Select Conferences & Talks
2024
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24 Hour “Multiscale Human” Event: Let's map the human body across scales! Panel: Science Museums. Indiana University (panel organizer, convener and speaker)
Thirteenth Network Science and Education Symposium: Quebec City, Canada (organizer, speaker);
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The Challenger Conversations 2023-2024, Conversation #6: Art and Data Visualization. Scottish Association for Marine Science and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. (organizer, moderator)
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2023
Analyzing Youth's Problem-Solving in Computational Making Through a Community-Engaged Maker Program in session: Purpose, Aspirations, and Well-Being: Holistic Adolescent Development. American Educational Research Association, Annual Meeting. (Paper).
Enhancing middle school physical science lessons with embodied learning. 2023 National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual International Conference, Roundtable Strand 12: Technology for Teaching, Learning, and Research (panel).
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Twelfth Network Science and Education Symposium: Vienna, Austria (organizer);
Thirteenth International Workshop on Complex Networks: University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (steering/program committee);
2022
Where and How is Data Science Happening? Workshop on Foundations of Data Science for Students in Grades K-12. National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, Washington D.C. (Invited Panelist)
24 Hour - Around the World - 24 Hour Human Reference Atlas Event: Let's map the human body at single-cell resolution! Panel: Human Body Exhibits. Indiana University (panel organizer, convener and speaker)
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Eleventh Network Science and Education Symposium: online (organizer).
Supporting Youth Engagement in Online Maker Education Workshops: Pandemic Lessons, Future Potentials. In Session: Braving the Challenges of the Pandemic: Research on Navigating Learning Environments in Times of Emergency. AERA Annual Meeting, April 21, 2022, San Diego, CA;
DataWise. Workshop series for K-12 teachers to integrate data science into teaching practice. In collaboration with STEM Teachers NYC.
NSF/TERC STEM for All Video Showcase: online (facilitator)
2021
How Virtual Networking Events Can Catalyze Convergence. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA (poster);
Studying Shared Regulation in Immersive Learning Environments. 15th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (short paper);
Studying Collective Problem-Solving Regulation in an Immersive Open-Ended Museum Exhibit. American Educational Research Association, Annual Meeting. (poster);
The Network for Earth-space Research Education and Innovation with Data. 237th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Webinar (speaker);
Tenth Network Science and Education Symposium: online (organizer).
Math, Science and Technology in Education II, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY (instructor).
2020
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The Pack: Using Game-based Learning to Infuse Computational Thinking into Science Teaching and Learning. New Frontiers in K12 CS Education, U.S. Department of Education Webinar (invited speaker);
Formative Fugues: Helping Learners Understand Complex Systems through Causal Inference and Lag Sequential Analysis. The Fifth CCS Satellite Symposium on Complex Systems and Education: Research and Practice Conference on Complex Systems (contributed paper);
Ninth Network Science and Education Symposium: online (organizer);
Measuring STEM and Computational Thinking Outcomes: Education Innovation and Research Project Directors and Evaluators Technical Assistance Meeting, online, U.S. Dept of Education (invited speaker);
Summer of COVID-19 - Kids Online?” Institute of Digital Media and Child Development New York (invited panelist);
Data Science for All: Designing the Successful Inclusion of Data Science in High School Computer Science, New York Hall of Science and Columbia University, Cornell Tech, New York, NY (organizer);
Accelerating Convergence of Earth and Space Data in Teaching and Learning Through Participatory Design, Earth Science Information Partnership Federation Winter Meeting, Bethesda, MD (co-panelist);
Network for Earth-space Research Education and Innovation with Data: NEREID, Earth Science Information Partnership Federation Winter Meeting, Bethesda, MD (poster);
Math, Science and Technology in Education II, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY (instructor).