Published Academic Research

My research to date focuses broadly on innovative climate change and earth systems data visualization methodologies, including data physicalization, materiality, and embodied cognition; human geography and climate epistemologies; color theory; scientific communication; alternative venues; and cross-disciplinary evaluation.

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Forthcoming

Affective, Hand-Sculpted Glyph Forms for Engaging and Expressive Scientific Visualization

IEEE Vis Arts Program 2022— first author, paper + conference presentation

Past

Multi-Touch Querying on Data Physicalizations in Immersive AR

ACM Interactive Surfaces and Spaces — co-author, paper + conference presentation

Affective Palettes for Scientific Visualization: Grounding Environmental Data in the Natural World

IEEE Vis 2021 — first author, paper + conference presentation

Scientific Visualization of Antarctica Ice Sheet and Southern Ocean Evolution

Supercomputing Conference 2020 — scriptwriter

Enabling Cross-Cutting Visualization for Geoscience

IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications — co-author, journal paper

Environmental Visualization: Moving Beyond the Rainbows

PEARC 2020 Conference — first author + presenter

Using close Reading as a Method for Evaluating Visualizations

BELIV Conference — contributing author

Automatic Generation of Data Legends

Vis 2020 — contributing author

Printmaking, Puzzles, and Studio Closets: Using Artistic Metaphors to Reimagine the User Interface for Designing Immersive Visualizations

Vis 2020 — contributing artist

IEEE Computer Grahpics & Applications

Cover Story — visualization artist

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Several talks and workshops

Published Editorial

I am a science writer by training and am acting editor and writer for a bi-monthly newsletter on the intersections of science, the humanities, and the arts called Multitudes. I’ve written for Eos, IEEE Vis, NASA, StarDate, and more.

 

Multitudes—Editor & Writer

The Future of Science Visualization is in the Arts

Eos (print + online; cover story)

Scientific Visualization: How Color Changes What We See

Get Us PPE (online)

Wipes & Disinfectants

Puppy Store

Kindergarten

NASA (online)

Hubble Celebrates 25 Years Since First Repair Mission in Space

To The Moon and Back: Apollo 8 and the Future of Lunar Exploration

Apollo 8—In the Beginning There Was Liftoff

Apollo 8—The Far Side

Apollo 8—The Return

Apollo 8 and Beyond—The Next Epoch

Radio JOVE From NASA: Tuning In to Your Local Celestial Radio Show

NASA Goddard Hosts Young Women for ‘STEM Girls Night In’

NASA@Work Challenge Winner Creates Novel Approach for Future Lunar Landings

StarDate Magazine (print only)

Tune In to Radio Jove

Kurzgesagt (In a Nutshell)

Weighing the Milky Way

Blowing Bubbles

Taking a Quantum Dive with Sean Carroll (Book Review)

Hubble

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Center for Health Communication

Studying the Effects of Empathetic Healthcare Through the CHER Program

Lead Poisoning Prevention in Texas Communities Through the CHER Program

The CHER Grant: Supporting Research that Explores How Communication Impacts Health, Empathy, and Resilience

CHER Awardee Tests the Role of Communication in Minority Women’s Enrollment in Clinical Trials

Texas Health Journal

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Focuses on Media Partnerships (subscribers only)

The Daily Texan

Fine Arts Students Deserve Partial Tuition Refunds

UT Researchers Develop Thinnest Memory Storage Device

Vector Magazine (print only)

TREL on Popular Media and Making Space for Everyone