Oral Presentations

Effectively Communicating Scientific Concepts via Inclusive Outreach Marine Debris Conference, Ocean City, MD. Ocean Focused Spherical Programming – Oral Presentation – (Presenter & Panelist)This session will help to illuminate best practices for communicating science research to the general public and provide alternative approaches to traditional teaching methods that will address the needs of people with various learning styles. The presenter will share firsthand experiences, which will serve to demonstrate proven strategies to address, interact, accommodate, and be sensitive to a multifaceted audience while effectively communicating difficult scientific concepts. Participants will learn how to “modify on the fly” and understand how crucial that concept is in all educational settings including formal, informal, public, and private. The speaker will share strategies that will help you make necessary adjustments to your outreach approach so that you can develop inclusive and spherical programming that has the ability to reach the largest number of individuals at your event or in your school. 12/05-08/2023 (All Day)

Best Practices for Inclusive Outreach NJ Clean Communities certification series – Oral Presentation – (Presenter) – This session will provide alternative approaches to traditional teaching methods that will address the needs of people with various disabilities. The presenter will share firsthand experiences, which will serve to demonstrate proven strategies to address, interact, accommodate, and be sensitive to a multifaceted audience. Participants will learn how to “modify on the fly” and understand how crucial that concept is in all educational settings including formal, informal, public, and private. Sharing experiences affords us the opportunity to learn what could have been done differently while allowing us to gain a better understanding of alternative strategies that were developed, implemented, and found to be effective. Please join us as we review the importance of Universal Instructional Design (UID) and share strategies that will help you make necessary adjustments to your outreach approach so that you can develop inclusive and spherical programming that has the ability to reach the largest number of individuals at your event or in your school. 9/22/2023 (11:00 AM)

“Hidden Disabilities and Long COVID” SciAccess 2021 Conference – Oral Presentation – (Presenter) – This session will provide information regarding Dysautonomia and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) from someone who has suffered from the condition for 14 years. The Long COVID patients are being diagnosed with dysautonomia and POTS and this session will shed light on what these conditions are and what can be expected if you are diagnosed with these conditions as a Long COVID patient. OHIO State University 11/13/2021 (11:30am-12:30pm)

“Working with Differently-Abled Audiences by Incorporating Universal Instructional Design (UID)”
AGU FALL CONFERENCE – Oral Presentation – Working with Differently-Abled Audiences by Incorporating Universal Instructional Design (UID) -(Presenter)This session (ED54C-05) will provide alternative approaches to traditional teaching methods that will address the needs of people with various disabilities. The presenter will share firsthand experiences, which will serve to demonstrate proven strategies to address, interact, accommodate, and be sensitive to a multifaceted audience. Participants will learn how to “modify on the fly” and understand how crucial that concept is in all educational settings including formal, informal, public, and private. Sharing experiences affords us the opportunity to learn what could have been done differently while allowing us to gain a better understanding of alternative strategies that were developed, implemented, and found to be effective. Please join us as we review the importance of Universal Instructional Design (UID) and share strategies that will help you make necessary adjustments to your outreach approach so that you can develop inclusive programming that has the ability to reach the largest number of individuals at your event or in your school. Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA 12/9-13/2019

“Engineering Design Challenge: The Search for Life”
The 122nd Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference: Cosmos in the Classroom 2010/Earth and Space Science: Making Connections in Education and Public Outreach. The University of Colorado at Boulder, July 31– August 4, 2010

“Engineering Design Challenge: The Search for Life”
The Astrobiology Science Conference 2010 (AbSciCon 2010): Evolution and Life: Surviving catastrophes and extremes on earth and beyond: League City, Texas, April 26–29, 2010

“The International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009): Making Astronomy Accessible to Differently-Abled Individuals”
AGU Conference – Moscone Center, December 15 -19, 2008

Workshops

“Astrobiology Bootcamp”
Geophysics Information For Teachers (AGU NESTA GIFT Workshop), AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 3, 2012

“UID & Accessible Astronomy”
Challenger Center Annual Conference 2012, Challenger STEM Learning Center at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee, August 13-16, 2012

“Accessible Astronomy”
Astrobiology Science Conference 2012 – Exploring Life: Past and Present, Near and Far, Georgia Tech University, Atlanta Georgia, April 16-22, 2012

“Astrobiology Boot Camp”
The 123rd Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific: Connecting People to Science, Tremont Hotel, Baltimore, August 1–4, 2011

“Accessible Astronomy: Using Universal Instructional Design to Teach Astronomy to Individuals with Varying Ability Levels.”
The 122nd Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific: Cosmos in the Classroom 2010/Earth and Space Science—Making Connections in Education and Public Outreach. The University of Colorado at Boulder, July 31– August 4, 2010

“You are in the universe and the universe is in you”
NJAGC Regional Conference: The Well-Being of the Gifted Child, September 12, 2009

Poster Presentations

“Modify to Maximize Utilizing Universal Instructional Design” poster and eLightning session
AGU Fall Conference – (Presenter)- (ACCESSIBLE PROGRAM) (ZOOM EVENT) AGU 2020 FALL CONFERENCE (Presenter) Abstract#661535 – UID and Inclusive Programming. This session (ED042-08) will provide alternative approaches to traditional teaching methods that will address the needs of people with various disabilities. The presenter will share firsthand experiences, which will serve to demonstrate proven strategies to address, interact, accommodate, and be sensitive to a multifaceted audience. Participants will learn how to “modify on the fly” and understand how crucial that concept is in all educational settings including formal, informal, public, and private. Sharing experiences affords us the opportunity to learn what could have been done differently while allowing us to gain a better understanding of alternative strategies that were developed, implemented, and found to be effective. Please join us as we review the importance of Universal Instructional Design (UID) and share strategies that will help you make necessary adjustments to your outreach approach so that you can develop inclusive programming that has the ability to reach the largest number of individuals at your event or in your school. Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA 12/1-17/2020 (8:30pm-9:30pm)

“Sun-Earth Geometry & Passive Solar Energy Teambuilding Activity”
The 122nd Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific: Cosmos in the Classroom 2010/Earth and Space Science—Making Connections in Education and Public Outreach. The University of Colorado at Boulder, July 31– August 4, 2010

“Astronomy on a Landfill”
40th Annual DPS Meeting, The Statler Conference Center, Cornell University Ithaca, NY, October 11-15, 2008

“Landfill to Learning Facility”
40th Annual DPS Meeting, The Statler Conference Center, Cornell University Ithaca, NY, October 11-15, 2008

“Astronomy on a Landfill”
212th AAS Meeting and ASP IYA Symposium, St. Louis, MO, June 1-5, 2008

“Landfill to Learning Facility”
212th AAS Meeting and ASP IYA Symposium, St. Louis, MO, June 1-5, 2008

“Enrichment Program Implementation to Modify Stereotypic Behavior of Captive Polar Bears at the Central Park Zoo”
Columbia University, May 2006