Category Archives: Leadership

National, state and local organizations

National/International

International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)

  • International working group on scientific ocean drilling science communication (2022-present)
  • U.S. Advisory Committee for Scientific Ocean Drilling (USAC), the national advisory committee for U.S. participation in the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)
    • Election/appointment October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2024
    • Assigned to Science Communication Subcommittee

The Oceanography Society (TOS, international organization)

  • Elected as geological oceanography councilor (April 2022-December 2024)

American Geophysical Union (AGU) (2015-present)

  • AGU Bridge Partner Selection Committee (2022-present)
  • AGU Meetings Committee (April 2015 – December 2018, March 2020-2021)
  • Chair/member of Virtual Engagement and Sustainable Meetings Advisory Group (March-December, 2020)
  • AGU Talent Pool Strategy Task Force (2017-2018)
  • Educational consultant, AGU Affiliation and Engagement Task Force (April-May 2016)
  • Member of search committee for Fall Meeting Chair (Fall 2016, Spring 2019)

Councilor for Geosciences Division, Council on Undergraduate Research (2003-2018)

  • Chair of the Geoscience Division of CUR (2008-2010)
  • Chair-elect of the Geoscience Division of CUR (2007-2008)
  • Co-chair and co-founder of GeoCUR Undergraduate Research Mentor Award Committee (2011-2017)
  • Co-chair and co-founder of GeoCUR Award for Excellence in Student Research (2012-2018)

National Association of Geoscience Teachers

  • Councilor-at-large (2006-2009)
  • Member of search committee for editor of publication In The Trenches (July-November 2016)
  • Teach the Earth Committee (2020-present)

Member of National Science Teacher Association’s Multicultural/Equity Science Education Committee (2003-2006)

State

Pennsylvania Earth Science Teachers Association (PAESTA)

  • President (2012-2013, 2014-2015)
  • President-Elect (2012-2013, 2011-2012, 2013-2014)
  • Executive Committee Member (2011-2016)
  • Newsletter editor for News and Notes (2013-present) and Elementary News and Notes (2013-2016)
  • Co-founder of the organization (2010)

Local

Board of Trustees, Tyler Arboretum (2011-2020)

  • Chair of Education Committee (2012-2020)
    • Member of Education Committee (2011-present)
  • Member of search committee for Director of Public Programs position (2013)
  • Secretary and Member of Executive Committee (2014-2020)
  • Member of Strategic Planning Committee (2015-2018)
  • Member of Technology Committee (2015-2016)
  • Member of Succession Planning/Executive Director Search (2014-2016, 2018-2019)

 

Orgainzed GSA/AGU conference sessions, NSF service work, misc.

Federally-Funded Advisory Board service

Advisory Board Member for the National Science Foundation-funded Promoting Geoscience Research, Education, Success, and Equity Through Mentoring, aims to serve the national interest by improving undergraduate geosciences education (2020-2025)

Advisory Board Member for the National Science Foundation-funded PROGRESS (PROmoting Geoscience Research Education & SuccesS) Program, aims to recruit and mentor STEM undergraduate women in the geosciences (2016-2018)

Advisory Board Member for Department of Education Title V Collaborative Grant “Research in Action” (virtual lectures for undergraduate research training courses) for City University of New York/John Jay College (March 2015-September 2015, November 2015-2019)

Advisory Board Member for the National Science Foundation grant (#1244881), Research-Informed Curricula: Creating and Evaluating a Cutting-Edge, Research-Based Physical Geology Textbook (2014-2016)

Advisory Board member for the National Science Foundation grant “Supporting and Advancing Geoscience Education in Two-Year Colleges through Workshops and Web Resources (SAGE 2YC),” (2011-2016)

 

Editor/Guest Editor responsibilities

Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Editorial Board member for peer-reviewed journal CUR Quarterly (June 2014-present)

Guest co-editor for a special issue of The Earth Scientist w/T. Furman, Summer 2013. Theme issue on the Earth & Space Science Partnership, twelve papers published.

Guest co-editor for a special issue of The Earth Scientist w/T. Furman, Summer 2011. Theme issue on Transforming Earth System Science Education, nine papers published.

Guest co-editor for a special issue of The Earth Scientist w/T. Furman, Winter 2009. Theme issue on Transforming Earth System Science Education, eight papers published.

 

Conference sessions as (co)chair/(co)organizer
AGU = American Geophysical Union; GSA = Geological Society of America

Session organizer and co-chair,

Implementing Discovery-Based Research Experiences in Undergraduate Geoscience Courses and Curricula, Geological Society of America Fall 2016 Meeting, September 28, 2016

Session organizer and co-chair, Connecting K-12 and Higher Education: What Teachers Need, What Faculty Can Offer, 2016 Northeast Section GSA Meeting, March 21, 2016

Session organizer and co-chair, Research on Teaching and Student Learning in the K-12 Earth Science Classroom, GSA Fall 2015 Meeting, November 3, 2015

Session co-organizer and co-chair, Audio for Earth and Space Science Education and Outreach (poster session), AGU Fall 2014 Meeting, December 16, 2014

Session co-organizer and chair, Geoscience Education (oral session), 2014 Northeast Section GSA Spring Meeting, March 23, 2014

Session co-organizer and co-chair, Undergraduate Geoscience Research and Outreach (poster and virtual poster sessions), AGU Fall 2013 Annual Meeting, December 11, 2013

Session co-organizer and co-chair, Models of Successful Undergraduate Research Programs in the Earth Sciences, AGU Fall 2013 Annual Meeting, December 10, 2013

Session co-organizer and co-chair, Changes in the Undergraduate Research Experience Over Time: Perspectives from Individual Mentors, Departments, and Institutions, GSA Fall 2013 Annual Meeting, October 28, 2013

Session co-organizer and co-chair, Undergraduate Geoscience Research Highlights, AGU Fall 2012 Annual Meeting, December 4, 2012

Session co-organizer and co-chair, Teaching Controversy in the K-16 Earth Science Classroom, GSA Fall 2012 Annual Meeting, November 4, 2012

Session co-organizer and co-chair, Identifying and Addressing K-16 Student Misconceptions in the Earth Science Classroom, GSA Fall 2011 Annual Meeting, October 9, 2011

Session co-organizer and co-chair, Faculty and Student Perspectives on Undergraduate Research: Models, Challenges, and Best Practices, Northeast/North-Central GSA Spring 2011 Annual Meeting, March 20, 2011

Session co-organizer and co-chair, Teaching and Research Challenges and Successes for Solitary Geologists in Academia, GSA Fall 2009 Annual Meeting

Session co-organizer and co-chair, Innovative Teacher Training Programs in Earth Science, AGU Fall 2007 Annual Meeting

Session organizer and co-chair, Early Undergraduate Research Experiences, GSA Fall 2007 Annual Meeting

Session co-organizer and co-chair, Effective Online Strategies for Teaching Geoscience at a Distance, GSA Fall 2006 Annual Meeting

Session co-chair, REU at 25: Its Impact on Undergraduate Education, GSA Fall 2005 Annual Meeting

Session co-chair, Geoscience Education Oral Session, GSA Fall 2004 Annual Meeting

Session co-organizer and co-chair, Field and Research Experiences for Students at Two-Year Colleges, GSA Fall 2003 Annual Meeting

Session organizer and co-chair, Educational Issues in Teaching and Research at Two-Year Colleges, GSA Fall 2002 Annual Meeting

Session organizer and moderator for Council on Undergraduate Research’s 2002 National Conference, “Research at Two-Year Campuses.” (2002)

Session Chair, Geoscience Education Poster Session, AGU Spring 2000 Annual Meeting

 

Mentoring activities

Mentoring for students and faculty outside of Penn State University

Institutes/Panels/Workshops

    • National Science Foundation (NSF) Geoscience Ideas Lab, Leesburg, Virginia (March 3-7, 2014)
    • Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL)’s Summer Leadership Institute for STEM faculty, Crestone, Colorado (July 17-22, 2012)
    • Workshop co-organizer/co-leader, “Career Options in Academia: Paths Through Science” (w/E. Klemetti), AGU Professional Development Event at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (December 13, 2019)
    • Invited panelist for “Geoscience Career Exploration,” Student and Early Career Professional Workshop, Geological Society of America Section Meeting (March 2016, 2017); Invited panelist for National Meeting (October 2020)
    • Discussion leader, Women in Geology Career Pathways Mentor, Geological Society of America, Denver, Colorado, September 25, 2016
    • Invited panelist for session “Mid-Career Faculty: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities,” Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, October 6, 2008
  • Society of Women in Marine Science (SWMS) Mentoring Program, 2018-2019 (1 graduate student)
  • American Geophysical Union (AGU) Science Communication Mentoring Program, December 2015-2018 (3 graduate students)
  • American Geophysical Union (AGU) Undergraduate Mentoring Program, December 2015-2017 (1 student 2015, 1 student 2016)
  • Scientist pen pal for middle school girls as part of the Letters to a Pre-Scientist program, sharing four personal letters per year focused on careers in oceanography (2015-2018)

 


Penn State Undergraduate student mentoring

In my time at Penn State Brandywine (2001 thru Fall 2022), I have supervised 58 unique undergraduate students on 51 unique independent/group projects outside of course-based projects, with some students completing more than one project with me. I have mentored twenty-seven undergraduate students as lead/co-authors on publications (peer-reviewed journals to reviewed magazine articles for independent and course-based projects). Over 50 conference presentations have students as presenters and/or co-authors.

Publications with student lead/co-authors have included the Journal of Geoscience Education, Journal of Science Education and Technology, Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, The Earth Scientist, The Pennsylvania Geographer, Honors in Practice, Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas.

From May 2005 to July 2014, I served as the honors thesis advisor for 8 Cooper and Schreyer Honors College scholars at Penn State Brandywine/Penn State University Park in the disciplines of environmental inquiry, STS (science, technology & society), information science & technology, and civic engagement. Selected thesis titles include:

  • Two Hundred Years of Discovery: Using Google Earth to Raise Awareness of Scientific Research at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
  • Message in a Bottle: Creating an Oceanographic Google Earth Tour Using Spreadsheet Mapper
  • Living Walls: Varieties, Benefits and Global Distribution
  • Educating Young Women About Water Science and Geoscience Careers

From January 2012 to May 2013, I supervised 7 students completing 8 internships under the Penn State Brandywine Laboratory for Civic Engagement (which I coordinated during this period). The internships focused on fair trade, communications, and the community.

 


Graduate Student and Post-Doctoral Researcher Mentorship/Committees

Graduate student dissertation committee member
Lauren Haygood, Oklahoma State University (August 2022-present)

Post-doctoral researcher mentoring program
Dr. Claire Routledge, University of Kiel (Germany), through the via:mento-international program (a two-year program for female scientists that wish to pursue an academic career outside of Germany) (November 2022 – July 2024)

I have completed additional one-on-one mentoring for graduate students through these organizations:
• Society of Women in Marine Science (SWMS) Mentoring Program, 2018-2019 (1 graduate student)
• American Geophysical Union (AGU) Science Communication Mentoring Program, December 2015-2018 (3 graduate students)