Outreach

I am passionate about communicating science to diverse audiences using a variety of media. Here's a recent presentation I gave for seabird scientists on the importance of communicating through non-traditional channels:

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JSTOR Daily

• The great seaweed invasion

• The global jellyfish crisis in perspective

• The strange tale of the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program

• Why do pandas have thumbs?

• The glowing mystery of bioluminescence

• Are there transgender proclivities in animals?

• The incredible moving forest

• The curious science of animal personalities

• Extreme napping in the animal kingdom

• What did Manhattan look like in 1609?

• The bison is America's new national mammal

• Why do animals share?

• Can you hear it? The cicadas are back

• No, trophy hunting won't protect wildlife

• What if we had all the birds from Shakespeare in central park?

• What lies beneath the museum?

• Why we can't turn away from wildlife cams

• Uptown fox: On wildlife in cities

• National parks are like islands for wildlife

• Teddy Roosevelt weighs in on the evolution of camouflage

• Zoological jokes and hoaxes

• Lessons in senescence: Not all animals age the same

• Ecoacoustics: The deafening silence of endangered wildlife

• The history of the National Wildlife Refuge System

• Ghost fishing is killing coastal wildlife

• The curious case of island-dwelling goats

Other science writing and communication

Access to Undertstanding Science Writing Competition (Further information)

World Seabird Twitter Conference (2015)

National Public Radio All Things Considered Trade Lingo Interview (2014)

Media coverage

Brown Pelican project

• KEYT (Refugio Oil Spill tagging) (2016)

• Coast Monthly, Texas (2016)

• WMBB News, Florida Panhandle (2015)

• Argos News (2015)

• Ventura County Star -- Refugio Oil Spill tagging (2015)

• The Nature Conservancy (2014)

• Clemson University Television (2014)

FAME Project (RSPB)

• RSPB Community Blog (2012)

Seabird Restoration Program (National Audubon Society)

• Smithsonian Magazine (2010)

• Maine Public Radio (2010)

• Boston Globe (2009)

• Boston Globe (2008)

Non-scientific

Northwords Now (2013, short story)

Northwords Now (2012, short story)

Imagine Magazine (2011, personal essay)