I actively manage the Twitter account for the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER).  My role involves highlighting the research and achievements of the members of the biology education community. 

I am on the Outreach Committee for the Discipline-Based Education Research - Scholars-in-Training (DBER-SiT) organization. My responsibilities in this role include managing the DBER-SiT website and Twitter account. In this role, I am also responsible for organizing community-building events for early career education researchers, such as virtual game nights and weekly opportunities to engage with the DBER community using Discord.

Nerd Nite is a series of fun-yet-informative talks geared towards a general audience.  From August 2021 to May 2023, I organized and hosted monthly Nerd Nite events in Lincoln, NE.  I'm was also a frequent Nerd Nite presenter, and I've put together talks on the statistics of Keanu Reeves' filmography, Amish Newspapers as a form of social media, and David Bowie's eclectic acting career.

I won the inaugural University of Nebraska systemwide Science Slam competition. My Slam highlights that the tests and exams in undergraduate biology were not far different before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is a null result with significant implications! I celebrate the challenges that biology instructors tackled during COVID with a take on a Talking Heads song. My Slam starts around 47 minutes into the recording. 

I was invited as a keynote speaker for the Nebraska Science Olympiad Tournament in April 2023.  I talked about how my path into a science career was shaped by my interest in sharks and I highlighted current research in shark science across biology, chemistry, physics, and math disciplines.  

I won the inaugural Science Slam competition at the SciComm Conference. In my Slam, I talk (and sing!) about how the challenges I faced as a high school science teacher inform my current work as an education researcher.  You can watch my education-themed parody of "Super Freak" in my Slam starting at 1:05 in the video or can read about it in the article here. 

I have been involved with planning committees for  the biannual Science Communication (SciComm) conference at UNL in 2020 and 2022.  I have also participated in the conference as both a short-talk presenter and a competitor in the SciComm Science Slam.

In the Science Slam, I talk about how we need to rethink our science assessments and "put tests to the test."  The questions used on the tests in STEM courses often focus on memorization, and this approach to testing is more than a little problematic! I share my struggles with testing as both a student and as a teacher and discuss how my struggles led to my path of studying assessments as a discipline-based education researcher.