Welcome to ESF's Podcast!
Hosted by ESF President Joanie Mahoney, the podcast features in depth conversations with the people who are working to address our planet's most pressing issues.
Campus Conversations: The Podcast is produced by the Digital Storytelling Studio.
Season 1 Episodes
Dr. Vanessa Rojas
Assistant Professor, Ranger School
A first-generation college student from Flint, Mich., Dr. Vanessa Rojas found education to be her path out of poverty. Her determination led her to building an impressive career studying bats, from caves to the Adirondack forests.
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Associate Director of Research, Adirondack Ecological Center
After living in an urban setting, Stacy McNulty jumped ship and returned to ESF’s Newcomb campus in the heart of the Adirondacks to pursue her passion for science, research, and education.
Download TranscriptDr. Mariann Johnston
Professor and Director, Ranger School
From Colorado’s Eleven Mile Canyon to the Peace Corps in Ecuador to the forests of Idaho, Dr. Mariann Johnston brings a wealth of experience in remote places to ESF’s Ranger School. In 2020, her students continued to study in person in Wanakena while the rest of the world stayed home.
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Distinguished Teaching Professor, Environmental Biology Director, Center for Native Peoples and the Environment
Dr. Robin Kimmerer was always fascinated by plants and ecology. As a member of the Potawatomi Nation with ancestral homelands around the Great Lakes, her native knowledge about the Earth informs her work in Western science at ESF.
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Associate Professor and Chair of Chemistry
Whether she’s in her gardens, lab, or classrooms, Dr. Newman is constantly exploring ways that plants and nature can clean up the environment. She worked coast-to-coast before landing at ESF, the place she says she was meant to be.
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Dr. Lindi Quackenbush
Chair and Professor, Department of Environmental Resources Engineering
An Australian native, Dr. Quackenbush joined ESF 26 years ago, working her way up through a line of succession. In this episode, Dr. Quackenbush shares her experiences in education, and her passion for ESF’s mission and students.
Download TranscriptMeet President Joanie Mahoney
Before she takes on the role of interviewer, President Joanie Mahoney is herself interviewed on ESF’s new podcast. Learn what makes her tick, her thoughts on leadership and vision for the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
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