Invited Talks

Physics Invited Talks

• "Fluorescence blinking statistics of CdSe core and core-shell nanorods," given at ITS Workshop on Fluorescence Intermittency, Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana, April 2007.

• Physics/Materials Science Colloquia: “Dynamics on the Nanoscale: Light Emission from Single Semiconductor Nanorods”
  Swarthmore College, February 2008
  Rutgers University, October 2007
  Wheaton College, October 2007
  Argonne National Laboratories (Center for Nanoscale Materials), June 2007
  Amherst College, October 2006
  St. Joseph's University, October 2006
  Princeton University, December 2006
  
• "Light emission from single quantum rods: Research as education and vocation," keynote address at Seattle Pacific University Erickson Undergraduate Research Conference, Seattle, WA, May 2006.

• Physics Colloquia on postdoctoral research: “Black silicon: changing structure and properties with light”
  Haverford College, March 2004
  Harvard University, April 2003
  University of Massachusetts-Lowell, November 2001

Physics Education Invited Talks

• "Gender and student achievement with Peer Instruction" in invited session, "Does PER-based instruction help underrepresented groups succeed, and how can it do so better?" at Physics Education Research Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July 2008. At request of conference organizers, organized session as well as giving one of the presentations.

• Physics Education Research seminars: "Reducing the Gender Gap in Introductory Physics"
  University of Colorado at Boulder, March 2007
  University of Maryland, September 2007
  Rutgers University, October 2007
• "Promise and Pitfalls of Reformed Instruction for Female Students," workshop (with Noah Finkelstein) at the Conference on the Preparation of Physics and Physical Science Teachers, hosted by the APS Physics Teacher Education Coalition, March 2007.

• "Classroom Demonstrations: Learning Tools or Entertainment?" in "Physics Education Research for Chemistry Instructors" symposium, 19th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, August 2006.