I regularly present my research to educational groups, both locally and internationally. I also volunteer in the community — I serve as a science judge for middle- and high-school academic competitions and I enjoy spending time in places with a rich biocultural history, especially Hawaiian loko i‘a (fishponds) and lo‘i (taro patches).
I have shared my research at the Honolulu Museum of Art School, the Waikiki Aquarium (both in Hawai‘i), The Island School, the Cape Eleuthera Institute (both in The Bahamas), and high school biology classrooms. I have volunteered during over two dozen community workdays at local O‘ahu fishponds with Waimānalo Limu Hui, Paepae o He‘eia, and Waikalua Loko I‘a, including helping to tag, measure, and remove predatory fish from the He‘eia Fishpond as part of Anela Akiona’s master’s thesis (UH-Mānoa, Dr. Erik Franklin advisor). I have also volunteered my fishing skills to monitor the efficacy of newly created marine protected areas with the Oregon Marine Reserves program.
Science judge
Moderator for quiz bowl for two regional competitions:
Oregon’s Salmon Bowl & Hawaii’s Aloha Bowl
Wrote questions and moderated written exams for middle- and high-school level competitions in the Oregon Science Olympiad.
Judge for middle- and high-school science posters in the HI State Science & Engineering Fair
other outreach
HOLY CHUM BUCKET! The UH-Manoa SOEST Open House in 2017 was a big success, teaching a couple hundred local students about plankton with Michelle Jungbluth, Petra Lenz, and Vittoria Rincolli.
At the Honolulu Museum of Art School in 2017, I led a ‘make-your-own-fish’ art activity and song titled "ADAPTATION! — changes in the body to fit a location!", with educator Jordan Koffman
Lecture followed by a snorkel in Waikiki with visiting "Semester at Sea" undergraduates at the Waikiki Aquarium (2016) with Dr. Mark Hixon, Eric Dilley, Erik Brush, and visiting professor Dr. Stephanie Green.
