Outreach

I have been a geoscience professor for over 20 years at South Mountain Community College. During that time, I have taught the following courses:

  • Physical Geology
  • Historical Geology
  • Introduction to Planetary Science
  • Life in the Universe
  • Geologic Disasters and the Environment
  • Sustainable Cities
  • Sustainable Word

I am a continuing Solar System Ambassador and serve on the National Science Teaching Association’s Aerospace Advisory Board, the JustSpace Alliance board, and the SEDS USA advisory board. In 2019, I was the science communication outreach officer on the JOIDES Resolution expedition 383 and spent 2-months at sea investigating the dynamics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. I also participated in the 2-week faculty development seminar Exploring Urban Sustainability in India. I was a 2017 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Teacher at Sea, a 2016 Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassador (ACEAP), and a 2014 PolarTREC Teacher investigating climate change in Barrow, Alaska.

Example of Outreach Videos

360 degree video interviews about climate change from the JOIDES Resolution

The JOIDES Resolution (2019)

Last summer I had an epic adventure at sea as the education outreach officer on the JOEDES Resolution Expedition 383 – Summer 2019! Check it out: Dynamics of Pacific Antarctic Circumpolar Current (DYNAPACC)

NOAA Teacher at Sea Fisheries Survey aboard the NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson.

NOAA Teacher At Sea (2017)

  • I was selected to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Teacher At Sea program in 2017. NOAA’s Teacher at Sea Program was started in 1990 and provides teachers with hands-on, real-world research experience working at sea. For 3-weeks, I helped conduct pollock research in the Bering Sea on the fisheries vessel the Oscar Dyson and blogged about my experience for NOAA.
Astronomy in Chile Education Outreach for Camp STEM

Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program (ACEAP) (2016)

  • I was selected as a 2016 ACEAP Ambassador. The ACEAP is a National Science Foundation (NSF) program that sends K-16 formal and informal astronomy educators to US astronomy facilities in Chile. During the summer of 2016, I joined 8 other ambassadors as they visited Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), Gemini South Observatory, and the Atacama Large Millimeter submillimeter Array (ALMA). I returned to San Pedro, Chile in 2017 to engage in STEM education outreach activities with the local high school and the surrounding community.
PolarTREC teacher investigating climate change in Barrow, Alaska.

PolarTREC (2014)

  • I was selected as 2014 PolarTREC teacher. PolarTREC is a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded program that connects teachers with scientists conducting research in the arctic and Antarctic regions. I spent a month in Barrow, Alaska learning Historical Ecology for Risk Management and investigating the impact of climate change on the coastline and community.