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  • Thursday, Aug 22nd
    11:00 AM – 11:50 AM US PDT
    2A - Astronomy, Social Media and Increasing Representation
    Moderator: Theresa Summer – ASP
    Panelist: Kihana Wilson
    Panelist: Jessica Harris – Jessica A. Harris, LLC
    Panelist: Katherine Troche – Astronomical Society of the Pacific
    Panelist: Katy Rodriguez Wimberly (she/her/hers) – UC Riverside
    Communicating Astronomy through New Media and Social Media
  • Thursday, Aug 22nd
    4:15 PM – 5:05 PM US PDT
    5C-1 - Turning an Astronomy Public Lecture Series into a Podcast
    Lead Presenter: Andrew Fraknoi (he/him/his) – Fromm Institute, U of San Francisco
    Co-Presenter: Geoff Mathews – Foothill College
    Communicating Astronomy through New Media and Social Media
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    9:45 AM – 10:35 AM US PDT
    6C-1 - Creating a Stellar Social Media Campaign: Tips and Tricks for Sharing Space Science
    Lead Presenter: Sara E. Mitchell (she/her/hers) – CRESST/University of Maryland & NASA Goddard
    Co-Presenter: Kelly Ramos-Walker (she/her/hers) – CRESST/University of Maryland & NASA Goddard
    Co-Presenter: Barb Mattson (she/her/hers) – CRESST/University of Maryland & NASA Goddard
    Communicating Astronomy through New Media and Social Media
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    9:45 AM – 10:35 AM US PDT
    6C-2 - Fly Me to the Meme: Integrating Social Media Trends into Astronomy Communication
    Lead Presenter: Kelly Ramos-Walker (she/her/hers) – CRESST/University of Maryland & NASA Goddard
    Co-Presenter: Barb Mattson (she/her/hers) – CRESST/University of Maryland & NASA Goddard
    Co-Presenter: Sara E. Mitchell (she/her/hers) – CRESST/University of Maryland & NASA Goddard
    Communicating Astronomy through New Media and Social Media
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    9:45 AM – 10:35 AM US PDT
    6C-3 - Popular Astronomy in the Mainstream Media
    Lead Presenter: Valentin D. Ivanov – ESO
    Communicating Astronomy through New Media and Social Media
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    9:45 AM – 10:35 AM US PDT
    6C-4 - Astronomy Outreach on Instagram
    Lead Presenter: Maria G. Lizana (she/her/hers) – Bellevue College
    Communicating Astronomy through New Media and Social Media
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    10:50 AM – 11:40 AM US PDT
    7A-1 - Virtual Reality Worlds for Interactive Teaching
    Lead Presenter: Lonny W. Buinis – IAAA, UACNJ, IAAA, AAI, ASP, Northern NJ NSS
    Co-Presenter: Janice Buinis – spouse
    Communicating Astronomy through New Media and Social Media
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    4:05 PM – 4:55 PM US PDT
    10B - Like, Comment, Follow, Subscribe: Astronomy Outreach via Social Media
    Lead Presenter: Summer Ash (she/her/hers) – Self-employed
    Co-Presenter: Angela Collier – University of Colorado - Boulder
    Co-Presenter: Dakotah Tyler – University of California - Los Angeles
    Co-Presenter: Katy Rodriguez Wimberly (she/her/hers) – UC Riverside
    Co-Author: Erika Hamden – University of Arizona
    Communicating Astronomy through New Media and Social Media