Schedule
- Throughout the day we will be able to move to break out rooms for one-on-one questions & editing assistance.
- 10:00-10:10 Welcome from NAL Director Paul Wester
Guest Speakers
- 10:10-10:20 Laurie Beyranevand, Director Center for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS), Vermont Law School (VLS)
- 10:20-10:30 Harrison M. Pittman, Director, National Agricultural Law Center (NALC) University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
- 10:30-10:40 Dr. Dawanna James-Holly, Food Safety Research Information Office (FSRIO), National Agricultural Library
- 10:40-10:50 Dr. James A. Lindsay, USDA National Program Leader Nutrition, Food Safety/Quality
- 10:50-11:00 Break
- 11:00-12:00 Wikipedia editing training with Jamie Flood (NAL) and Ariel Cetrone (Wikimedia DC)
- 12:00-1:00 Start editing: Jamie, Ariel, and other experienced editors available for assistance/help.
- 1:00-1:30 Lunch Break
- 1:30-2:00 Q&A Session with our speakers in main Zoom room
- 2:00-3:00 Editing, time for questions/follow up. We will wrap up the day with our stats from our editing (how much was accomplished short before 3pm.
- Please feel free to come and go as your day permits.
Speaker Information
Laurie Beyranevand -
Laurie J. Beyranevand is the Director of the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems and a Professor of Law at Vermont Law School. [HE-A1]
Professor Beyranevand received a BA from Rutgers College in 1999 and a JD from Vermont Law School in 2003. Prior to joining the faculty at Vermont Law School, Professor Beyranevand was a Staff Attorney at Vermont Legal Aid where she represented adults and children in individual cases and class action litigation advocating for access to health care, education equality, and civil rights.
Professor Beyranevand is an appointed member of the Food and Drug Law Institute and Georgetown Law School’s Food and Drug Law Journal Editorial Advisory Board, a founding member of the Academy of Food Law and Policy, and the Chair Elect of the Agriculture and Food Law Section of the American Association of Law Schools. She is admitted to the New York and Vermont State Bars, as well as the U.S. District Court, District of Vermont.
As a first generation American with Iranian and Appalachian roots, diverse food and culture have always been prominent in Professor Beyranevand’s life symbolizing the power of food in bringing people together.
Harrison M. Pittman - Harrison received his Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, and an LL.M. in Agricultural Law from the University of Arkansas School of Law’s Graduate Program in Agricultural Law. Harrison has worked at the National Agricultural Law Center since 2001, and has served as director since 2007.
Harrison has taught at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law as part of the Ben J. Altheimer Distinguished Professorship for Agricultural Law, and has also served as a visiting professor at the Drake University Law School.
He is an active member of the American Agricultural Law Association (AALA, and was the first recipient of the AALA’s Excellence in Agricultural Law award in 2010. Additionally, he is an active member of the Arkansas Bar Association, where he helped found the Agricultural Law Section, later served as interim chair and chair, and currently serves as vice-chair. He is a frequent presenter on a range of topics and issues, including the farm bill, water law, and environmental law.
Dawanna James-Holly, Ph.D - Dawanna James-Holly, PhD is the Technical Information Specialist for the FSRIO program. Dr. Holly has over 20 years of experience administering federal food safety competitive/capacity programs. She joined NAL from NIFA where she administered the AFRI Grants Program in food safety, and the Food Safety Outreach Program in partnership with FDA on the implementation of the FSMA regulation. The programs at NIFA were focused on small farmers, processors and producers, and fresh fruit/vegetable merchant wholesalers. Dr. Holly also has experience in the nutrition policy arena through her past work as a Nutrition Program Manager & Public Health Nutritionist with the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education, as well as the Cooperative Extension Service with the University of the District of Columbia.
James Lindsay, Ph.D - James Lindsay, PhD, Professor, is the Senior National Program Leader for Food Safety at the USDA-Agricultural Research Service where he oversees and coordinates Agency food safety national and international research projects; and reviews and advises various international entities and research programs on food safety. Prior to joining ARS, Dr. Lindsay was a Professor in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Florida from 1986 to 1998, where he taught both undergraduate and graduate level food microbiology. Dr. Lindsay’s research has focused the role of bacterial pathogens in human diseases; the use of bacterial toxins as anti-neoplastic agents; the mechanism of spore resistance to environmental stresses; and exobiology and the use of thermostable enzymes for industrial processing. Dr. Lindsay is a Fellow of the American Society of Microbiology (FAAM).
