PROFILE Karen Tingley Director of Education Wildlife Conservation Society About informal science Projects Collaborative Research: Project TRUE (Teens Researching Urban Ecology) Research Impacts of a near-peer urban ecology research mentoring program on undergraduate mentors An influence among influences: the perceived influence contribution scale development and use Effect of Research and Mentoring on Underrepresented Youths' STEM Persistence Into College Project TRUE: Knowledge Building Report Project TRUE: Mentor Training Toolkit Aloisio et al (2018), Pre-college urban ecology research mentoring: promoting broader participation in the field of ecology for an urban future Project TRUE Year 1 Poster