NATIONAL/REGIONAL MEETINGS:
- Shining a light on academia for ECRs – speaker, Biomedical Transparency Summit, Bethesda, MD, February 2019
- Opportunities for Advocacy through Nonprofit Work – invited speaker, AAAS Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering (CASE) workshop, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, October 2018 (workshop link)
- Collins T, Bankston A, Nguyen T, Sinche M. – invited presenters (via Stride), Collaborating to enhance career tracking and taxonomy efforts across disciplines, Consortium of Canadian Graduate Student Professional Development Administrators (CCGSPDA) conference call, June 2018 (collaborative presentation)*
- What Multiple Workshops Revealed About Career Development Needs of Junior Scientists – GCC Southwestern Regional Meeting, San Diego, CA, January 2018 (included in the category on “Innovations in graduate student and/or postdoctoral training”)
UNIVERSITY EVENTS:
- Empowering early career researchers to advocate for change – speaker (‘research rave’), 6th Annual UCSD Postdoctoral Research Symposium, UC San Diego, San Diego, CA, November 2018 (website link)
- Navigating a changing research enterprise – invited speaker, Science Policy Group at UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, October 2018
- Building a sustainable scientific enterprise for the next generation – invited speaker, Biological Sciences Department seminar, College of Arts & Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH, October 2018 (website link)
- Components of a Successful Postdoc – invited speaker, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, September 2018 (NPAW 2018)
- Committing to a path in science policy – invited presenter (via zoom), Professional Skills and Ethics (BIOL 863), Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, April 2018 (video)
- Resources for empowering international researchers in the U.S. – invited speaker, Science Policy Group at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, March 2018
- Making postdocs ‘less invisible’ in academia – invited speaker, Molecular Biology Department seminar, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, March 2018
COMMUNITY EVENTS:
- 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
*With Lorna MacEachern (IDP Project Officer, McGill University Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies) and Jonathan Turner (Career Educator at University of Toronto & Chair of CCGSPDA)
