Bauer, J. E., Mills, S., Bex, R. T., Ellis, S., Crippen, K. J., & MacFadden, B. J. (2019, September 22-25). Increasing participation in paleontology through myFOSSIL. Paper presented at the Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.

Bex, R. T., II, Perez, V. J., Lundgren, L., Crippen, K. J., Mills, S. M., McCall, L., & Trone, R. (2019). Participatory Paleontology: A Workshop on App-Based Citizen Science, Workshop session delivered in Raleigh, NC.

Bex, R. T., Lundgren, L., Bauer, J. E., & Crippen, K. J. (2019). You Can’t Sit with Us: What Topic Modeling Can Reveal about Paleontology on Twitter. Paper presented at the Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.

Hughes, M. J., Ocon, S. B., Mills, S. M., Bauer, J. E., Crippen, K. J., Lundgren, L., Bex II, R. T., & MacFadden, B.J. (2019). Engaging in social paleontology: A case study of Instagram. Southeastern Geological Society of America Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, https://doi.org/10.1130/abs/2019SE-327118. Poster Presentation.

Lundgren, L., Bex, R. T., Bauer, J. E., & Crippen, K. J. (2019). Social paleontology on Twitter: A longitudinal case study of network composition and attributes. Paper presented at the 10th International Conference on Social Media & Society, Toronto, Canada.

Lundgren, L., Crippen, K. J., & Bex, R. (2019). A new tool for characterizing paleontological citizen scientists in online social spaces. Paper presented at the Citizen Science Conference, Raleigh, NC.

Lundgren, L., Crippen, K. J., & Bex, R. T., II. (2019). A new tool for characterizing paleontological citizen scientists in online social spaces. Citizen Science Association Conference, Raleigh, NC

Lundgren, L., Crippen, K. J., & Bex, R. T., II. (2019). Describing the practices of members within one niche of social paleontology’s digital ecology. Annual International Conference for the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Baltimore, MD

Ocon, S. B., Hughes, M. J., Mills, S. M., Bauer, J. E., Crippen, K. J., Lundgren, L., Bex II, R. T., & MacFadden, B. J. (2019). Measuring success: Evaluating paleontology Instagram stories. Southeastern Geological Society of America Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, https://doi.org/10.1130/abs/2019SE-327109. Poster Presentation.

Ocon, S. B., Hughes, M. J., Mills, S. M., Bauer, J. E., Lundgren, L., Bex, R. T., Crippen, K. J., & MacFadden, B. J. (2019, September 22-25). Best practices for Instagram as a geoscience education tool. Paper presented at the Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.

Ocon, S. B., Mills, S. M., Bauer, J. E., Crippen, K. J., Lundgren, L., Bex, R. T., & MacFadden, B. J. (2019). Engaging in Social Paleontology: A Case Study of Instagram. Paper presented at the Geological Society of America Southeastern Section (SE GSA) – 68th Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC.

Perez, V., & Crippen, K. J. (2019). Swimming into science: Sharks and minnows summer camp. Paper presented at the Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.

Smith, M. A. (2019). Science communication through engaging and educational YouTube content. Southeastern Geological Society of America Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, https://doi.org/10.1130/abs/2019SE-327357. Oral Presentation.

Bex, R. T., II, Crippen, K. J., Lundgren, L., & MacFadden, B. J. (2018). Using a mobile app to connect teachers to the science of paleontology. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 50(6), https://doi.org/10.1130/abs/2018AM-321182. Oral Presentation.

Bex, R. T., II, Lundgren, L., Crippen, K. J., & MacFadden, B. J. (2018). Designing for public participation in paleontology through the development of an app. In The Proceedings of the European Conference on Social Media (ed. Remenyi, D.), pp. 462–466. Reading, UK: Academic Conferences and Publishing International, Ltd.

Lundgren, L., & Crippen, K. J. (2018). Educative social media for informal science learning: Effective message design across two digital niches. National Association for Research in Science Teaching 2018 Annual International Conference Abstracts. Poster presentation.

Lundgren, L., Bex, R. T., II, & Crippen, K. J. (2018). Structuring social paleontology: A description of Twitter hashtags and users. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 50(6), https://doi.org/10.1130/abs/2018AM-318998. Poster Presentation.

Lundgren, L., Bex, R. T., II, Crippen, K. J., Gardner, E. E., Mills, S.M., & MacFadden, B. J. (2018). Implementing social media campaigns and webinars to promote professionalization in paleontology. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 50(6), https://doi.org/10.1130/abs/2018AM-318984. Poster Presentation.

Lundgren, L., Crippen, K. J., & Bex, R. T., II. (2018). Digging into the PIT: A new tool for characterizing the social paleontological community. In The Proceedings of E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2018, pp. 76-83. Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

MacFadden, B. J. (2018). Digital vouchers and expanding access in paleontology collections. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 50(6), https://doi.org/10.1130/abs/2018AM-319771. Oral Presentation.

Pirlo, J., MacFadden, B. J., Gardner, E. E., Perez, V., & Porcello, D. (2018). Fossils4Teachers! – Connecting Fossil Clubs with K-12 Teachers. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 50(6), https://doi.org/10.1130/abs/2018AM-324452. Oral Presentation.

Gardner, E. E., Lockner, C., Cronin, B., & Brown, R. (2017). Improving engagement of minority K-12 students in paleontological outreach and education initiatives: A case study from Florida. Southeastern Section Regional Meeting of the Geological Society of America. Richmond, VA.

Gardner, E. E., MacFadden, B. J., & Crippen, K. J. (2017). Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Developing a Community of Citizen Scientists via The FOSSIL Project. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Seattle, Washington.

Lundgren, L., & Crippen, K. J. (2017). Describing social paleontology from an ecological perspective. Northeastern/North-Central Section Joint Regional Meeting of the Geological Society of America. Pittsburgh, PA.

Lundgren, L., & Crippen, K. J. (2017). Developing social paleontology: A case study implementing innovative social media applications. In Social Media Excellence Awards 2017: An Anthology of Case Histories (ed. Remenyi, D.), pp. 11–26. Reading, UK: Academic Conferences and Publishing International, Ltd.

Lundgren, L., Crippen, K. J., Gardner, E. E., Leder, R., & Perez, V. (2017). Conceptualizing social paleontology: An exploration of mental models. National Association for Research in Science Teaching annual conference. San Antonio, TX.

MacFadden, B. J., & Gardner, E. E. (2017). Sustaining the myFOSSIL community, social paleontology, and related activities. Northeastern/North-Central Section Joint Regional Meeting of the Geological Society of America. Pittsburgh, PA.

MacFadden, B. J., Bohaska, D. J., McCall, L. J., Pirlo, J., & Niederkorn, J. (2017). The FOSSIL Project and Citizen Science: Early Miocene Land Mammals from Belgrade, North Carolina. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Seattle, Washington.

Narducci, R. E., Gardner, E. E., & Lundgren, L. (2017). Communicating fossil collection and preparation techniques to a wider audience: A case study utilizing webinars. Fossil Preparation & Collections Symposium, Association for Materials & Methods in Paleontology. Austin, TX.

Narducci, R. E., Lundgren, L., & Gardner, E. E. (2017). Communicating Paleontological Research and Techniques to a Broader Audience: A Case Study Utilizing Webinars. Southeastern Association of Vertebrate Paleontology annual meeting. Gray, TN.

Perez, V. (2017). The Cookiecutter Shark, Isistius: the real cookie monster. Aurora Fossil Festival. Aurora, NC.

Perez, V., & Marks, K. (2017). The Plio-Pleistocene vertebrate fauna of Cookiecutter Creek (Sarasota County, FL), including two new chondrichthyan taxa for the Florida fossil record. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 49 (6). Seattle, WA.

Perez, V., Leder, R., Lundgren, L., Ellis, S., Dunckel, B., & Crippen, K. (2017). The Belgrade PaleoBlitz: A pilot project to engage amateur paleontologists. Geological Society of America NE/NC joint sectional meeting. Pittsburgh, PA.

Leder, R. M. (2016). Maxing out the potential of private fossil collections through digitization: Best practices in photographing specimens. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 48, no. 3. Oral presentation.

Lundgren, L. (2016). Social paleontology on social media: A case study in developing social media best practices for museum projects. Museum Computer Network. New Orleans, LA.

Lundgren, L., & Gardner, E. E. (2016). Implementing social paleontology: An examination of amateur paleontologists’ Facebook groups. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 48, no. 3. Oral presentation.

Lundgren, L., Crippen, K., MacFadden, B., Ellis, S., Dunckel, B., & Gardner, E. (2016). Social media messaging and engagement with paleontology in an online community of practice. National Association for Research in Science Teaching 2016 Annual International Conference Abstracts, p. 246. Oral presentation.

MacFadden, B. J., & Gardner, E. E. (2016). The FOSSIL Project: A collaborative community of amateur and professional paleontologists. Geological Society of America Southeastern Section Regional Meeting. Columbia, South Carolina.

MacFadden, B. J., & Gardner, E. E. (2016). The FOSSIL Project: A collaborative community of amateur and professional paleontologists. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 48, no. 3. Oral presentation.

Perez, V. J., Leder, R. M., Lundgren, L., Ellis, S., & Dunckel, B. A. (2016). PaleoBlitz: Promoting best practices in paleontology. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 48(7). Denver, CO.

Perez, V., Godfrey, S. J., & Nance, J. (2016). The Calvert Marine Museum: A community collaboration. Geological Society of America Southeastern Section Regional Meeting. Columbia, South Carolina.

Crippen, K. J., Dunckel, B. A., MacFadden, B. J., Ellis, S., & Lundgren, L. (2015). A framework for social paleontology via an online community space. In “Proceedings of E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2015” (pp. 305-311). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

Leder, R. M. (2015). Closing the gap — building a strong and productive network between amateurs and professionals in paleontology: How the myFOSSIL website creates a strong paleo-community and franking private fossil resources into professional databases with both sides being beneficiary. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 47, no. 7. Poster presentation.

Leder, R. M. (2015). iDigBio vs. FOSSIL? Closing the gap and franking private fossil resources into professional databases. Swiss Geoscience Meeting. Basel, Switzerland

Lundgren, L., & Crippen, K. J. (2015). Designing for Social Paleontology: An Exploratory Study of Citizen Mental Models of Social Media. E-Learn 2015 – World Conference on E-Learning. Kona, Hawaii, U.S.A.

Lundgren, L., & Crippen, K. J. (2015). Designing for social paleontology: an exploratory study of citizen mental models. In “Proceedings of E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2015” (pp. 849-858). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

Lundgren, L., & Crippen, K. J. (2015). The FOSSIL Project: using social media to develop a community of practice. University of Florida 10th Annual Conference of the Social Sciences. Poster presentation.

Lundgren, L., Crippen, K. J., MacFadden, B. J., Dunckel, B. A., Ellis, S., & Gardner, E. E. (2015). Exploring social media as a research tool for measuring engagement in a paleontological community of practice. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 47, no. 7., p. 255. Oral presentation.

MacFadden, B. J. (2015). The FOSSIL Project: engaging amateur fossil clubs and societies as downstream users of digitized data.Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 47, p. 612. Oral presentation.

Crippen, K. J., MacFadden, B., Ellis, S., Hendy, A., & Dunckel, B. (2014). The Perspective of Fossil Clubs and Paleontologists for Participating in a Community of Practice. National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) annual meeting. Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.

Hendy, A. J. W., & MacFadden, B. J. (2014). Digitizing Paleontological Collections for New Audiences: Past Practices and the Potential for Public Participation. North American Paleontological Convention. Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.

Hendy, K. A., Lundgren, L., Hendy, A. J. W., MacFadden, B. J., Dunckel, B. A., Crippen, K. J., & Ellis, S. (2014). FOSSIL: Developing a cyber-enabled community for paleontologists. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 46, no. 6, p. 737. Poster presentation.

Lundgren, L., Hendy, A. J. W., & Crippen, K. J. (2014). The design of social media messages for promoting engagement in an online community of practice.University of Florida Graduate Student Research Conference. Poster presentation.

MacFadden, B. J., Crippen, K. J., Dunckel, B. A., & Ellis, S. (2014). FOSSIL – A national network of fossil clubs and professional paleontologists in the US. 10th North American Paleontological Convention, The Paleontological Society Special Publications, v. 13, p.128. Oral presentation.