Up very late partaking of the only academic event that's made accessible to me and which I've been free to do since moving in Spring.
I won't publish the interior slides w/o permission, but it was a thought-provoking talk.
My thesis had to do with dormancy in almond. Dr. Gilbert's had to do with synchronization, but in the second half on trying to synchronize coffee harvest, he went into eco- and endodormancy.
The first part was thermomodels of development in Bulbine frutescens. #Botany
Shoutout to Dr. Ken Shackel who still makes his FROGS seminar accessible via Zoom.
It's a seminar class, but former students and off-site faculty are welcome to attend via Zoom.
Dr. Shackel even reminded Dr. Gilbert to use the online pointer in the slides because the online attendees couldn't see what the in-person ones could when he was pointing at certain parts of a chart.
Is it perfectly accessible? No.
Is it more accessible than most courses & events I experienced at UC Davis? YES
It's not that hard to make things accessible, particularly if you do highest common denominator accessible as just a regular part of doing things instead of treating it as some "special needs" BS that you only do when someone jumps hoops to make an official request. Please make the effort.
I have attended many times and it was one of the most valuable courses I took at UC Davis because of the vigorous discussion and probing questions asked during each presentation. #DisabledAndSTEM
Megan Lynch (she/her)