Presentations
Presentations
"‘Reacting’ and the Craft of Teaching”
Annual Reacting Conference at Barnard College, New York, NY (June 2010)
“Investigating the Orbits of Asteroids with the HORIZONS Database”
NCS-AAPT Meeting, Elon University, Elon, NC (April 2010)
"A Debate on the Requirement of Great Texts in the RTTP Curriculum”
Annual Reacting Conference at Barnard College, New York, NY (June 2009)
“Stepping Into Science”
Alliance Library System and LearningTimes (January 2009)
“Assessment of Student Learning in Reacting to the Past Role-Playing Games”
International Society for Technology in Education, Edmonton, Alberta (October 2008)
“Second Life Astronomy Outreach Projects by Undergraduate Non-majors”
International Society for Technology in Education, Edmonton, Alberta (October 2008)
“PROMPT Observations of Dim Asteroids”
NCS-AAPT Meeting, Raleigh, NC (October 2008)
“Using "Reacting to the Past" as Role-Playing Pedagogy”
Fifth Annual Innovations in Instuction, Elon, NC (August 2008)
Report on the Assessment of the "Reacting" Pedagogy
Annual Reacting Conference at Barnard College, New York, NY (June 2008)
AAAS Forum on Science & Technology Policy, Washington, DC (May 2008)
Physics and Astronomy Projects in Second Life
NCS-AAPT Meeting, High Point, NC (October 2007)
Reacting to the Past: Role-play and Learning in the College Classroom
Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching, Greensboro, NC (February 2008)
“Educational Opportunities in the Virtual World of Second Life”
Fourth Annual Innovation in Instruction, Elon, NC (August 2007)
“Exploring and Creating Astronomy Exhibits in the Virtual World of Second Life”
Cosmos in the Classroom 2007, Pomona, CA (August 2007)
“Space Science Outreach in the Virtual World of Second Life”
American Astronomical Society, Seattle, WA (January 2007)
Fourth Annual Innovations in Instruction, Elon, NC (August 2006)
Games, Learning, and Society, Madison, WI (July 2006)
Gamma Ray Bursts in the Swift Era, Washington, DC (November 2005)
Collegiate Academy of the North Carolina Academy of Science, Elon, NC (November 2005)
"Astronomy in the Hot Seat" (Winner of Best Pedagogical Paper)
NCS-AAPT Meeting, Davidson, NC (October 2004)
"Model Fitting for a Non-Majors Astronomy Class Using Starry Night and Excel"
Cosmos in the Classroom 2004, Boston, MA (July 2004)
Cosmos in the Classroom 2004, Boston, MA (July 2004)
"It's the End of the World as We Know It" (featured in the High Point Enterprise)
*Tri*Star* 2003, Jamestown, NC (March 2003)
"The Evolution of Synchrotron Self-Absorption Parameters in Prompt GRB Spectra"
30 Years of Discovery: Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium, Santa Fe, NM (September 2003)