Coordinator for Inspiring Girls Expeditions AK (@insp_girls_exp), PhD candidate in sci ed research at UAF, working with @fresheyesonice citizen science

Fairbanks, AK
Joined July 2020
I'm studying scientists' experiences leading or working on community + citizen science projects in the Arctic for my dissertation research! If you're a scientist that fits this description, I'd love to hear from you: bit.ly/sccssurvey Please RT & share - thanks!
New piece in @ArcticResearch Witness Community Highlights about a project I've been working on this year, called SILT! Check it out here: arcus.org/witness-the-arctic… This @FreshEyesonIce -adjacent project is testing (1/3)
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new, low-cost strategies to measure sediment fluxes in the Tanana River all year long, specifically under river ice and during spring break-up. We partnered with middle school students in Fairbanks and Nenana to practice building the sensors, (2/3)
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deploying the sensors through the ice, and testing different ways to attach the sensors to drones for sediment monitoring during spring break-up. It's been so fun to work with new collaborators @uncglobalhydro @JulianneMSDavis @TedLanghorst, Emily Eidam, Adrian, & Lillian! (3/3)
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A glorious last sunrise in Galena. It’s been a wonderful few weeks of fieldwork with @FreshEyesonIce!
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BREAKING NEWS: yesterday Senate Rules Committee introduced Senate Bill 114 to fix several major flaws in AK oil tax law. Current law gives oil companies upto an $8 tax credit per barrel of oil produced. This is projected to cost Alaska over $1.2 billion per year for the decade 1/ – at Anchorage, AK
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Recent grads, have you heard of the Alaska Fellows Program? They are accepting applications & we're a host! Our fellows will focus on 1⃣ #akwx & climate impacts at Alaska Center for Climate Assessment & Policy and 2⃣DEI at @insp_girls_exp Alaska. Apply > alaskafellows.org/positions
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It's not just sled dogs & racers on the Iditarod Trail this year. IARC's @FreshEyesonIce team is traveling from McGrath to Shageluk on snow machine, then over to the Yukon River and up to Galena. Follow along as they visit schools and gather river ice data share.garmin.com/fresheyeson…
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Join us tomorrow, March 7th, for the #accapwebinar where speaker James Kari will discuss Ahtna/Dene place names that are informative of the geology and hydrology in the Copper River Basin. uaf-accap.org/event/ahtna-de…
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It's finally time! Trans girl scout cookies! Trans kids are under attack nationwide. The Girl Scouts has accepted trans girls and non-binary kids for years now. Let's make the lives of some trans scouts a little bit better and get tasty cookies to boot. Thread of links here! 🧵
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It’s UA Giving Day, and I’ve asked Inspiring Girls* Alaska alumni and instructors to share what the program has meant to them, so it seems only fair that I do the same. 🧵
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BONUS: if you give early, you can double your impact! Two anonymous supporters will match every dollar given to Inspiring Girls* up to the first $1,000. Give today: givingday.alaska.edu/amb/sar…
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Thank you for your support ♥️
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Anyway, read me instead jessica.substack.com/p/how-m…
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