KAREN PETERMAN CONSULTING
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Spent at tremendous day yesterday at the Science for All Summit hosted by @moreheadplanet. This inaugural meeting feels like the beginning of something BIG. Love being here from the beginning. Thanks to @nccuaka and the Steering Committee for creating this space. Off to Day Two!
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"Hello there, and welcome to the story of my 2022 professional identity crisis!" So begins my latest blog post, and a quick story about why I rebranded my company last year. It's been a fun ride: consultwithcatalyst.com/kpc-to-catalys…
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Meet Alexa Torres-Olivieras, an undergraduate biology student @UAGMoficial. Alexa enjoys studying primary production in the Laguna Grande de Fajardo in #PuertoRico with the #SEASIslandsAlliance. She hopes to one day become a #veterinarian.
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Check out what my @SEAS_Islands colleagues say about their culturally-responsive practice. Here's my fav finding: "Census-style type questions had the potential to undermine the goals of the research"...and our whole project too, I think! @NSFINCLUDESHub includesnetwork.org/blogs/nsf-incl…
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Meet Rebecca Salas, an undergraduate student with the #Guam hub of the #SEASIslandsAlliance. She studies the behavior of upside-down #jellyfish at @UOGTriton.
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Calling all STEM evaluators and researchers who specialize in DEAI. This event is for you - submission applications due Friday, January 20th. Come hang out with us and share your work.
moreheadplanetarium.org/programs/scien…
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Any new PhDs looking for an awesome post doc to start 2023? The SEAS Islands Alliance has a one-year, remote post doc position to support evaluation across Guam, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
Use the online application to apply.
Job Post: uog.edu/_resources/fil…
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Lila Uzzell, a student in the US Virgin Islands, shares some New Year’s inspiration:
“‘SEAS’ the day! Pictured here is a rare mangrove-coral habitat located in Hurricane Hole, St. John, USVI.”
#SEASIslandsAlliance #NSFIncludes #mangroves #coral #StJohn #VirginIslands
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Anybody looking for a new part-time, remote gig in 2023? Join my awesome team - check us out consultkp.com/meet-the-team-…, and see this job posting for a seasoned Research Associate or Consultant with expertise in culturally-responsive eval: docs.google.com/document/d/1_g…
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This photo from student researcher Raianne Quichocho shows a growth of crustose calcifying red algae in #Guam.
Raianne explains that the #photosynthetic organisms play a key role in #CoralReefs as cement and preferred settlement for invertebrate larvae.
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Headed to Chicago today for a working retreat with colleagues and friends, @JohnBesley and @sarah_garlick. We've been brewing ideas for strategic planning with clients that integrates evidence-based sci comm and eval as a starting place. Stay tuned for fun things in the new year!
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Meet Shamoy Bideau, a graduate fellow with the #USVI hub of the #SEASIslandsAlliance. Shamoy studies coral reef restoration at @UVI_Edu and recently started his thesis data collection.
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Hot off the presses! See how @SEAS_Islands alumni from the USVI are pursuing their ed and career goals in Navigating learning ecosystems: Exploring students’ use of agency in marine and environmental sciences. @NSFINCLUDESHub
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
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Read this post last week, forwarded it to my staff, and still wrapping my head around how to apply it for better work/life balance. LOVE that both work stuff and life stuff go on the list. Only five?!? No wonder we're all exhausted! Thanks @evergreendata for keeping it real.
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Heads up @SEAS_Islands…
Dr Samantha Andrews@OceanOculus
Looking for an ocean STEM job, postdoc, phd, masters, diploma, internship, conference, course, workshop, funding or another opportunity? Ocean Opportunities has been updated 🥳 Subscribers head here 👇 oceanoculus.com/ocean-opportun… Free mini-version here 👇 oceanoculus.com/news-from-the-…
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Last week, #PuertoRico hub students sampled water at Laguna Grande, a bioluminescent bay in Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
The bay contains tiny microorganisms, known as #dinoflagellates, that respond to movement in the water by emitting a glowing blue light called #bioluminescence

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Today I was interviewed for a video series that @ScienceCenters is creating to share their Community Science and Dialogue and Deliberation work. I think this means that I am now officially a talking head for evaluation practice...and so I'm feeling pretty fancy.
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Come learn with the @AEASTEMTIG tomorrow as we host our annual business meeting and @Jillkstein who will share her work with Shelly Valdez using Indigenous methodologies. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
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