STEM Outreach, Education, and Advocacy

• 2019-2021: Member, NIH Science Policy Discussion Group (SPDG). The NIH SPDG is a fellow-led and run self-governing organization that brings together fellows with a shared passion for understanding the intersection of scientific research and legislative policy. I wrote essays about COVID-19 vaccine mandates and the role of COVID-19 forecasting models in policy decisions.

• 2018-2019: Co-instructor for MISMS training workshops on infectious disease quantitative analysis methods, including time-series modeling, epidemiological modeling, and phylogenetic analysis.

• 2011-2018: Co-host of They Blinded Me With Science, a weekly educational radio program on KVRX 91.7 FM that features guest researchers and discussion of current publications. Helped recruit guests, conduct interviews, and produce podcasts.

Hosts of "They Blinded Me with Science" on KVRX, Fall 2016. Credit: Ian M. Wright

• 2011-2017: Volunteer and co-organizer for Science Under the Stars, a monthly, public outdoor lecture series founded and organized by graduate students in the Department of Integrative Biology at UT-Austin. In Fall 2016, I gave a SUTS presentation on lemur ecology, evolutionary history, and outreach efforts.

• I wrote about my field research experiences for the BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action’s “Researchers at Work” blog series.