Recording of the public dissertation defense by interdisciplinary PhD student Else Demeulenaere entitled: Rooted in environmental justice: Biogeography and ethnoecology of Serianthes. Else is a student in a joint PhD program between the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of Guam with committee members from biological sciences and social sciences on her committee. Steffi Ickert-Bond (UAF) is the chair of Else's graduate student advisory committee.