Outreach

I feel when scientists are connected to the greater community, science truly has power. For this reason, I will continue to engage in several campus and community outreach activities. A few of the activities in which I have already participated are listed below.

Encouraging Youth (and Adults, alike!) in Science

• Science Comedy (Science Jazz Hands) at the Atlanta Science Festival
• Hosting and proctoring for ‘Write-It, Do-It’ & ‘Experimental Design’ events for Science Olympiad Tournaments
• Brookwood High School (Snellville, GA) Presentation on Studying Sexual Selection, What Can You Do With A Degree in Biology? Series
• Presentations at Glencairn, Plainwell and Marble Elementary Schools and Spartan International High School Engineering Program
• Graduate Women in Science, Community Outreach Committee Chair Coverage of our summer work in the Allen Neighborhood Newsletter
• Preparing an interactive website, volunteering, and hosting Girls’ Math and Science Day (video on right)

Fostering Museum-University Partnerships

• Society for the Study of Evolution Outreach Grant, “Evolutionary Anthropology Activity: Examining Hominid Remains”, to develop a human skull evolution lab with high school biology teachers
• Presenting at Darwin Discovery Day at the MSU Museum (2011 ‘What Does a Scientist Look Like?’ Activity Pictured on the Right)
• MSU Museum Silent Spring Exhibit Contributor: Role of Women in Science (2012 Exhibit Panels and Interactive Display Pictured on the Right)
• MSU Museum Mutation Station (Genetics of Evolution) Exhibit Designer

Integrating Campus-Community Environmental Efforts

• BUZZ Course: Stream Ecology and Citizen Science, an adult-learner and community partnership course run in-tandem with on-campus ecology labs
• Partnership with Atlanta Audubon for Project Safe Flight Atlanta – 1,000+ student volunteers strong!
• ‘Green Games’: Encouraging Sustainability on Campus (Won $1,000 (2011) and $750 (2012) from MSU Green Games for Most Impact)
• Hosting “Professional Social Networking”, Trivia and Movie events with Eco MSU for campus environmentalism

Mentoring of Early-Career Scientists

• Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards (IRACDA; postdoctoral scholars in teaching) Conference Judge
• Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference Panelist, Graduate School
• Poster and Presentation Judge for the University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF), Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experiences (Mid-SURE), and the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), among others
• Conducting Several Resume/CV, Applying to Graduate School, Writing Personal Statements, and Interviewing Workshops for Undergraduates