Conference Schedule

NABT Conference will take place in-person at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis in Atlanta, Georgia from November 11 - 14, 2021. We are committed to hosting a safe conference and are requesting attendees follow a number of public health measures. Read more here.

More details are available in the Program Agenda

General Session
Thursday, November 11, 4:00PM - 5:30PM

Anne Schuchat, MD

Principle Deputy Director (retired)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Washington, DC

Prior to becoming NCIRD director, Dr. Schuchat was Chief of the Respiratory Diseases Branch from 1998-2005. She first joined CDC as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer in 1988.  She’s been instrumental in decades of CDC emergency responses including the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2019 outbreak of vaping associated lung injuries, the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, and the 2003 SARS outbreak where she deployed to Beijing. She collaborated on meningitis, pneumonia, and Ebola vaccine trials in West Africa and surveillance and prevention projects in South Africa. In the 1990’s, Dr. Schuchat spearheaded the effort to establish guidelines for the prevention of newborn infections from group B streptococcus, saving an estimated 100,000 newborn lives so far. Her contributions have been recognized by election to the National Academy of Medicine, receipt of the USPHS Distinguished Service Medal, and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Lifetime Achievement Award and is a finalist for the Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Medal from the Partnership for Public Service. Dr. Schuchat retired as a Rear Admiral in the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service in 2018 and from the CDC in 2021.

General Session Speaker
Friday, November 11th, 9:15AM - 10:15AM

 J. Marshall Shepherd, PhD

UGA Athletic Association Distinguished Professor & Director, Atmospheric Sciences Program
University of Georgia, Athens, GA

 In 2021, Dr. Shepherd was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The only member of the University of Georgia faculty to ever achieve this trifecta. He has received numerous awards including the 2004 White House PECASE Award, the Captain Planet Foundation Protector of the Earth Award, the 2019 AGU Climate Communication Prize, the 2020 Mani L. Bhaumik Award for Public Engagement with Science and the 2018 AMS Helmut Landsberg Award. He received his B.S., M.S. and PhD in meteorology from Florida State University. He has two TEDx talks on climate science and communication that collectively exceed two million viewers. He is routinely asked to brief the media, Congress, and the White House on weather-climate-science related topics. Dr. Shepherd has almost 100 peer-reviewed publications on various topics.

Invited Speaker
Saturday, November 13th, 9:00AM - 10:15AM 

Amanda Glaze, PhD

Associate Professor of Science Education
Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

Her research centers on the intersections of science and society, specifically the acceptance and rejection of evolution in the Southeastern United States and the impact of the perceived conflicts between evolution and religion and/or culture on science literacy. Having been reared in a Southern Baptist ministry family, she brings to her research and outreach first-hand experience with the challenges faced where there is divergence between scientific understanding and personal beliefs.

A recipient of the 2018 NABT Evolution Education Award and 2020 NABT Four Year College & University Biology Education Research Award, Dr. Glazes’ work has also been featured on NPR's video/radio series Science Friday as well as on social media outlets such as the National Center for Science Education Blog, ErrantScience.com, and RealScientists.org. She served as an expert panelist for Science Friday's education focus #TeachTheE and works with organizations including the Smithsonian Human Origins Program, and the National Geographic funded Umsuka project at the Cradle of Humankind in South Africa. Her research has been referenced in mainstream media outlets such as Scientific American, Forbes, and Newsweek and can be found in scholarly journals such as Science Education, The American Biology Teacher, Education Sciences, the International Journal of Mathematics & Science Education, and others. 

She resides outside of Savannah, Georgia with her beau Don, their children Kassidy, Jaymon, Brantlee, Maddox, and Delanie, as well as a menagerie of flora and fauna befitting a biologist!

Plenary Speaker & NABT Distinguished Award Winner

Saturday, November 13th, 4:00PM - 5:00PM

Jeff Corwin

Biologist, Wildlife Conservationist, Author, and TV Host & Producer
Marshfield, MA

Jeff’s television work has been awarded with multiple Emmys and top broadcast industry awards. His very first TV series was the wildly successful Going Wild with Jeff Corwin on Disney Channel. His Animal Planet series the Jeff Corwin Experience was a global sensation. Jeff is also the creator and co-presenter of CNN's groundbreaking documentary Planet in Peril, hosted alongside Anderson Cooper and Sanjay Gupta. Jeff is Executive Producer and host of ABC's Ocean Treks, five seasons of powerful and compelling stories exploring journeys of culture, adventure, and nature around the globe. Jeff is an Executive Producer and Presenter for the giant screen film Expedition Chesapeake and the Narrator for David Attenborough's powerful, cinematic documentary Galapagos, Natures Wonderland. During the Gulf oil spill, Jeff served as an environmental correspondent for both CBS and NBC News. In April 2020, Jeff created and executively produced the critically acclaimed TV series Alaska Animal Rescue for Nat Geo Wild, now on Disney Plus.  

Beyond television, Jeff’s acclaimed NBC documentary and book, 100 Heartbeats, engaged both the readers and broadcast audience in the 21st Century plight of endangered species. Jeff is also. the author of 10 books on wildlife and nature, including Living on the Edge, Amazing Relationships in the Nature World. Jeff is a leader in conservation, recognized through his work as a television host, producer, journalist, author, explorer, and wildlife biologist. Jeff's education includes Bachelor of Science Degrees in Anthropology and Biology from Bridgewater State University and a Master of Wildlife and Fisheries of Conservation from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Jeff is the recipient of numerous Honorary Doctorate Degrees in Education and Environmental Science. His lifelong global exploration, academic training, and partnerships with top scientists allow Jeff exclusive access to the compelling stories from the battlefront of conservation. Jeff’s love for adventure and discovery has fueled his life-long career. He has been striving to change the world one species at a time and leave a vital legacy for future generations.