Dri Tattersfield

I am a mixed Taiwanese/American educator, researcher, and artist raised in Taipei and Oregon. In summer 2024, I was a TIGP intern at the Biodiversity Research Center of Academia Sinica in Dr. Mao-Ning Tuanmu's lab. With the support of my lab and Dr. Shiuhhuah Serena Chou, I studied the diversity and feeding niches of birds at Farm for Change and other roofs on campus, in a project titled "My upstairs neighbor is a bird?!: The impact of farm and green roofs on avian diversity". I first experienced the way gardens build relationships and care between species while working at an educational farm on Sauvie Island, growing vegetables and leading youth field trips. This summer, I really enjoyed listening to, looking for, and getting to know the bird visitors at Farm for Change and around campus. In college, I studied physics, philosophy, and ecology. I am interested in decentering institutional epistemic authority and building community-led science towards environmental justice. Before coming to Academia Sinica, I taught high school physics in the US. You can find my creative work, including zines, video games, and speculative fiction, at hellodri.itch.io. My favorite plant to grow is sunflowers, and my favorite plant to touch is moss. It's nice to meet you!

Email: dritattersfield@gmail.com

Website: hellodri.itch.io