Resources for Teachers
Educational Videos
This series of videos is by Daring to Dig: Adventures of Women in American Paleontology illustrator Alana McGillis.
Mignon Talbot: What is Paleoart?
Annie Alexander: What are Museums Even for?
Katherine Palmer: What are Collections?? (And Why Should You CARE?)
Winifred Goldring: What do Paleontologists Wear?
Tilly Edinger: Fossil Brains, Molds, and Casts!
Daring to Dig Interview: Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe
Tilly Edinger: Identity and Paleontology!
Daring to Dig Interview: Ming Khan
Women in Paleontology Panel Discussions
Science in the Virtual Pub (March 2021)
This panel with women paleontologists was held before the opening of the Daring to Dig exhibit as a Science in the Virtual Pub event on March 25, 2021. Speakers include:
Phoebe Cohen (Associate Professor, Williams College)
Patricia “Tricia” Kelley (Professor Emerita, University of North Carolina Wilmington)
Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe (Professor and Associate Dean, Missouri University of Science and Technology)
Carlie Pietsch (Assistant Professor, San Jose State University)
Lisa White (Director of Education and Outreach, University of California Museum of Paleontology)
Yurena Yanes (Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati).
Read more about Phoebe, Tricia, Francisca, Carlie, and Lisa on their profile pages.
WSKG (October 2021)
This panel with women paleontologists was held on October 26, 2021, and hosted by WSKG. The moderator was Nancy Coddington, Director of Science at WSKG Public Media. Panelists include:
Phoebe Cohen (Associate Professor, Williams College)
Elizabeth “Liz” Hermsen (Research Scientist, Paleontological Research Institution)
Linda Ivany (Professor and Associate Chair, Syracuse University)
Christy Visaggi (Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Program Director, Geosciences, Georgia State University)