Category: Member Spotlights

Lian Guo is the subject of our member spotlight this month. If you were a part of this year’s Virtual Annual Meeting (VAM), you may have caught her presentation, co-organized symposium, or seen her posts on the discussion channels in Slack – another option provided for students and professionals to...

Racial injustices have plagued our world for a long time, and some recent events involving police brutality on members of the Black community have sparked a movement to put an end to these issues in America. Much like how the #MeToo movement brought about sweeping reform of sexual harassment and...

Cassidy Miles (she/her) is a graduate student and the public relations and outreach coordinator for Western Illinois University’s student subunit of the Illinois AFS. She is passionate about matters of diversity and inclusion in fisheries science and started a fundraiser to support the Hutton Scholars program. Below is her experience...

Ian Kelmartin is an early career professional in fisheries and a member of AFS. He highlights his professional position in West Coast fisheries and how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted his job. I’m a biologist on the marine invertebrate management project for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. I...

Covid-19 has widely disrupted the nation’s sense of normalcy and the same is true for fisheries students and professionals. For a few its “business as usual” but for many people in fisheries, the environment in which they work has changed considerably. Graduate theses are being defended through online platforms and...

Author: Sam Grinstead, President of the Iowa State University Student Subunit             Spring Semester 2020 has been a busy and formative time for our subunit. Activities have included the Iowa Chapter meeting, bi-monthly scientific and professional guest speakers, and campus-wide club events. The Iowa State Student Subunit has endeavored to...

Paul DeRolf has been an active member of AFS since 2014. He has served as the President of the Ball State University’s (BSU) Student Subunit of AFS for the past year and is an active member of the Indiana Chapter and the North Central Division. In addition, he is in...