PROFILE

Judy Diamond

Professor and Curator

University of Nebraska State Museum

About informal science

Projects

Informal Biodiversity Education Models for Rural and Tribal Youth RAPID: Using Popular Media to Educate Youth About the Biology of Viruses and the Current COVID-19 Pandemic Explore Evolution

Understanding the Tree of Life Life on Earth IPY:Engaging Antarctica Mesozoic Monsters, Mammals, and Magnolias: A Series of Interactive Exhibits Biology of Human: Understanding Ourselves through the Lens of Current Biomedical Research

Research

2021 Poster - RAPID: Using Popular Media to Educate Youth About the Biology of Viruses and the Current COVID-19 Pandemic The Exploratorium’s Explainer Program: The Long-Term Impacts on Teenagers of Teaching Science to the Public The DeepTree Exhibit: Visualizing the Tree of Life to Facilitate Informal Learning

Going Deep: Supporting Collaborative Exploration of Evolution in Natural History Museums Explanatory Parent-Child Conversation Predominates at an Evolution Exhibit Engaging Teenagers with Science Through Comics Fluid Grouping: Quantifying Group Engagement around Interactive Tabletop Exhibits in the Wild Integrating Developmental and Free-Choice Learning Frameworks to Investigate Conceptual Change in Visitor Understanding