Public Outreach & Invited Lectures
2015
•Protecting the Ocean’s Giants: The Future of Manta Ray Conservation. Invited lecture, New England Aquarium,
April 2015
April 2015
•Spatial Ecology and Conservation of Oceanic Manta Rays. Invited lecture, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, April 2015
Institution, April 2015
•Grad School: Getting into (and enjoying) graduate programs in STEM fields. Presentation and mentoring day
with Upward Bound students, July 2015
with Upward Bound students, July 2015
2014
•Ecology and Conservation of Manta Rays. Invited lecture, Lecture Series, ExplorOcean Learning Center,
Huntington Beach, CA. October 2014
2013
•Manta Rays: Threatened Icons. Invited lecture, Magnificent Ocean Seminar Series, Birch Aquarium at Scripps, La
Jolla, CA. August 2013
Huntington Beach, CA. October 2014
2013
•Manta Rays: Threatened Icons. Invited lecture, Magnificent Ocean Seminar Series, Birch Aquarium at Scripps, La
Jolla, CA. August 2013
•In the Field: Scientific Diving and Field Research. Invited lecture, Women and Minorities Program, Scripps
Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA. May 2013
Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA. May 2013
2011
•Manta Rays and Marine Ecology. Invited lecture, Sail Caribbean Marine Science Camp, British Virgin Islands. August 2011
•Healthy Oceans: Threats from Overfishing and Plastic Pollution. Invited lecture (5th grade), Edgewood
Intermediary, Ellettsville, IN. April 2011
Intermediary, Ellettsville, IN. April 2011