Student Debates: Addressing Emerging Issues in Entomology

Organizer(s)

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  Victoria Pickens

  Graduate Research Assistant
  Department of Entomology
  Kansas State University
  Manhattan, Kansas

Presentations:

• 1:00 PM – 1:05 PM ET

  Introductory remarks: Addressing emerging issues in entomology
  

  Presenting Author: Victoria Pickens – Kansas State University
• 1:05 PM – 1:08 PM ET

  Topic 1, Unbiased Introduction: Should disclosure of the use of AI large language models in scientific writing always be required?
  

  Presenting Author: Jacqueline Maille (she/her/hers) – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: William Jacob Pitt (he/him/his) – Washington State University
• 1:08 PM – 1:13 PM ET

  Topic 1, Team 1: University of Georgia and University of California-Davis (faculty advisor - Dr. Kelly Carruthers)
  

  Presenting Author: Kelly M. Tims (she/her/hers) – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Carla-Cristina Melo Edwards – University of California

  Co-Author: Malcolm Peavy – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Zia Valerie Williamson (she/her/hers) – University of Georgia
• 1:13 PM – 1:18 PM ET

  Topic 1, Team 2: Louisiana State University (faculty advisor - Dr. Blake Wilson)
  

  Presenting Author: Tyler Ray Tagle Musgrove – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Ethan Doherty – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Arjun Khadka – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Allison Martin – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Tanner C. Sparks – Louisiana State University
• 1:18 PM – 1:20 PM ET

  Cross-examination of UGA/UC-Davis by LSU
• 1:20 PM – 1:24 PM ET

  First rebuttal by UGA/UC-Davis
• 1:24 PM – 1:26 PM ET

  Cross-examination of LSU by UGA/UC-Davis
• 1:26 PM – 1:30 PM ET

  First rebuttal by LSU
• 1:30 PM – 1:36 PM ET

  Second rebuttal by UGA/UC-Davis
• 1:36 PM – 1:42 PM ET

  Second rebuttal by LSU
• 1:42 PM – 1:44 PM ET

  Concluding statement by UGA/UC-Davis
• 1:44 PM – 1:46 PM ET

  Concluding statement by LSU
• 1:46 PM – 1:56 PM ET

  Questions from judges + audience
• 1:56 PM – 1:58 PM ET

  Topic 1, Unbiased Conclusion
  

  Presenting Author: Jacqueline Maille (she/her/hers) – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: William Jacob Pitt (he/him/his) – Washington State University
• 1:58 PM – 2:03 PM ET

  Break
• 2:03 PM – 2:06 PM ET

  Topic 2, Unbiased Introduction: Is it more important to prioritize honey bee or native pollinator health for long-term food security within North America?
  

  Presenting Author: Jordan Twombly-Ellis – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Sara Salgado Astudillo – University of Florida
• 2:06 PM – 2:11 PM ET

  Topic 2, Team 1: Kansas State University (faculty advisor - Dr. Kristopher Silver)
  

  Presenting Author: Hazel F. Scribner (they/them/theirs) – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Ainsley (Navi) Balthazor – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Rachel L. Johnson – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Theresa Markwardt

  Co-Author: Rupinder Singh (he/him/his) – Kansas State University
• 2:11 PM – 2:16 PM ET

  Topic 2, Team 2: Michigan State University, University of Florida, Purdue University (faculty advisor - Dr. Zsofia Szendrei)
  

  Presenting Author: Natalie Constancio – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Kayleigh Courard Hauri – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: John Jay Ternest – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Scott Gula – Purdue University

  Co-Author: DeShae Dillard – Michigan State University
• 2:16 PM – 2:18 PM ET

  Cross-examination of KSU by MSU/UFL/Purdue
• 2:18 PM – 2:22 PM ET

  First rebuttal by KSU
• 2:22 PM – 2:24 PM ET

  Cross-examination of MSU/UFL/Purdue by KSU
• 2:24 PM – 2:28 PM ET

  First rebuttal by MSU/UFL/Purdue
• 2:28 PM – 2:34 PM ET

  Second rebuttal by KSU
• 2:34 PM – 2:40 PM ET

  Second rebuttal by MSU/UFL/Purdue
• 2:40 PM – 2:42 PM ET

  Concluding statement by KSU
• 2:42 PM – 2:44 PM ET

  Concluding statement by MSU/UFL/Purdue
• 2:44 PM – 2:54 PM ET

  Questions from judges + audience
• 2:54 PM – 2:56 PM ET

  Topic 2, Unbiased Conclusion
  

  Presenting Author: Jordan Twombly-Ellis – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Sara Salgado Astudillo – University of Florida
• 2:56 PM – 3:00 PM ET

  Concluding remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Victoria Pickens – Kansas State University