Interested in dinosaurs, paleontology, fossil collection, or vertebrate evolution? Please feel free to contact me. I would be happy to give presentations about my research or other general topics related to paleontology to audiences of all backgrounds.
Throughout my academic career I have always worked to make science accessible to the public through presentations about paleontology and dinosaurs. I take particular pleasure in working with kids,teaching them about science and the wonders of the natural world.
Upcoming Presentations
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Past Presentations
2017
Monday, May 15 2017: Presentation to the Adventures in Lifelong Learning group, on “A Lost World Found: Texas in the Mid-Cretaceous”. 2 pm in the UW-Parkside Student Center Cinema.
2015
Wednesday, Jan 14 2015: Presentation to the Dallas Paleontological Society, on “A Lost World Found: Texas in the Mid-Cretaceous”. 7:30 pm
Saturday, Feb 7 2015: Darwin Day at the Dinosaur Discovery Museum. 12-5 pm, free to the public. I will be giving a talk on “What the fossil record tells us about evolution”. Time TBA.
2014
Thursday Jan 30 2014: Biology Department Seminar at Northern Illinois University, on “A coastal delta ecosystem from the mid-Cretaceous of Texas”. 3:30 PM, MO 443. You can see a video of my presentation here.
Saturday, Feb 15 2014: Darwin Day at the Dinosaur Discovery Museum in Kenosha. 12-5 pm, free to the public.
Sat March 8 and Sun March 9 2014: Burpee Museum Paleofest, Rockford IL. “A Lost World Found: Texas in the Mid-Cretaceous”. March 9, 3:30-4 pm.
2013
Sunday, February 8 2013: Dinosaur Discovery Museum, Kenosha. Darwin Day; I will be helping out with a fossil display and ID table. 1-4 pm.
Tuesday, February 19 2013: Riveredge Nature Center, on “Why Study Fossils?” 7-8 pm. **CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER**
Wednesday, March 20 2013: Kenosha Public Museum, on “Life and Death in a Cretaceous Coastal Swamp”. 6-7:30 pm.
2012
Wednesday, March 7 2012: Science Night at University of Wisconsin–Parkside. 7-8 pm in Greenquist Hall room 103. You can see a video of my presentation here.
Thursday, November 8 2012: Geology Department at University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, on “New frontiers in paleobiology”. 4:10 pm in Harrington Hall room 217.
2011
December 8, 2011: REAL school students visit campus, learn about dinosaurs.
February 13: Darwin Discovery Day at the Michigan State University Museum.
Texas Paleontological Society (Arlington, TX)
April 19, 2011: Indian Mounds Rock and Mineral Club Spring Banquet. 6:15 pm at the Wesley Park United Methodist Church (Wyoming, MI)
2010
Dallas Paleontological Society (Dallas, TX)
Darwin Discovery Day at the Michigan State University Museum
Tulip City Gem and Mineral Club (Holland, MI)
2009
Earth Sciences Week at Grand Valley State University (Allendale, MI)
Darwin Discovery Day at the Michigan State University Museum