- Starting January 2022, Dr. Wade will be joining East Carolina University's Department of Coastal Studies
- Eric successfully defended his PhD in Fisheries Science in November 2021.
- Eric was recently featured in The Skimmer MEAM describing how social science is continuing to change and improve marine ecosystem conservation and management.
- Together with Brian Erickson, Eric is helping to coordinate Oregon State University's People and Nature Graduate Student Seminar Series.
- Eric was quoted in Nature for calling out racism in academia in the wake of George Floyd's murder.
- Eric was highlighted as a featured member by the Too Big to Ignore Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries Research
- Oregon State University's College of Agricultural Science feature Eric in its Faces of AgSci feature. Check out his feature Sea with New Eyes