Outreach

SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS & SCIENCE FAIRS

• Poster judge, AAAS 2022 annual meeting, Science in Society section (virtual) (2021-2022)
  • Includes the history and philosophy of science, general interest in sciences and engineering, science communication, and public engagement
• Category judge (virtual), Fairfax County Regional Science and Engineering Fair (2020, 2021)
  
• Judge, NSF Research Experience and Mentoring (REM) Program Grantees Meeting (within the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM program), Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park, Washington, DC (2020) [increase participation of underrepresented minorities, women, and individuals with disabilities in STEM]
  
• Poster judge, ASCB annual meeting (session organized by jointly by the ASCB Minorities Affairs Committee and the ASCB Education Committee), Washington, DC (2019)
• Poster judge, AAAS annual meeting, Boston, MA (2017)
• Judge, DuPont Manual Regional Science and Engineering Fair, Jefferson Community and Technical College (JCTC) (2017)
• Head Judge, Kentucky Junior Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Physical and Mathematical Sciences Division, Kentucky State University (2016)
• Judge, Research!Louisville, Graduate Student Research Showcase (2015)  
• Head Judge, Louisville Regional Science & Engineering Fair (LRSEF), Cellular and Molecular Biology – Jr. Division (2015)
• Judge, DeKalb Regional Science & Engineering Fair (Jr./Sr. Division), Dekalb County Schools (2013)
• Poster judge, Summer Undergraduate Research Program at Emory (SURE) (2013)
• Poster judge, Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium sponsored by Scholarly Inquiry and Research at Emory (SIRE) (2012)

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

• Mentor, PhD applications section (virtual), Project SHORT (2021-present)
• Mentor Judge, graduate student oral presentations; undergraduate and graduate poster presentations (Life Sciences: Cell/Molecular Biology), SACNAS Conference (2020)
• Participant,  1-on-1 Mentoring Workshop (graduate student mentor), SACNAS Conference (2020)
• Mentor, US Government section (virtual), The Social Scientist (2020-present)
• Co-organizer, Mentoring During Career Transitions event (with AAAS STPF Mentoring Affinity Group) (2020) (AWIS Bethesda Chapter)
  
• Volunteer, SisterMentors Mentoring Workshop, Alexandria, VA (2019)
• Participant, Two Scientists Walk Into a Bar, Washington, DC (2019)
• Speed mentoring panelist, AWIS STEM Career Conference, AWIS San Diego Chapter, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA (2018)
• Volunteer, Girls Science Interactive Summer Camp, Louisville Bon Air Free Public Library, Louisville, KY (2017)
• Participant, Kentucky Girls STEM Collaborative Conference, Kentucky Science Center (2017)
• Participant, Speed mentoring, Louisville Youth Science Summit (YSS) (2016)
• Contributor, Excellence in Science Education & Outreach Award establishment, Kentucky Academy of Science (2016) [Determined award name, nature, nomination process and criterion]
  
• Participant, NCI R25 Cancer Education Program Speed Networking, University of Louisville (2014)    

TOWNHALLS

• Participant, Town Hall with President Fenves (Emory University), 2021
• Participant, NSPN TownHall on fighting racism, 2020

TALKS

• The Science of Science (Realities of a Science Career) – KY STEMinar, Louisville, KY, September 2017 (Kentucky Science Center program)
• From Doing Science to Studying It – Louisville Youth Science Summit (YSS), Middle School Girls in STEM Track, Louisville, KY, June 2017 (Kentucky Science Center program)
• Overcoming Obstacles for Women in STEM – Women in Science & Engineering (WISE) club, DuPont Manual High School, Louisville, KY, January 2017