Outreach
Experience
I am happy to speak about my science and experiences in science to school groups. If you are a middle or high school teacher within 50 miles or so of East Lansing, and would like me to speak to your class, please feel free to contact me about the possibility.
- 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014: Volunteer for MSU Museum’s “Darwin Discovery Day” Educational Event.
- 2012 – November Meet-up Speaker for the Michigan Skeptics Association
- 2012 – WAMC Academic Minute Podcast Speaker, November 19, 2012, Evolving Bacteria
- 2014 - NESCent and BEACON Darwin Day Roadshow - gave eight talks over March 20 and 21 at two public high schools about evolution, my research, and my path to becoming a scientist.
- 2014 - MSU Science Festival Presentation: "Science, Fiction, and the Real Monsters of Our Imagination"
- 2014 - Speaker for the NESCent and BEACON Evolution Symposium at the National Association of Biology Teachers Professional Development conference, Cleveland, OH.
- 2014 - Spoke to the DeWitt High School Advanced Placement Biology class about my path to becoming a scientist, the Lenski Lab, and my research. I also led the class on an explanatory tour of the Lenski Lab.
- 2015 - MSU Science Festival Presentation: "Science, Fiction, and the Real Monsters of Our Imagination"
I am happy to speak about my science and experiences in science to school groups. If you are a middle or high school teacher within 50 miles or so of East Lansing, and would like me to speak to your class, please feel free to contact me about the possibility.
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Conducting a "synthetic epidemic" exercise to simulate a zombie plague at the 2015 MSU Science Festival Presentation "Science, Fiction, and the Real Monsters of Our Imagination". No actual zombies were involved. (That we know of.)
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