Select Conferences & Talks
2025
DataJam Jordan: Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health, UC San Diego, Pittsburgh Dataworks, Climate Action Network Jordan (judge for high school research team competition)
Fourteenth Network Science and Education Symposium: Maastricht, The Netherlands (organizer)
Sixteenth International Conference on Complex Networks (CompleNet): Fortaleza, Brazil (steering/program committee)
2024
24 Hour “Multiscale Human” Event: Let's map the human body across scales! Panel: Science Museums: Indiana University (panel organizer/convener/speaker)
Thirteenth Network Science and Education Symposium: Quebec City, Canada (organizer/speaker)
The Challenger Conversations 2023-2024, Conversation #6: Art and Data Visualization: Scottish Association for Marine Science and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. (organizer/moderator)
Fifteenth International Workshop on Complex Networks: University of Exeter, U.K. (steering/program committee)
Thirteenth Annual International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications: Istanbul, Turkey (program committee)
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. (co-author/co-organizer)
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 co-organizer/co-author)
Twelfth Network Science and Education Symposium: Vienna, Austria (organizer)
Fourteenth International Workshop on Complex Networks: University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (steering/program committee)
Twelfth Annual International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications: Menton Riviera, France (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/speaker)
Eleventh Network Science and Education Symposium: online (organizer)
Eleventh Annual International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications: Palermo, Italy (program committee)
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, San Diego, USA (co-author/co-organizer)
Thirteenth International Workshop on Complex Networks: online (steering/program committee)
DataWise. Workshop series for K-12 teachers to integrate data science into teaching practice. In collaboration with STEM Teachers NYC (organizer/facilitator)
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 (co-author poster)
Studying Shared Regulation in Immersive Learning Environments. 15th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (co-author short paper)
Studying Collective Problem-Solving Regulation in an Immersive Open-Ended Museum Exhibit. American Educational Research Association, Annual Meeting. (co-author poster)
The Network for Earth-space Research Education and Innovation with Data. 237th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Webinar (speaker)
Tenth Annual International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications: Madrid, Spain (program committee)
Twelfth Network Science and Education Symposium: online (co-organizer)
Math, Science and Technology in Education II, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY (instructor)
2020
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 (co-author contributed paper)
Ninth Network Science and Education Symposium: online (co-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)
Eleventh International Workshop on Complex Networks: online (steering/program committee)
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 (co-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 (co-author poster)
Math, Science and Technology in Education II, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY (instructor)