Workshops

SCIENCE POLICY MEETINGS

• Get to the Point: How to Champion Your Most Important Ideas breakout session organizer & moderator (Joel Schwartzberg, communications coach and writer), Professional Development track, Professional Women in Advocacy (PWIA) Conference (virtual) (recording), Women in Government Relations (WGR), October 2021
  
• Science policy and advocacy for early career researchers workshop leader and moderator at the virtual ASBMB Annual Meeting w/ Experimental Biology (website description), April 2021
  
• Avenues for communicating science to policymakers and the public session organizer and co-moderator (with Gemima Philippe) at the virtual STGlobal Conference – Science at Service: Building Inclusive Communities (recording), April 2021
• Science policy networking session moderator, ScienceTalk virtual conference, March 2021
• Give & Take: Collaboration/Mentoring breakout session co-moderator (with Michael Kantar) at the Public Engagement Networking Reception, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting (virtual), February 2021
• Science communication as a tool for training the next generation of influencers workshop organizer and presenter, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting (virtual), February 2021
• Writing effective policy memos workshop presenter & moderator (with Gabrielle Delima, Kyla Mace and Alex Hsain), 3rd Annual National Science Policy Network (NSPN) symposium (virtual) (recording), November 2020
• Articulating Your Value breakout session organizer & moderator (Monique Maley, Articulate Persuasion), Professional Development track, Professional Women in Advocacy (PWIA) Conference (virtual) (recording), Women in Government Relations (WGR), November 2020
• Communicating with policy makers: a crash course on policy memoranda workshop presenter (with Avital Percher and Hannah Silverfine), 2nd Annual National Science Policy Network (NSPN) symposium, November 2019
• Communicating Science to Policymakers workshop facilitator (with Alessandro Allegra), The New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS), New York, NY, May 2019 (with Alessandro Allegra, University College London) [international]
• Advocacy Toolbox II: Practice Being an Advocate for Science workshop co-organizer and presenter (Social Media and Advocacy) (with Kevin Wilson and Connie Lee), American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) annual meeting, San Diego, CA, December 2018
• How to write an op-ed breakout session leader, Reclaiming STEM workshop, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, September 2018
• Building a Leadership Framework workshop co-facilitator (with Sonia Hall), Future of Research meeting on ‘Expanding Leadership Roles for Early Career Researchers,’ Boston, MA, November 2017

SCIENTIFIC TRAINING MEETINGS

• Mentoring Up: Strategies for Intentionally Interacting with our Mentors and Navigating Training Environments workshop co-facilitator, National MD/PhD DEI Summit (event website), July 2021
  
• Raising Mental Health in the CellBio Research Community: Sidestep Stigma and Learn Peer and Trainee Support workshop co-presenter, ASCB/EMBO Annual Meeting (virtual), December 2020
• Sharing Innovative Uses for Graduate Career Outcomes Data breakout session moderator, Graduate Career Consortium (GCC) annual meeting (virtual), June 2020
• Questioning the Status Quo: Re-imagining Pathways, Structures, and Incentives in Scientific Careers workshop co-organizer and presenter (with Harinder Singh, Dean Procter, Gary McDowell), S|GNS Summit, Chicago, IL, July 2018 (video)
• Collaborating to enhance career tracking and taxonomy efforts across disciplines breakout session co-organizer and presenter (with Melanie Sinche, Tammy Collins, Christopher Pickett, Parmesh Ramanathan, Abby Stayart), Graduate Career Consortium (GCC) annual meeting, Madison, WI, June 2018
• Resources to Address Challenges for International Graduate Students and Postdocs workshop co-organizer (with Gary McDowell), ASCB/EMBO annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA, December 2017
• Enhancing the Connections Between Institutions and Professional Societies in Advancing Postdoctoral Training workshop co-presenter (with Sonia Hall), National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2017 (co-designed by Sonia Hall & Adam Fagen)
• What Career Awareness and Development Resources Are There for Junior Scientists? workshop co-leader (with Gary McDowell), American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2016
• Accelerating Science and Publication in Biology (ASAPbio) workshop co-moderator (with Prachee Avasthi & Jessica Polka), American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2016 (co-designed by Prachee Avasthi & Jessica Polka)

ORGANIZATIONS

• Impactful Policy Change by Students & Early Career Scholars – presenter and co-organizer of “Creating actionable change for STEM education and workforce development” workshop, a collaboration between Journal of Science Policy & Governance (JSPG); STEM Advocacy Institute (SAi) and GPS-STEM at UC Irvine, November 2021 [recording]
• Developed and organized workshop on “Reaching Policymakers: Science Communication & Outreach Workshop for JSPG Early-Career Authors” – collaboration between Journal of Science Policy & Governance (JSPG) & SciComm Services, November 2021 [recording]
• Developed, organized and co-moderated workshop on “Engaging early career voices in shaping a more equitable future for science and technology” – collaboration between Journal of Science Policy & Governance (JSPG) & The Science and Technology Policy Program at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, November 2021 [recording]
  • The event was organized in response to the OSTP ideation challenge “The Time is Now: Advancing Equity in Science and Technology” and featured winning authors from the special issue on “Shaping the Future of Science Policy,” giving ECRs an opportunity to ideate around this topic based on the publications and submit a joint response to OSTP.
  • Introductory remarks were given by Dr. Sudip Parikh, AAAS CEO & JSPG Advisory Board Member to frame the event. [recording]
    
• STEM Education and Workforce Development Policy Writing Workshop: Op-Eds and Policy Position Papers – provided opening remarks, a collaboration between Journal of Science Policy & Governance (JSPG) & Sigma Xi, November 2021
• Best Practices for Science Policy Writing speaker, MOST Policy Initiative, Writing Science Notes for Local and State Policymakers workshop (virtual), September 2021 (recording) (workshop page)
  
  • Mentioned in first LSEN newsletter (skills corner), October 2021
• Writing Workshop on Re-Imagining Climate Futures co-organizer, Journal of Science Policy & Governance (JSPG) in collaboration with Arizona State University Center for Science and the Imagination and UK Science and Innovation Network (UK SIN) (recording), September 2021
• Writing Impactful Policy Memos speaker, SciDipGLOBAL Science and Global Health Diplomacy Workshop (virtual), held at the Alliance Summer Institute in partnership with Center for Emerging and Neglected Diseases (CEND) – UC Berkeley, USA and Makerere University, Uganda, August 2021
• JSPG/GYA International Science Policy Memo Writing Workshop workshop co-moderator (with Nicole Parker and Felix Moronta Barrios), a collaboration between Journal of Science Policy & Governance (JSPG) & Global Young Academy (GYA), May 2021 (blog post)
• Strategies for effective science communication and advocacy, New England Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (NE GWiSE), April 2021
• Science Policy Memo Writing 101, HBCU Science Policy College Tour, organized by Howard University Science Policy Association, Morehouse School of Medicine Science Policy Group, and the National Science Policy Network, March 2021
• Organized and moderated policy memo writing workshops, Journal of Science Policy & Governance (JSPG) as part of the Intersectional Science Policy Writing Workshop Series:
  • Impactful and Inclusive Policy Memo Writing, co-hosted with SACNAS (recording) (February 2021)
  • Prioritizing Diversity in Science Policy Writing, co-hosted with 500 Women Scientists (recording) (March 2021)
  • Writing Policy Memos with an Equity Lens, co-hosted with NSBE (recording) (March 2021)
• Science the Endless Frontier: Shaping the Future of Science Policy policy position paper writing workshop organizer & moderator, Journal of Science Policy & Governance (JSPG) (speakers: Tobin Smith, Deborah Stine) (recording), January 2021
• Writing Science Policy Memos workshop speaker (same session as Cristin Dorgelo), National Science Policy Network (NSPN) event on ‘Training in Science Policy Memoranda’ (recording, slides, blog post), August 2020
• Eastern Hub Success Sharing session co-organizer & co-moderator (with Amanda Acosta-Ruiz), National Science Policy Network (NSPN) Eastern Hub Retreat @ Home (virtual, agenda), May 2020

UNIVERSITY EVENTS

• Journal of Science Policy & Governance: Engaging Students & Early Career Scholars in Science & Technology Policy workshop presenter, Beyond the Bench: Visualizing and Communicating Data to the Public and Policymakers, UC Irvine (w/ Research! America), April 2021
• Science policy tools for early career scientists workshop presenter, Research Scholars Day, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, April 2021 (slides) (webpage) [international]
• Principles of Science Policy Memo Writing workshop co-organizer and speaker, Morehouse School of Medicine Science and Health Policy Group (MSHPG) & Howard University Science Policy Association (day 1 recording; day 2 recording), December 2020
• Prepare to advocate! Build your pitch and one-pager workshop speaker, UGA Science Policy Education, Advocacy, and Research (SPEAR) group, University of Georgia (virtual), October 2020 (recording)
• Advocating for science through non-profits workshop leader, Science Policy F.A.R.E. (Fellowships, Advising, Running for office, and Engagement) Day, UCR Science to Policy, UC Riverside, Riverside, CA, April 2019
• Career Outcomes for STEM PhDs breakout session leader, College of Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Career Day, Ohio University, Athens, OH, October 2018 (website link)
• The Future of Science Begins with You breakout session leader, College of Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Career Day, Ohio University, Athens, OH, October 2018 (website link)
• Advocating for an improved scientific enterprise workshop leader, Science Policy, Advocacy, and Communication (SciPAC) Group, UC San Diego, San Diego, CA, April 2018
• Studying policy for science: finding ways to improve the scientific enterprise workshop leader, Scripps Science Policy Discussion Group, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, CA, April 2018