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Stack / Whitney Entomology, Environment and Technology Col(LAB)oratory
SWEET Co(LAB)orative
The SWEET Col(LAB)orative is an environmental studies research group who often, but not always, use insects as a lens onto broader systems. We use a range of quantitative and qualitative tools to study science and society. Global environmental problems necessitate a diverse group of minds, bodies, and lives coming together to imagine (and then achieve!) conserving and sustaining natural and human communities in ethical ways. This work is interdisciplinary and done in community, with a wide range of collaborators across disciplines and institutions.
We do this while also working to:
- create space to be our full(er) selves,
- address positionality and power in our research and teams,
- do "open" research without extraction.
We are located on unceded Seneca Nations (Onöndowa'ga) lands. Learn more here.
Latest News
- February 6, 2025
new article published
As part of the 'Many Eco Evo Analysts' global collaboration, Dr. Stack Whitney is part of a big author team that just published "Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology" in BMC Biology. The metascience paper explores how variability in analysis choices shapes outcomes and raises questions about how ecologists and biologists interpret findings and consider their own methods. Read it here.
- February 2, 2025
new op-ed published
Dr. Stack Whitney recently had an opinion piece published in the hard copy Sunday February 2 the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. (Online link currently not available). The essay focused on dispelling common myths about sex as binary in biology.
- December 17, 2024
new publication
Dr. Stack Whitney recently published a poem ("winter") about ladybugs in Issue 19: Insects of Consilience, a peer reviewed journal about the intersection of science and art. It was selected as an editor's pick for for the volume. Read it here.
- December 2, 2024
new article published
Dr. Stack Whitney and collaborators from Kent State University, have published "Open access journals lack image accessibility guidelines" in Quantitative Science Studies. Read it here.
Research
Environmental dimensions of transportation systems
We are interested in the interplay between policy, bureaucracy, and animals at landscape scales. Our focus is always in systems with human communities, currently with a focus on highways and roadside rights-of-way.
Critical examinations of ecosystem services
Environmental science is a human endeavor, shaped by individual and institutional structures, processes, and biases. Part of my research program centers on understanding how these factors shape contemporary ecosystem service sciences.
Ableism and accessibility in biology and society
In fieldwork and informatics based work, SWEET is committed to inclusion, accessibility, and reproducibility. In particular, we focus on disability access and inclusion (or lack thereof) in open science and beyond.
