Invited talks:
Upcoming: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, “The History of the Discovery Program,” Summer 2010 (scheduled)
Upcoming: BlogHer ” Resource Blogging: Serving Your Community One Post at a Time,” ROYO with Jessica @Apiss, Amy @Teachmama, and Leticia @TechsavvyMama. Change Agents Track, August 2010 (scheduled)
Junior League of Northern Virginia, Celebrity Scientist at a benefit for the National Capitol Children’s Center, 6 March 2010
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, “Education and Public Outreach Opportunities (for NASA SMD),” 28 February 2010 and “Women in Planetary Science,” 2 March 2010
American Cancer Society Annual Meeting (via Skype), “The Power of Women Online,” survivor remarks on the use of social media, 18 November 2009
American Cancer Society Relay for Life Kickoff (Reston, VA), survivor remarks, 28 January 2009
BlogHer Conference (San Francisco, CA), “What We Believe: Blogging Communities as a Healing Force,” panelist, 20 July 2008
Washington University Graduate School Bridging GAPS 10th Anniversary Alumni Celebration (St. Louis, MO), panelist, 2006
NASA Speaker’s Bureau (Maryland, Virginia, Illinois, and Washington, D.C.), speaker, 2002-2005
Lockheed-Martin (Gaithersburg, MD) Take Your Daughter to Work Day, keynote speaker, 2002
National Capitol Science Festival (Herndon, VA), NASA speaker, 2002
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics (Greenbelt, MD), seminar speaker, “Observation of energy-dependent electron-capture decay in galactic cosmic rays, using data from the Cosmic Ray Isotope Spectrometer” 2 October 2001
Washington University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (St. Louis, MO), commencement speaker, March 2000
Washington University Board of Trustees, Graduate Student Representative’s address, May 1999
Washington University School of Engineering, Graduate Student Orientation, “Welcome to Graduate School,” Graduate-Professional Council President’s address, September 1999
Washington University Graduate Student Orientation, Graduate Student Senate president’s address, September 1998
National Association of Graduate-Professional Students – Southeastern Regional Meeting (Hattiesburg, MS), Alumni Coordinator’s remarks, 1999
National Association of Graduate-Professional Students – Northeastern Regional Meeting (State College, PA), President’s address, 1999
Council of Graduate Schools / Canadian Association of Graduate Schools joint conference (Vancouver, BC), graduate student leadership panel, 1998