Place-Based Science Education (PBSE) combines modern scientific knowledge with traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and place (Semken, 2005; Reyhner et al., 2011) and can provide a platform for the inclusion of epistemologies and TEK within the scientific process and education (Davidson-Hunt and O’Flaherty, 2007; Bang and Medin, 2010; carr et al., 2017; Rayne et al., 2022). (See Prescott et al. 2023 for references.)

Dr. Prescott has a long history of working with indigenous communities, fishermen, and farmers throughout her career. The MISA lab, under her direction, will continue to work with these communities to address environmental questions and concerns for those stakeholders.

If you are a member of a minoritized or marginalized community, or a member of a rural or remote community, with interest in developing more sustainable practices or investigating traditions from your place and community, please reach out to our lab!

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Developing sustainable farming for Earth and Beyond using the ways of the past

Sometimes to solve problems, its best to look back and learn from your ancestors. Currently, we are working together with local communities to understand traditional and natural farming techniques originally from the Pacific and Asia, and there application in basalt-type soils and rocks.
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Democratizing genomic data science through astrobiology

The MISA Lab also works directly with `Iolani High School, on the island of `Oahu in Hawai`i and their ʻĀina-Informatics Network (AIN). The program’s objective is to develop place-based curricula for ethical genome science that centers on Hawaiʻi’s unique relationships to ‘āina, all while generating real data via a community science approach.