Our Lab_

In this Lab,

We believe

SCIENCE is real

LOVE is love

BIPOC lives matter

FEMINISM is for everyone

CONSERVATION is for all

IMMIGRANTS are welcome

Our Values

As biodiversity conservation scientists we value diversity in all its forms. We value cultural, racial, socioeconomic, biological, and genetic diversity. We believe that a less diverse university community is prone to like-minded biases and is less likely to challenge dominant worldviews. Our lab is committed to creating an inclusive, equitable, accessible, and welcoming environment. We are committed to:

Recruiting and retaining conservation scientists from diverse identities
Educating ourselves about anti-racism, racial justice, and systemic discrimination against historically, systemically, and persistently marginalized communities
Promoting a multicultural community among conservation scientists
Embracing the discomfort as we engage in difficult conversations and constructive dialogue
Speaking out and pushing for change when we see microaggressions or institutional policies that disadvantage historically, persistently and systemically marginalized communities
Creating a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive environment for all
Recruiting more individuals into natural resources from historically, persistently and systemically marginalized identities

Interested in joining the lab?

Prof. Echeverri apologizes for not replying to your email(s) in advance. Due to the high volume of emails she gets, it is easy to lose track of all prospective students and postdocs.

Teaching

Having worked as a peace corps volunteer in Colombia and Norway, and as teaching assistant in Canada and Colombia, Prof. Echeverri has developed a unique teaching approach. Bringing together academic rigor and hands-on experience of outdoor education workshops with children and youth, her teaching encompasses the following key elements: 1) self-directed and collaborative learning, 2) place-based and outdoor education, 3) multimodality, and 4) decolonial practices.

At UC Berkeley, she will teach graduate seminars on community-engaged methods, behavioral sciences for conservation, and conservation policy. She willl also teach a general undergraduate course on conservation science that bridges principles of conservation biology with social science.

The content of this page will be updated throughout the year as courses get developed.

If you have a reading or a game that might be relevant to use in any of these courses, or if you are a community partner interested in partnering with students to create learning opportunities about conservation, please contact us.

Contact us

We are always happy to hear from you, whether you are interested in donating to our work, collaborating with us, telling us how much you like/dislike our work, or if you are interested in writing a story about us.

We welcome messages from the media, the general public, and anyone interested in sharing thoughts about our work.