Outreach
Publications
2021 - present
Editor-in-chief: TeensAndTech.org
2020
Nature Career Column: "How we formed a 'journal club' for equity in science" (with Matthew Bachman, Kathryn Dickerson, Shabnam Hakimi, and Brenda Yang)
Slate, on how behavioral science can inform coronavirus-related policy: "The other essential pandemic office Trump eliminated"
Natural History magazine senior editor (from March 2020)
Natural History magazine Samplings section, senior editor (through February 2020)
2019
Science NextGen Letters: "NextGen advises 'Trying to Manage'"
Natural History magazine Samplings section, senior editor
2018
Natural History magazine Samplings section, senior editor
2017
Science NextGen Letters: "Facilitating conservation"
Duke Research Blog, on Li, Smith, et al., 2017, J. Neuro: "Mental shortcuts, not emotion, may guide irrational decisions"
Natural History magazine Samplings section, senior editor (since October 2017)
2016
Slate, on how social media facilitates political polarization: "Stop unfollowing Trump supporters"
Natural History Magazine Samplings, on Bayesian modeling of time perception: "Time Warp"
PLOS Early Career Research Blog: "Yikes! Your advisor is moving to another institution. Now what?"
Natural History Magazine Samplings, on the discovery of a chiral molecule in space: "Finding Chirality"
Slate, on conflicting findings regarding racial bias in police shootings: "The research is only as good as the data"
Science NextGen VOICES: "Science in brief" (6-word science story)
Natural History Magazine Samplings, on Arctic seabirds' recognition of human faces: "Never Forget a Face"
Science NextGen VOICES: "Measures of success"
Contributor, usefulscience.org
2015
Slate, republished in the Dallas Morning News Sunday Points section, recipient of 2016 Richard Merritt Jr. Memorial Award for Excellence in Science Journalism: "Young daredevils: Children are just as willing as teenagers to take risks"
Science NextGen VOICES: "Tools for the future"
Science NextGen VOICES: "Course catalog"
Contributor, usefulscience.org
2014
Duke Graduate School Professional Development Blog: "Beyond Academia: Career paths for PhDs in the behavioral and brain sciences"
Science NextGen VOICES: "What is the biggest challenge to global scientific collaboration? How should it be addressed?"
Scientific American Guest Blog, on flashbulb memories of September 11th: “9/11 Museum helps us remember what we can never forget”
Contributor, usefulscience.org
2013 and older
Science NextGen VOICES: "What one big idea in your field do you wish that every non-scientist understood? Why?"
Workshops and Training
2017
SciREN STEM/MAT program: selected participant
2016
ComSciCon-Triangle 2016: organizing committee member
2015
ComSciCon-Triangle 2015: founding organizing committee chair
2014
Duke MediaLab: attendee
ComSciCon 2014 National Workshop: attendee
ENVIRON 798: Communicating Science Outside the Box: student
ScienceOnline Together: volunteer and attendee
Presentations
2023
South by Southwest EDU selected talk, "Are smartphones the next teen addiction crisis?"
North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research STEM Educator Wellness Reboot invited talk, "Promoting digital wellness through a neuroscience-based curriculum"
2022
North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research Bridging the Gap invited talk, "Teens and Tech: Leveraging neuroscience to teach adolescents about healthy technology use"
Poe Center for Health Education invited talk, "Your adolescent brain on social media"
Media Education Lab webinar, "K-12 & higher ed partnership in digital wellness curriculum"
Triangle Women in STEM Girl Scouts STEM Day invited talk, "Social media & adolescent well-being"
Triangle Brain Bee invited keynote, "Your adolescent brain on social media"
2020
Cary Academy invited talk, "Your adolescent brain on social media"
2019
Duke Career Center invited talk at conference for employers, "How students make decisions: Lessons from neuroscience"
Duke Neuro Camp: Invited speaker at neuroscience summer camp for high school students
2018
Duke Neuro Camp: Invited speaker at neuroscience summer camp for high school students
2017
SciREN Triangle and Educator Open House: Lesson plan presenter, "Neurons, the Building Blocks of the Nervous System"
Duke Neuro Camp: Invited speaker at neuroscience summer camp for high school students
2016
Duke Neuro Camp: Invited speaker at neuroscience summer camp for high school students
Duke Brain Awareness Week Discovery Day Kids' Corner Coordinator: Planned and led team of volunteers to engage in brain-related outreach activities for young children
2015
North Carolina School of Science and Math Colloquium: Invited talk, "Reward and decision-making in the developing brain"
2014
Graduate Education Week: Presented poster at North Carolina Legislative Complex, "Caution comes with age: Children do not avoid unknown gambles" [pdf]
EK Powe Elementary School Science Night: Led a team of graduate students and post-docs through development and demonstration of K-5 outreach activities: "What Does Your Brain Do? A Journey Around the Brain" [project overview] [selected materials] [presentation featuring cute photos of children holding brains]
2013
Museum of Life and Science Museum After Hours: The Science of Risk: Developed and gave demonstrations on the development of risky decision-making
Duke Brain Awareness Week: Gave classroom presentations about the brain to local public school students
2012
Duke Brain Awareness Week: Gave classroom presentations about the brain to local public school students
2010
Rochester Museum and Science Center: Mind Mazes: Led team of undergraduates to give demonstrations about the brain and presented a talk, "What is it like to have your brain picture taken?"