SCHEDULE SPRING 2018

SPRING 2018

JANUARY:

  • Invited speaker: Lory Wingate. Director of Program Management at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory
  • Topic of conversation/Discussion: Discussing the NINE summer program​​

FEBRUARY:

  • Invited speaker: Moiya McTier. Astrophysics graduate student at Columbia University
  • Topic of conversation/Discussion: What is exotopography? Where did your academic path begin? Science communication, So You Think You Can Science podcast.​​

MARCH:

  • Invited speaker: Dr. Mary B. James. Dean for Institutional Diversity and A.A. Knowlton Professor of Physics at Reed College
  • Topic of conversation/Discussion: ​​What does access mean?​​

ABRIL:

  • Invited speaker: Dr. JoEllen McBridge. AAAS Mass Media Fellow
  • Topic of conversation/Discussion: What is science communication? What are science communication jobs like?​​

MAY:

  • Invited speaker: Antonio Porras Valverde
  • Topic of conversation/Discussion: Student updates, Impostor syndrome, stress and time management​