Meet Kristin Bass, Alison Allen, Scott Burg, Nicole Jarvis, Safa Asad, Claire Quimby, Camellia Sanford-Dolly, and Maggie Deagon at the annual National Institute of Health’s (NIH) SciEd 2025 meeting held virtually from Monday, October 20th through Wednesday, October 22nd. Kristin serves as a Co-Chair of the SciEd Conference, and Alison serves on the Organizing Committee as part of the Research and Evaluation Strand.

Join Scott on Wednesday, October 22nd as he co-presents Summer Healthcare Experience In Oncology: Leveraging Cross-Institutional Partnerships To Enhance STEM Programming from 2:30-3:30pm EST. Alison will be co-presenting Evaluation 101 on Wednesday, October 22nd from 3:45-4:45pm EST.

If you are attending the SciEd conference or are interested in hearing more, please reach out.

Meet Jennifer Borland, and Alison Allen at the Indiana Evaluator Association (IEA) 2025 Conference at the Ball State Off-Campus Center in Fishers, IN on Friday, October 3rd from 8:30-5:00pm EST. If you are attending IEA in-person or virtually or are interested in hearing more about our work, please reach out.

Meet Nisaa Kirtman and Alex Gurn at the State of Black Health annual conference, hosted by our partners, the Center for Black Health and Equity, in Charlotte, North Carolina, from September 15th-18th. Alongside colleagues, Drs. Ayesha Boyce, Michelle Rosenthal, and LaShaune Johnson, Nisaa, and Alex will evaluate the impact of the conference via survey and observations, and also facilitate a 2-hour public health clinic at the conference entitled, “From Stories to Strategy: Funding Your Future through CREE.” This hands-on clinic will unpack how to center community voice, equity, and lived experience in every phase of your evaluation. Participants will learn how to amplify their stories and impact as a crucial step toward increasing visibility, attracting funding, and achieving long-term sustainability.

If you are interested in attending the State of Black Health conference or are interested in hearing more about our partnership with the Center for Black Health and Equity, please reach out.

Meet Nicole Jarvis and Kristin Bass at the Association of Science and Technology Centers annual conference in San Francisco, CA from September 5th-8th. Nicole is presenting a poster Impact Data from Scaled Museum-Community Partner Programming with collaborators Andrea Foster, Emily Early, and Michael “Cabbie” Cabán from The Franklin Institute at the Poster Palooza on Saturday, September 6th from 11:15am-12:15pm PST. Look for Kristin around the conference as she is volunteering. If you are lucky, you might get one of her handmade STEM-themed bracelets before they run out!

If you are attending the ASTC conference or are interested in hearing more about our work, please reach out.

Camellia Sanford-Dolly, Julia Li, and Jennifer Borland will be attending the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Conference at the in Minneapolis, MN from May 1st through May 3rd.

Camellia will be presenting at a conversation roundtable with Jennifer as a discussant, “Designing and researching educational multimedia programs for family co-engagement” on May 2nd from 8:30-10:00 AM CT. Camellia also contributed to a poster being presented by Alneida Madrigal from Twin Cities Public Television called, “Think Differently!: Leveraging Interactive Media in Family Programming to Support Children’s Cognitive Flexibility” on Thursday, May 1st from 3:20-4:20 PM CT.

Jennifer will be presenting a roundtable, “Leave No Participant Behind: Strategies for More Inclusive and Accessible Research” with Anne Lund from PBS and Wendy Sapp from Bridge Multimedia on Saturday, May 3rd from 12:10-1:40 PM CT.

Julia will be presenting a poster called, “Using Formative Play-testing to Guide Development of Educational Media and Games for Elementary Youth” on Friday, May 2 from 4:40- 5:40 PM CT.