Outreach

Education and Outreach Consultant

• Inner City Science, Denver, CO 2015-Present
  • Curriculum development for evolutionary biology, geology, paleontology, nature of science
  • Working with school districts on science experiments, particularly underfunded areas

Presentations for the Public Audiences

• PLATO Frontiers in Life Sciences October 16, 2013
  • Paleontology of the Evolution of Grasslands: And why geology may be more important than you think
• Wednesday Nite @ the Lab September 18, 2013
  • The Grazer/Grassland Grapple: Paleontological and geological arguments over the evolution of the Western Plain
  • Video, thanks to Wisconsin Public Television

Community Science Events

• "Geology and Evolution", Grandparents University July 10-11/17-18, 2014
  • Coordinated by the UW Alumni Association
  • Ran with the help of Scott Hartman, Geoscience Graduate Student
  • Two-day program from 7-10 or 10-14 year-olds and their grandparents
  • Included lectures and activities on topics such as stratigraphy, whale evolution, dinosaurs, natural selection, and a scavenger hunt in the Geology Museum
• Exploration Station, Wisconsin Science Festival September 27-28, 2013
  • Coordinate Crow Institute Booth
  • Hands-on activity with children on evolutionary principles
• "Geology and Evolution", Grandparents University July 18-19, 2013
  • Coordinated by the UW Alumni Association
  • Ran with the help of Andrew Schechtman-Rook, Astronomy Graduate Student
  • Two-day program from 7-10 year-olds and their grandparents
  • Included lectures and activities on topics such as stratigraphy, natural selection, and a scavenger hunt in the Geology Museum
• Exploration Station, Wisconsin Science Festival September 25-27, 2012
  • Coordinate Crow Institute Booth
  • Hands-on activity with children on orchid and pollinator co-evolution
• "Geology and Evolution", Grandparents University July 12-13, 2012
  • Coordinated by the UW Alumni Association
  • Two-day program from 7-8 year-olds and their grandparents
  • Included lectures and activities on topics such as stratigraphy, whale evolution, dinosaurs, and a scavenger hunt in the Geology Museum
• Activity Booth, Afterschool Expeditions May 14, 2012
  • Hands-on activity with children on natural selection
• Exploration Station, Wisconsin Science Festival September 23-25, 2011
  • Hands-on activity with children on natural selection
• Exploration Station, Science Expeditions April 2, 2011
  • Hands-on activity with children on natural selection
• Costumed Arthropod, Darwin Day, Crow Institute February 13, 2010
  • Attracted children and families to an arthropod display by my wild antics as a Trilobite