Jung Typology Test" posted at http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp. It shouldn't take more than 15 minutes to complete. Go with your gut feeling, the "all other things being equal" answer. Some of you may respond differently at home than at work. Answer using your innate personal preference, not what your work or family demands require. After you hit "score it", you will be given a four-letter code that identifies you as one of 16 basic 'types'. You can also access a description of that type as well as some basic information about types. Once on site you will each receive a book on the MBTI and typing. If you are willing, Please send your 4-letter code to weiler@whitman.edu. This information will NOT be shared with any participants unless you want to divulge it yourself. But I do want the types for statistical purposes because some interesting patterns are emerging. If you have any questions, please contact me, weiler@whitman.edu.
Logistical Details This document explains the general travel and on-site arrangements, weather, what to bring, etc. and should be ready by everyone. Required reading!
Drs. Jay Pinckney and Tammi Richardson will serve as Meeting Mentors.
Jay, a veteran of the first DIALOG symposium, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of South Carolina and has a primary appointment in the Marine Sciences Program. He earned a B.S. degree in Biology (1983) and M.S. in Marine Biology (1987) from the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC. In 1992, he was awarded a Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC. From 1992 - 1998 he was a Research Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City, NC. Jay accepted a faculty position in the Department of Oceanography at Texas A&M University (TAMU) in College Station in 1998. Jay met the woman of his dreams (Tammi Richardson) in 1998, just before that move to Texas, and they married in 2001.
Tammi is currently
an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of South Carolina. She received her B.S. (1986) and M.S. in Biology (1988) from the University of New Brunswick in her home town of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. A true (and proud) Maritime Canadian, she continued her studies at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was awarded a Ph.D. in Oceanography in 1996. From 1996 - 1998 she ventured across the pond to Northern Ireland where she was a postdoc at Queen's University in Belfast. In 1998 she was hired as a postdoc at the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, Morehead City, NC to replace someone named Jay Pinckney who had just accepted a tenure-track position at Texas A&M University. They overlapped for one semester and collaborated on some research and distance-dated for two years. Tammi left UNC in 2000 for a Research Scientist (soft money) position at TAMU. The rest is history, and in September 2004 they produced the results of their best experiment to date: a son, Jacob, who will be with them at the DIALOG VII symposium.
This year, Tammi was offered a faculty position at the University of South Carolina and successfully negotiated a second tenure-track faculty position for Jay. Though he had to give up his tenure at Texas A&M to move, Jay couldn't resist the opportunity to return to South Carolina. As a dual-career couple with successful careers, international, soft- and hard-money experience, and a one-year old son, Tammi and Jay will be happy to share their experiences on meeting the demands of both professional and personal life.
Participant Arrivals & Pick-up Schedule and Departures will be posted once known. Be sure to send your travel itinerary to bennetsk@whitman.edu if you are not booking through Greg Jones Travel.
Participant Room Assignments will be provided when you register on site.
Support:
The DIALOG VII symposium is partially supported through grants
from the U.S.
National Science Foundation (Antarctic Biology and Medicine, Biological
Oceanography, Ecology, Ecosystem Studies, and International programs) grant
# OCE-0217056 to Whitman College;
Office of Naval Research (Biological and Chemical Oceanography Program)
and
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Ocean Biogeochemistry and
Atmospheric Chemistry Program)
grant #N00014-98-1-05 to Whitman College;
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Coastal Ocean and National
Sea Grant College Programs) grant # NA16OP1435 to Whitman College.
Dauphin Island Sea Lab is partially supporting on-site participant expenses.
In addition to serving as DIALOG program co-sponsors, the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, the Education section of the American Fisheries Society and Society of Canadian Limnologists have generously contributed funds to defray participant travel.
This page is managed by:
C. Susan Weiler, DIALOG Organizer
