2025
Invited Talk: Youth Outdoor Career and Leadership Summit
Organizers: OSU Outdoor School, KidSpirit
Topic: A career in environmental psychology
August 15-16, 2025 @ OSU
Invited Workshop: Youth Outdoor Career and Leadership Summit
Organizers: OSU Outdoor School, KidSpirit
Topic: Stress Less, Go Outside
August 15-16, 2025 @ OSU
2024
Invited Talk and Community Workshop:
Topic: Mindfulness in Nature and Mental Wellbeing
Date: Sept 23, 2024
Community Partner: Benton-County Library, Corvallis
Publication: Take-home materials for attendees and mindfulness activities handout available at the libraries and online at the library webpages.
Invited Talk and Community Workshop:
Topic: Playfulness in Nature and Wellbeing
Date: Sept 7, 2024
Community Partner: Benton-County Library, Corvallis
Publication: Take-home materials for attendees and playfulness activities handout available at the libraries and online at the library webpages.
Community Workshop:
Topic: Mindfulness in Nature and Mental Wellbeing
Date: Aug 24, 2024
Community Partner: Millicoma Marshes, Coos Bay
Publication: Take-home materials for attendees and mindfulness activities handout available at the Coos Bay Watershed Association with agreement to be distributed at upcoming events.
Invited Talk: Stress Less, Go Outside: The Science behind Mindful Nature Engagement
When and where: Egyptian Theater, Coos Bay, Aug 23, 2024
Activities: 45 min. keynote speaker for opening event of the Coos Watershed Associations’
Nature and Nurture public talk series accompanied by a community fair.
Publication: Take-home materials for attendees, handouts at the community fair with agreement to be distributed at upcoming events, resources guide posted on the Coos Bay Watershed Association website.
CAPS Workshop: Dam Good Nature Break. Spring workshop offering
Topic: Mindful nature engagement exercises for everyday stress reduction
Activities: Ongoing spring workshop offering. Attended by c ohort of 34 first-generation LatinX
Invited Talk & Workshop: OSU Adventure Leadership Institute
Topic: Mindful Nature Engagement and Leadership, March 5, 2024
Activity: science talk and workshop for 22 student and faculty Adventure Leadership Guides