{"id":18098,"date":"2023-05-25T16:31:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T20:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/?page_id=18098"},"modified":"2024-08-12T13:09:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T17:09:05","slug":"the-art-of-being-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/the-art-of-being-you\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Being You: Ecology, Psychology, and the Art of Being You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Growing up on a family farm in Edgefield, South Carolina, Joseph Drew Lanham, \u201cDrew,\u201d to many, knew he wanted to be an ornithologist by the third grade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a Black naturalist, writer, and MacArthur Fellow, Lanham chooses to combine science with blunt realities \u2014 particularly when it comes to recognizing that the field of ecology traditionally has not been Black and White. In doing so, he deepens conservation science with personal, historical, and cultural narratives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Avian ecologist and Coastwatch contributing editor Lauren D. Pharr interviewed Lanham at Simpson Station, part of Clemson University, where he is an Alumni Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology. Together, they reflected on ecology and society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Watch “The Art of Being You” interview:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n