Outreach

School Visits/Teaching

Taught week-long KidsU class “Vertebrate Zoology” for grades 4-8 (2016, 2017)

Taught 3 day workshop “An Introduction to R” for biology REU students (2016)

Led ecology and evolution activities for middle school math and science students at Greenback School in Greenback, TN (2015, 2016)

Led/participated in weekly ecology activities at Knoxville Girls and Boys Club (2017)

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Organization, Vice President (2016-2017)

Graduate Student Senate representative (2016-2017)

Founding member of Engaging Knoxville in Ecology and Evolution (EKEE) outreach organization (founded in 2017)

Organized public lecture by Dr. Daniel Simberloff for National Invasive Species Week (2016)

Tennessee Science Bowl, Scorekeeper (2015-2018)

Tennessee State Science Olympiad, Event Coordinator, Fast Facts (2017, 2018)

Volunteer at bat-themed booth at Zoo Knoxville Boo at the Zoo (2015)