Dr. Joshua Drew is an assistant professor of vertebrate conservation biology at the State University of New York’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse NY. During his career he has described eight species of fish, worked on discovering the evolution of marine biodiversity in the South Pacific and investigated shark toothed weapons of the I-Kiribati people. Now, as the director of the CHAOS (Coupled Human and Aquatic Organismal Systems) lab, he and his students use feminist approaches to addressing projects that identify strategies for marine conservation that center and support the rights and voices of Indigenous people and the waters they depend on. He is also a strong believer in outreach and making science accessible which has led him to present his research to a variety of audiences ranging from US senators to drag queens