Brenna L. Decker

The graphic includes white text on a teal background that reads, “ESA Webinar. Careers in Entomology Education Beyond a Tenured Faculty Position. Tuesday, August 26, 2025. 1 p.m. ET.” It also includes the texture of a cuckoo wasp, an image of a ladybug, and the ESA logo.

Curious about careers in entomology education beyond the classroom or tenure track? Join @fitentsocamerica.bsky.social on August 26 for a dynamic ESA webinar exploring career paths from K–12 teaching and extension to zoos, museums, outreach, and edu-tainment. Register: www.entsoc.org/events/webin...

Check out all the #FIT sessions! Follow this page to get FIT updates as we gear up for the Entomology 2025 Annual Meeting!

Here are 3 ways to get started:

1️⃣ Volunteer on one of our subcommittees
2️⃣ Spread the word about FIT! We have power in membership (& follow us here!)
3️⃣ Engage w. our webinars - don’t miss Careers in Entomology Education Beyond a Tenured Faculty Position on 8/26, 1 p.m. ET

Stay tuned for more! (3/3)

🚨 Big news from FIT! 🚨

The ESA Governing Board has advanced FIT to Phase II on our path from a pilot Section to becoming a full ESA Section. 🎉

"Wait, we’re not already a Section?!”

Nope, not yet! It’s a 3-phase process that ends with a Society-wide vote👇 (1/3)

FIT Social Media Content Suggestion Form

Follow us to stay in the loop on #EntSocFIT job opportunities, teaching resources, webinars, and member highlights. Got something to share? Send us your FIT-related content or ideas using our Google Form: bit.ly/449NJ1X! #EntoEdu #ESA

FIT Recruitment Emails FIT Recruitment Template Emails The FIT leadership team is providing these template emails to help our current members reach out to potential new members of the Society! We hope this encourages you t...

FIT needs YOU!

Know someone who teaches, does outreach, works in museums, or creates insect-inspired art? Invite them to join ESA and make FIT their home! 🪲🎨

Check out these template emails you can send!: bit.ly/43mtNtR

Let’s grow our community!
#EntSocFIT #SciComm #InsectEducation #FITinEntsoc

🧪 attn: researchers - consider participating in the McClintock Letters Initiative and write letters to your hometown newspaper editors about how the loss of science funding impacts you & your community. Webinar on Friday!

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🧪🪲 #EntSocFIT is building a teaching resource library for ESA members!

We’re collecting syllabi, lesson plans, lab activities, and outreach ideas to support entomology education.

Have something to share? Help others refresh or design their content and submit your materials here! bit.ly/4jSXx6D

FIT Testimonials for Governing Board Meeting We want your commentary about why you care about FIT! We will present these comments to the Governing Board in our written report and at the summer planning meeting, where the Governing Board will dec...

🗣️ We need your voice!

We’re collecting commentary to share with the #EntSoc Governing Board about why FIT is important to the society and its members (you!).

Your words will help shape FIT’s future, submit your testimonial here: bit.ly/4iYkEvP

#EntSocFIT #ESA #Education #InsectEducation #SciComm

Graphic announcing a job opportunity for an Assistant Professor of Informal Entomology Education at the University of Florida Entomology & Nematology Department. The header reads “JOB OPPORTUNITY” with an icon of a megaphone. Below, a central illustration shows two hands shaking, forming an insect-like shape with antennae. Text highlights that the department seeks a passionate educator to lead and assess informal and non-formal educational programming. The position directs UF’s Outreach Program, including a bug zoo and hands-on training. A QR code and link (https://bit.ly/uflentojob) are provided for more information. At the bottom right is the logo for the Formal and Informal Teaching (FIT) section of the Entomological Society of America with a note: “Follow us for more!” Ant icons crawl across the top border.

🚨 Job Alert! 🚨

UF Entomology & Nematology is hiring an Assistant Prof of Informal #Entomology #Education!

🔎 Interested in a faculty position leading innovative, evidence-based engagement outside the classroom?

🪲 Passionate about #insects & #outreach?

🧪 Learn more and apply! bit.ly/uflentojob

I’m somehow on a Heritage Foundation mailing list (😂) and they sent a survey to see what we think of DOGE.

Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?

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Please share with a friend or a thousand :)

'Become ungovernable' Vespid wasp colorful vintage style propaganda poster.

✨New Waspaganda✨

Despite their demonization, Vespid wasps are hardworking ladies who work together to get it done & fulfill their niche (pollinating, hunting, defending). I believe they are powerful symbols for worker resistance & deserve more respect.

Get it: Lindzeamays.com/printshop

🐡🕷️🐝🌱

So I did this today: banged out a couple hundred words of a pitch while managing lab, sent it to the opinion page editor at the newspaper my parents still somehow get in print, and got back a "yes" in, I absolutely kid you not, under 15 minutes

The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired. Please amplify. (This helps the lawyers establish standing for bringing legal cases against the administration!)

democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings

Dear federal scientists: If you have been affected by the probationary firings and would be willing to speak with Science, please reach out to me by email (klangin@aaas.org) or on Signal. We can guarantee annonymity.

'Honestly terrifying': Yosemite National Park is in chaos The Trump administration is derailing decades of conservation efforts in California's most loved park.

This is a prelude to selling off our national parks. That is why they are being intentionally wrecked by our malignant government.

Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RT

The first ever US national nature assessment has been terminated and its USGCRP and DOI webpages have been removed.

A PDF of the zeroth order draft is still available here: review.globalchange.gov/system/files...

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American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12

As a follow up, I passed :)

Flier for Brenna Decker’s PhD defense seminar titled “All About Wasps: Taxonomy, Biogeography, Evolution, and the Public’s Perceptions”, scheduled for Wednesday, March 20th 2024 at Utah State University.

Excited to present my defense seminar this week!!
#wasps #museums #phylogenomics

Pink sign with black stamp text, reads “who needs a date when you can fall in love with the band! Join us at The Factory Feb 14, Gag City and 8, Big Sis at 9”. Heart stamps line the top and bottom of the sign.

Happy Valentine’s Day to friends, family, and loved ones! I get to play percussion once more with other talented science PhD students and grads tonight! Y’all are appreciated and loved 🥰

Grey and white cat photobombing a blooming Christmas cactus (hot pink flowers) next to a Purple Heart plant on a windowsill.

The Christmas cactus is in bloom! Quick photo to capture my camera-shy cat 🐈‍⬛ 💚🎄🌿 the plant was a split that my late grandma had in her house since before I was born. It’s the first time in two years that it’s bloomed!

Brenna’s selfie wearing black antennae, iridescent wings, and a outlet outline of a wasp on her right cheek, as her costume for Halloween at the wasp exhibit.

Last day at the wasp exhibit, had to do at least a little costume :) #WaspLove

Image with computer screen and word document open, next to a grey-and-white cat in a short cardboard box as I write my dissertation.

My cat wants to participate in writing my dissertation, but likes to add spaces in all of my documents. This little box with padding on top of the printer allows her to feel involved without additional keystrokes 💙 🐈‍⬛🌿🐝 (we need a #wasp emoji!)

A black spider wasp (Pompilidae) with enlarged forefemora to pry open trap-door spider burrows.

Beefy friends :)

“Wasps of Utah” exhibit is set up! If you’re near Park City, UT come check it out at Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter 😁
#WaspLove #insects 🌿