Skype a Scientist Live

Skype a Scientist Live

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Skype a Scientist Live episodes

  • Exploring Diversity in AI with Kandrea Wade

    Kandrea Wade is entering her second year as a PhD student in the Information Science department at CU Boulder focusing on algorithmic identity and the digital surveillance of marginalized groups. Along with developing her research at CU Boulder, Kandrea seeks to discover and assist in creating proper ethical regulations and education on algorithmic identity and digital literacy. With a background of over 15 years in entertainment and media, her interests have evolved from demographic programming for entertainment and media theory to corporate user ethics and legal protections for the digital citizen. Kandrea holds BA in technical theatre from The University of Texas at Arlington and an MA in media, culture, and communications from New York University.

    45 min
  • Understanding how people perceive nature Nicholas Yarmey and Steven DiFalco

    Nick did his Master's at the University of Connecticut studying what people think about black bears and black bear management. He has also researched human-beaver coexistence, and media portrayals of grizzly bear conservation. Now he's a research associate at the University of Alberta, where he uses GIS to understand the impacts of resource development on human wellbeing, particularly for Indigenous and rural communities.

    Twitter: @NickYarmey

    ​Steven is currently finishing his master's at the University of Connecticut, studying people's perceptions of roadside tree trimming. The goal of the project is to create more sustainable management decisions to mitigate conflicts. He has an interest in invasive species, native pollinators, and map-making. Steven likes using iNaturalist, which is an online community of citizen scientists, to document and discover species found while exploring local protected areas. Twitter: @stevendifalco  / website: stevendifalco.github.io
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    44 min
  • Ask a Fossil Preparator! With Myria Perez

    She's DINO-mite! Puzzler, detective, anatomist, geologist, which would you choose? Fossil Preparator at the Perot Museum Myria Perez does it all! Right now she is puzzling back together a skull of a Pachyrhinosaurus. By researching fossils, she can understand our Earth's history and in turn, understand its future. Some of the fossils she has worked on are even on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science and the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.Ask a Fossil Preparator! With Myria Perez

    45 min

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Skype a Scientist connects people with scientists! These are recorded Q&A sessions with scientists. Listeners submit the questions!