service, outreach, & media

  • Steering Team Member*, Front Range Area Community (United States Geospatial Foundation (USGIF)) (Summer 2024 – present)
  • Panelist*, NASA DEVELOP Ames Research Center 20th Anniversary (03 Aug 2023)
  • Reviewer*, Fire Technology (Springer) (Aug 2022)
  • Reviewer*, Global Change Biology (Wiley Journal) (Jul 2022)
  • Meeting Chair & Lead Organizer, 14th Annual American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Pacific Southwest (PSW) Region & SDSU Student Chapter of ASPRS Spring Technical Meeting (22 Apr 2022)
  • Moderator*, “Earth, Wind, & Fire: Environmental and Climate-Related Applications for Spectral Data” presented at L3Harris Geospatial Spectral Sessions (06 Apr 2022)
  • Presenter & Organizer, ASPRS SDSU Student Chapter Nearmap Data Demonstration (04 Nov 2021)
  • Presenter*, Panelist*, & Organizer, 2nd Annual ASPRS Pacific Southwest (PSW) Region Remote Sensing & Wildland Fire Symposium: “Approaches for Satellite-Derived Maps of Herbaceous Cover in Southern California Shrublands” (01 Nov 2021)
  • Presenter*, San Jose State University Fire Weather Research Laboratory Talk: “Approaches for Satellite-Derived Maps of Herbaceous Cover in California Shrublands” (23 Sep 2021)
  • Presenter*, San Diego Natural History Museum Nat Talk: “Fueling The Burn” (15 Sep 2021)
  • Panelist, ASPRS Student Advisory Council (SAC) Leadership Webinar: “Why Join ASPRS?” (15 Sep 2021)
  • Elected SDSU Department of Geography Student Liaison – Research/Funding Peer (2021-2022)
  • Presenter*, “Using satellite image data to locate and quantify herbaceous vegetation in Southern California shrubland ecoregions” presented during the San Diego Management & Monitoring Program’s coordination meeting (28 Apr 2021)
  • Meeting Chair, 13th Annual ASPRS PSW Region & SDSU Student Chapter of ASPRS Spring Technical Meeting (16 Apr 2021)
  • Panelist*, “Hot Mess: Remote Sensing Applications for Wildfire and Other Natural Disasters” with L3Harris Geospatial Distancing LIVE (17 Mar 2021)
  • Panelist, UCSB GEOG 197: Careers in Geography Discussion (22 Feb 2021)
  • Presenter*, “Approaches for Satellite-Derived Maps of California Shrublands for Fire Mitigation” presented at 1st L3Harris Geospatial Spectral Sessions (27 Jan 2021)
  • Interviewee*, Panarchic Codex Blog Interview (28 Nov 2020)
  • Presenter, “Wildfires from Above: Using Satellite Imagery & Remote Sensing Technologies to Learn About Wildfires,” presented for Geography Awareness Week with the California Geographic Alliance (designed for high school students and educators) (18 Nov 2020)
  • Symposium Chair* & Organizer*, 1st Annual ASPRS PSW Region Remote Sensing & Wildland Fire Symposium (09, 16, 23, 30 Nov 2020)
  • Interviewee*, GenSTEM Podcast (29 Oct 2020)
  • Reviewer*, CCST Report: “The Costs of Wildfire in California” (Oct 2020)
  • Interviewee*, ABC 10 News story about the Valley Fire in San Diego (aired 06 & 07 Sep 2020)
  • Interviewee*, “California’s Wildfire and Covid-19 Disasters Just Collided,” Wired article (28 Aug 2020)
  • Presenter, “Wildfires from Above: Let’s Use Satellite Imagery to Learn About Wildfires!”  Presented during a “Live in ORBIT” episode with She Maps (designed for elementary school-age students) (11 May 2020)
  • President, ASPRS SDSU Student Chapter (Spring 2020 – Spring 2020)
  • Author*, California Council on Science & Technology (CCST) Blog Post (16 Apr 2020)
  • Selected CCST Science Translator (05 Feb 2020)
  • Interviewee*, Al Jazeera’s The Stream episode: “Why is the world on fire?” (04 Nov 2019)
  • Volunteer, SDSU Geo Week (Fall 2019)
  • Panelist, Gamma Phi Beta Career Night (07 Oct 2019)
  • Reviewer*, “Looking at Wildfires (and more…) – An Introduction” Blog Post written by Pierre Markuse (Sep 2019)
  • Author, Wildland fire-related Tweets that were highlighted by Heavy (2018 – 2019)
  • Author, “Intterra: Remote Sensing 101” Blog Post (Apr 2018)
  • Financial Vice President, San Diego Alumnae Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta (2017 – 2019)
  • Volunteer Author & Editor, Emergency Operations Center Playbook, Coronado Fire Department (Jul 2017)
  • Interviewee, “Intterra: Get to Know the Team: Krista West” Blog Post (Fall 2016)
  • Informal Moderator*, USAFA DFEG New Faculty Discussions (Spring 2016)
  • Volunteer, USAFA Majors Night (Fall 2015)
  • Volunteer, 497th OSS Booster Club (2012 – 2013)
  • Mentored, supervised, and motivated high school and college interns to expand their interests in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) careers and encourage broader participation in the STEM workforce (2008 – 2012)

* Invited

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Updated 19 September 2024