Coordinator for Inspiring Girls Expeditions AK (@insp_girls_exp), PhD candidate in sci ed research at UAF, working with @fresheyesonice citizen science
I'm studying scientists' experiences leading or working on community + citizen science projects in the Arctic for my dissertation research! If you're a scientist that fits this description, I'd love to hear from you: https://t.co/gUoSZJSnCe
Please RT & share - thanks!
deploying the sensors through the ice, and testing different ways to attach the sensors to drones for sediment monitoring during spring break-up. It's been so fun to work with new collaborators @uncglobalhydro @JulianneMSDavis @TedLanghorst, Emily Eidam, Adrian, & Lillian! (3/3)
New piece in @ArcticResearch Witness Community Highlights about a project I've been working on this year, called SILT! Check it out here: https://t.co/2DEaHFoPAq This @FreshEyesonIce -adjacent project is testing (1/3)
new, low-cost strategies to measure sediment fluxes in the Tanana River all year long, specifically under river ice and during spring break-up. We partnered with middle school students in Fairbanks and Nenana to practice building the sensors, (2/3)
So excited to say that @mishmishap, @exploreice, and I have published a paper on how we've applied best practices in diversity, equity, and inclusion work to our @insp_girls_exp programs in the Arctic! @IARC_Alaska https://t.co/EF248pGVi6
BREAKING NEWS: yesterday Senate Rules Committee introduced Senate Bill 114 to fix several major flaws in AK oil tax law. Current law gives oil companies upto an $8 tax credit per barrel of oil produced. This is projected to cost Alaska over $1.2 billion per year for the decade 1/
Recent grads, have you heard of the Alaska Fellows Program? They are accepting applications & we're a host! Our fellows will focus on 1⃣ #akwx & climate impacts at Alaska Center for Climate Assessment & Policy and 2⃣DEI at @insp_girls_exp Alaska.
Apply >
https://t.co/DLothLw2eX
It's not just sled dogs & racers on the Iditarod Trail this year. IARC's @FreshEyesonIce team is traveling from McGrath to Shageluk on snow machine, then over to the Yukon River and up to Galena. Follow along as they visit schools and gather river ice data https://t.co/XdziDzy8FB
Join us tomorrow, March 7th, for the #accapwebinar where speaker James Kari will discuss Ahtna/Dene place names that are informative of the geology and hydrology in the Copper River Basin.
https://t.co/5i0WAhTD15
It's finally time! Trans girl scout cookies!
Trans kids are under attack nationwide. The Girl Scouts has accepted trans girls and non-binary kids for years now. Let's make the lives of some trans scouts a little bit better and get tasty cookies to boot.
Thread of links here! 🧵
It’s UA Giving Day, and I’ve asked Inspiring Girls* Alaska alumni and instructors to share what the program has meant to them, so it seems only fair that I do the same. 🧵
BONUS: if you give early, you can double your impact! Two anonymous supporters will match every dollar given to Inspiring Girls* up to the first $1,000.
Give today: https://t.co/CP37cJ3LZi