About Caren Cooper

I study bird ecology and conservation through the use of citizen science. Through citizen science, people, anywhere at any time, can lend a hand in carrying out genuine scientific research.

I’m an advocate for the practices of Citizen Science, Open Science, and Science Communication, pursuing scholarly inquiry into these areas, and bringing them all together to achieve Public Science. I’m dedicated to training and mentoring students to become public scientists so they can pursue careers that weave science into the fabric of society.

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My book has been released. Click HERE to order a signed copy! 
Citizen Science: How Ordinary People are Changing the Face of Discovery
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Learn more about my work here on Yale's e360 and here at the Center for the Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE). Learn about my middle school years in Before They Were Scientists. 

Peer-reviewed Publications      Blog Posts       CV
Associate Professor, Forestry and Environmental Resources
Chancellor's Faculty Excellence Program on Leadership in Public Science
North Carolina State university

Assistant Head, Biodiversity Research Lab
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences 

Podcasts
Guest on Yale Climate Connections

Guest on SciWorks Radio 88.5 WFDD
Guest on Julie Gould's podcast Speaking of Science. 


​OLD Events


Speaker, Nobel Peace Prize Forum, Mar 8 2014, Minneapolis

Seminar, Feb 26 2014, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

Ramat Hanadiv workshop, Feb 26 2014, Israel

Keynote Speaker, Hamaarag Symposium, Feb 24 2014, Israel

Hamaarag workshop, Feb 23 2014, Israel

Speaker, Citizen CyberScience Summit, Feb 20 2014, London

keynote session on Citizen Science, Feb 2014, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL

Speaker, Science Cabaret, Jan 21 2014, Ithaca

Seminar and Panelist at History of Science Society & Boston University "Science in the Streets", Nov 2013

Keynote Seminar at Virginia Master Naturalist Annual Meeting, Oct 2013

Build-A-Project, Citizen Science Workshop at Virginia Master Naturalist Annual Meeting, Oct 2013

co-Plenary w/ John Fitzpatrick, July 2013, International Congress for Conservation Biology, Baltimore, Maryland

seminar, June 14, 2013, Kopernik Observatory & Science Center, Vestal, NY

seminar, June 7, 2013, Kopernik Observatory & Science Center, Vestal, NY

guest lecture, June 6, 2013, Arizona State University

talk, April 26, Celebrate Urban Birds Youth Workshop

speaker for Monday Night Seminar, Mar 25, 2013 Cornell Lab of Ornithology

keynote speaker, Biological Sciences Research Day, Virginia Tech, Feb 16, 2013 Blacksburg, VA

session co-moderator, ScienceOnline2013 Conference, Jan 30-Feb 2, Raleigh, NY