Category: Meet Us At

Meet Us in March

Meet Scott Burg at the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) 4th Conference on Evaluating Environment and Development held in Washington, DC on March 5th through 7th. If you plan on attending the conference or would like more information, don’t hesitate to reach out.

Camellia Sanford-Dolly will be attending the National Afterschool Association Convention at the Hyatt Regency in Houston, TX from March 17th through 20th. Camellia will be presenting a workshop, “Integrating Self-Regulation Strategies for Children in Afterschool Spaces” from 8-9am CST and a session titled, “Designing Meaningful Programming for Families Using a Responsive, Research-Informed Approach” from 10-11am CST on March 19th. If you are attending the NAA conference or are interested in hearing more about our work, please reach out.

Meet Us In January and February

Camellia Sanford-Dolly will be a virtual panelist in the session, “Evaluation and Assessment: Methods and Preliminary Results,” during the NSF BIO-RETS PI meeting on Thursday, January 25th at 1:30PM EST. This meeting is by inviation only. If you would like to learn more about the NSF BIO-RETS funding, please reach out.

Meet Anna Jennerjohn at the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) Natural Start webinar on Tuesday, January 30th at 3pm EST. Anna will be presenting as part of a panel discussion on the topic: Multiple Languages in Nature-Based Classrooms. Registration for the webinar is free and recordings will be sent to all registrants.

Meet Scott Burg at the CRAFT Research Collaboration Network intervening on Saturday, February 10th and 11th in San Francisco, CA. The CRAFT’s 2024 convening will bring networks together to catalyze change-making collaborations and reshape research and practice partnerships through cross-pollination and collaboration to advance critical community-based impact in making and STEM programs.

Meet Us in December

Meet Anna Jennerjohn at the 73rd Annual Literacy Research Association Conference from November 29th to December 1st at the Hilton Atlanta in Atlanta, GA. The conference theme for 2023 is Interrogating Hierarchies: Building a Humanitarian Literacy Research Architecture that Binds.

Scott Burg will be attending the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP28 UAE, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The global conference runs from November 28th through December 12th. Scott will be attending the conference from December 7th-12th as part of the Climate Leaders Academy program at Michigan Technology University.

Camellia Sanford-Dolly, Kristin Bass, and Nicole Jarvis will be attending the 2023 National Science Foundation (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program awardee meeting at the Hilton Arlington National Landing in Arlington, VA from December 6th to December 8th. The theme for 2023 is REVISING the Conversation on Equity in ISE. This meeting is by invitation only, however please reach out to us if you would like more information on the AISL program.

Meet Us in October

Nisaa Kirtman will be attending and presenting at the 7th Annual CREA (Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation & Assessment) Conference in Chicago, IL from October 3rd-6th. Nisaa will be presenting a session titled “A Tool for Reflective Practice Towards Equity and Accountability” with Cecilia Garibay of the Garibay Group. The session will present a tool and action-research work developed to support research and evaluation teams in reflective practice, decision-making, accountability toward more culturally-responsive and equitable practices, and improved community-level engagement and relationship with communities (particularly historically marginalized populations). If you are attending the CREA Conference or would like more information about the conference of Nisaa’s presentation, please reach out.

Join Scott Burg, Camellia Sanford-Dolly, and Anna Jennerjohn from October 17th-20th at the virtual NAAEE Conference. The theme of the conference is “Together We Thrive.” Along with Heather Toomey-Zimmerman, Susan Land, and Lucy McClain, our team at REA will present an on-demand pre-recorded session entitled, “Engaging Rural Audiences: Enhancing Environmental Learning Experiences Through Technology.” The session includes an interview study with environmental educators, seeking to understand barriers to and strategies for engaging rural and BIPOC visitors with their sites, programming, and technology, and an observational study examining family conversations and engagement using mobile augmented reality at a rural nature center.

Camellia Sanford-Dolly, Jennifer Borland, and Anna Jennerjohn, along with our colleagues at Twin Cities Public Television, have pre-recorded a video showcase session, “Lessons Learned During the Iterative Development of a National Transmedia Family Program,” for the 2023 Connected Learning Summit, a virtual conference taking place from October 26th-28th. Camellia will be available to discuss the video on Thursday, October 26th from 330-430pm EST during the online conference meet-up.

Scott Burg will be attending the 2023 National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Trainee (NRT) program’s annual meeting in Tempe, AZ on October 29th-31st. If you plan on attending the meeting or would like more information on the NRT program, don’t hesitate to reach out.