About Caren CooperI am faculty at North Carolina State University. Visit my academic website to learn more.
I study bird ecology, urban ecology, and inclusive engagement in the participatory sciences. I'm an advocate for public science, including practices of citizen science, community science, and other participatory approaches to research, as well as diversity in science careers. 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. ********************************************************************** I authored Citizen Science: How Ordinary People are Changing the Face of Discovery I co-authored The Field Guide to Citizen Science: How to Contribute to Scientific Research and Make a Difference *********************************************************************** Watch my TEDxGreensboro talk Everybody Counts. 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. |
Associate Professor, Forestry and Environmental Resources
Chancellor's Faculty Excellence Program on Leadership in Public Science North Carolina State university |
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 |
