⇒Youth Development
⇒Class and Field
⇒Museum Education
⇒Outreach Events
⇒Public Radio
Youth Development Experience
Junior Paleontologist Program, 2008
Youth Development Coordinator:
Project Exploration, IL (2005–2008)
Manager, instructor, and curricula-designer for various paleontology summer field programs, docent programs, and after-school programs serving Chicago youth historically underrepresented in science
Program Intern:
Project Exploration, IL (2002–2005)
Class & Field Programs
STEMFellow: STEM Discoveries Program
Project Exploration, 2013
Classroom facilitator and instructor of a 6-week, 15-student STEM summer program incorporating paleontology, forensics, and engineering
PaleoFellow: Junior Paleontologist Program
Project Exploration, 2010–2012
Classroom and field co-instructor of a 14-student paleontology summer program
Junior Paleontologist Class of 2010
PaleoFellow: Sereno Dinosaur Expedition
Project Exploration, 2010
Program manager and field instructor for a family-oriented fossil expedition
PaleoFellow: Advanced Field Science Program
Project Exploration, 2009
Instructor for a 3-student, immersive paleontology field program for advanced students
Museum Education
Puffer Fish Cart, North Carolina State Museum of Natural History, 2017
Interpreter: North Carolina State Museum (2017)
Developed, implemented, and evaluated the success of a hands-on educational cart focused on the biology of “puffer fish” according to current pedagogic best-practices. (Performed in conjuction with NCSU course “Learning in Informal Contexts” (EMS 594)
Museum Educator: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University (2013)
Managed museum spaces and exhibitions, including the “Big Dig” and “Dinosaurs Unearthed”
Interpreter: The Field Museum of Natural History (1997–2003)
Implemented hands-on educational carts developed to complement various exhibitions (e.g., “Sue,” Life Over Time, Egypt) and explain scientific concepts (e.g., “Horns v. Antlers, Skulls)
K–12 School Presentations
4H Crosby DIsovery Camp, July 25, 2022
“What can bones tell us?”
4-H Crosby Discovery Camp (4th-5th graders)
Raleigh, NC – July 25, 2022
“How do fossil form, and where do we find them?”
Lincoln Heights Elementary School (4th graders)
Fuquay-Varina, NC – May 19, 2022
“Digging Dinosaurs”
Lincoln Heights Elementary School (1st graders)
Fuquay-Varina, NC – January 20, 2022
“What can bones tell us?”
4-H Crosby Discovery Camp (4th-5th graders)
Raleigh, NC – August 5, 2021
“How do fossils form, and where do we find them?”
Roland-Grise Middle School (8th graders)
Wilmington, NC – December 4, 2020
“How do fossils form, and where do we find them?”
Randleman Elementary School (4th-5th graders)
Randleman, NC – November 13, 2020
Fred Olds Elementary, January 23, 2019
“How do fossils form, and where do we find them?”
Butner-Stem Elementary School (4th graders)
Butner, NC – October 30, 2020
“Digging Dinosaurs”
Ira B. Jones Elementary School (1st graders)
Asheville, NC – October 15, 2020
“How do fossils form, and where do we find them?”
Adams Elementary School (4th-5th graders)
Cary, NC – May 22, 2020
“Digging Dinosaurs”
Fred Olds Elementary School (2nd graders)
Raleigh, NC, – January 23, 2019
“Digging Deeper”
Hillsbourough Elementary School (4th-5th graders)
Hillsbourough, NC – April 27, 2017
“Dinosaurs!”
The Farm & Nature Discovery Preschool (PreK)
Palos Park, IL – April 28, 2017
Public Events
Guest Speaker: “2018 Academic Olympiad Event”
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Raleigh, NC – January 20, 2018.
STEM Day, September 23, 2017
Presenter: “STEM Education Day Festival”
Hosted by North Carolina State University College of Education
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC – September 23, 2017.
Panelist: “Science in the Movies”
Hosted by Science Communicators of North Carolina
North Carolina Museum of Natural History
Raleigh, NC – September 7, 2017.
Guest Speaker: “Science on the Screen”
Hosted by Town of Cary (The Cary Theater)
Cary, NC – April 6, 2017
Presenter: “Gigantic and still growing! The histology of Dreadnoughtus schrani.”
PaleoPalooza 2015
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Raleigh, NC – January 20, 2015
Public Radio
“The State of Things: Spewing Venom and Mingling with Humans, What Movies Get Wrong about Dinosaurs”
Host: Frank Stasio
Date: August 30, 2017
Station: North Carolina Public Radio, WUNC 91.5
“Because Science: Dino DNA, Studying the Sky, and Discover’s Quiz”
Host: Veronica Rueckert
Date: May 15, 2017
Station: Wisconsin Public Radio (NPR)
“Preserved Paleo Protein Provides Perspectives on Dino Family Tree, and Maybe Life in Space. Wait. What?”
Host: Shawn Fitzmaurice
Date: November 25, 2016
Station: SciWorks Radio, 88.5 WFDD
Transcript