Science Communication and Interdisciplinary Engagement:
For science to truly inform action it needs to involve mutual learning through direct engagement with stakeholders and it must be conveyed in way that is digestible to practitioners. Below are some of the ways I’ve been able to educate and work with different audiences.
– The Office of Undergraduate Research sponsored me as a Graduate Research Consultant for the undergraduate honors course “Rising Waters: Strategies for Resilience to the Challenges of Climate and the Built Environment”. My role was to serve as a resource to the students as my research was directly relevant to their class project to develop a board game for communicating climate risks to children. I advised the students on their projects and also gave a lecturer on my PhD research. Check out the awesome website the students created here for the board game Climatopia: Project Website (UNC-CH, Fall 2021)
– City of Houston Living With Water (The Water Institute of the Gulf, 2020)
– Charleston Dutch Dialogues (The Water Institute of the Gulf, 2019)
– Organized and led a workshop with residents of Lower Plaquemines Parish to jointly develop a proposal to submit to the Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority 2023 Coastal Master Plan (The Water Institute of the Gulf, 2019)
– Student volunteer participating in educational events for school groups and community organizations (Iowa Flood Center, 2017-2018)
– Poster Presentation on Urban Hydrology to the Iowa Legislative Breakfast in Des Moines, IA (Iowa Flood Center, 2016)
Professional:
Service:
– AGU Hydrology Student Section Subcommittee (H3S) (2020-2022)
– Louisiana RESTORE Act Center of Excellence Technical Point of Contact (LACOE) (2018-2020)
– Vice President of Students of IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering (SIIHR) (2017-2018)
Membership:
– American Geophysical Union (AGU)
– American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
– International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)
