Scientific Outreach

Workshops, Seminars, and Round Tables 

Speaker - Gender Bias: Sciences and Practices

Paris Brain Institut, ICM, Paris, April 8th 2022

Seminar Organizer - DEC AltAc (Alternative to Academia) "Bridging the Gap between Researchers & Enterprises" 

DEC, ENS, Paris, 11/19 - Pres.

Round Table Organizer – "Cognitive Science & Society" 

DEC, ENS, Paris, October 10th 2019

Workshop Organizer – “A Researcher in 2019” 

DEC, ENS, Paris, October 10th 2019

Volunteer - Forum des Sciences Cognitives 2019 

Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, Paris, March 31st 2019 

Volunteer - Colloque des Jeunes Chercheurs en Science Cognitives 

DEC, ENS, Paris, March 30th 2019

Seminar Organizer – Cognitive Science Thematics

DEC, ENS, Paris, 01/18 - 09/19

Workshop Organizer – “How to get funding for your PhD?” 

DEC, ENS, Paris, December 17th 2018

Forum Organizer – Forum des Sciences Cognitives 2018 

La Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, Paris, April 8th 2018

Science and Society Coordinator- Olivier Legrain Conference 2018

DEC, ENS, Paris, March 31st 2018

Associations & Committees

Behavioral Genetics Association Public Science Committee - 12/2023 to present

DEC Life Secretary - Social, Scientific, & Academic Events - 10/2018 to 12/2019

Cognivence Secretary - Social & Scientific Events - 10/2017 to 10/2018

Popular Audience

Talks

My Thesis in 180 seconds - Finalist at Sorbonne University, French  

Sorbonne Université, Paris, 03/19/2021


Book Reviews

Williams, C. & Yesilaltay, S. (2020) De l’autre côté de la machine. Science & pseudo-sciences

Book: Jean, A. (2019). De l’autre côté de la machine Voyage d’une scientifique au pays des algorithmes.


Williams, C. & Yesilaltay, S. (2019) Le cerveau en lumières. Science & pseudo-sciences

Book: Hirsch, E. & Poulain, B. (2019). Le cerveau en lumières. Odile Jacob.


Yesilaltay, S. & Williams, C. (2019) Factfulness. Science & pseudo-sciences

Book: Rosling, H. (2019). Factfulness. Flammarion.


Williams, C. & Yesilaltay, S. (2019) Des intelligences TRÈS artificielles. Science & pseudo-sciences

Book: Dessalles, J-L. (2019). Des intelligences TRÈS artificielles. Odile Jacob.


Williams, C. & Yesilaltay, S. (2019) De l’esprit au cerveau. Science & pseudo-sciences

Book: Ripoll, T. (2018). De l’esprit au cerveau. Sciences Humaines.


Williams, C. & Yesilaltay, S. (2019) Apprendre! Les talents du cerveau, le défi des machines. Science & pseudo-sciences

Book: Dehaene, S. (2018). Apprendre ! Les talents du cerveau, le défi des machines. Odile Jacob.


Articles

Williams, C. (2019) Oui, aller à l'école accroît votre QI ! Phébé

Review of the article: Ritchie, S. J., & Tucker-Drob, E. M. (2018). How Much Does Education Improve Intelligence? A Meta-Analysis. Psychological Science, 29(8), 1358–1369. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797618774253

 

Williams, C. (2019) Comment certains gènes prédisposent aux études Phébé

Review of the article: Plomin, R., & von Stumm, S. (2018). The new genetics of intelligence. Nature Reviews Genetics, 19(3), 148–159. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg.2017.104


Williams, C. (2019) Qu'est-ce qui pousse les humains à pointer du doigt ? Phébé

Review of the article: O’Madagain, C., Kachel, G., & Strickland, B. (2019). The origin of pointing: Evidence for the touch hypothesis. Science Advances, 5(7), eaav2558. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aav2558

 

Williams, C. (2019) Des problèmes à l'école ? C'est la faute du grand frère! Phébé

Review of the article: Havron, N., Ramus, F., Heude, B., Forhan, A., Cristia, A., & Peyre, H. (2019). The Effect of Older Siblings on Language Development as a Function of Age Difference and Sex. Psychological Science, 30(9), 1333–1343. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797619861436

 

Williams, C. (2019) Pourquoi il ne faut pas éviter les sujets qui fâchent – Phébé

Review of the article: Cowan, S. K., & Baldassarri, D. (2018). “It could turn ugly”: Selective disclosure of attitudes in political discussion networks. Social Networks, 52, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2017.04.002


Williams, C. (2019) Quand pense-t-on à l'argent ? Phébé

Review of the article: Shah, A. K., Zhao, J., Mullainathan, S., & Shafir, E. (2018). Money in the Mental Lives of the Poor. Social Cognition, 36(1), 4–19. https://doi.org/10.1521/soco.2018.36.1.4


Other Community Experience

M2 Class Representative of the Cogmaster

ENS, EHESS, Université de Paris|10/18 – 10/19 

Cogmaster M2 Diploma Ceremony Organizer

DEC, ENS, Paris, October 11th 2019 

Undergraduate Psychology Case Competition Participant

Concordia, Montreal | 04/02/17 

Arts and Science Federation of Associations Independent Councillor 

Concordia University, Montreal| 04/16 - 05/17 

Montreal Neurological Hospital

Montreal | 09/16 – 05/17 

Montreal Children’s Hospital

 Montreal | 10/14 – 01/15