Outreach

South Central Climate Science Center Internship for Under-represented Minorities. I led two days of the intership where we visited sites and learned about the effects of climate on wetlands, forestry, and forest ecosystems in southeast Oklahoma in June 2015.

Girls in Science camp at the Great Smoky Mountain National Park: Assisted with program where middle schoolers learned about biodiversity, how to calculate diversity indices from their own data, and collected data for a citizen science stream salamander project: June 2013

Girls in STEM camp: was interviewed by middle school students about my work and being a scientist: June 2013

STEM Breakfast: was interviewed by high school students about STEM careers and my job: March 2013

Gadget Girls: taught Girl Scouts 3D geometry using models, origami, and mathematic formulas: November 2012

Bat Outreach at Knoxville Tennessee Zoo Event: October 2012

Women in Wildlife: taught Girl Scouts about Watershed Ecology and Water Quality through hands on experiences, Julys in 2008-2011

Science Olympiad: Wrote Ecology Test for Columbia, MO March 2008, 2010, 2011, also administered test in 2008 and 2010

Popular Publication: Earl, J.E. 2009. Velvet scales. Pp. 61-66. In: Reaser, J.K., ed. Courting the Wild: Love Affairs with Reptiles and Amphibians. Hiraeth Press, San Francisco.

Bioblitz Walk Leader and Public Educator for Herpetology: September 2008

North American Amphibian Monitoring Program Volunteer: 2006-2007

Regional Science Fair Judge for primary/middle school students in Murray, KY: April 2006

Catching salamanders in Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Making 3D shapes outs of equilateral triangles and doing calculations