SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Betsy has extensive experience speaking about science, journalism, and cartography. She has given talks to many types of audiences including professional journalists, public information officers, cartographers, map enthusiasts, the general public, and students from grade school to graduate school. She has made numerous radio and podcast appearances and is a frequent guest lecturer and conference speaker, moderator, and panelist. Below is a partial list of her speaking engagements.
November 17, 2022
CRAIG NEWMARK GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
Topic: Reading maps, graphs and data visualizations
Virtual lecture
March 7, 2022
COUNTERPOINT
ABC RADIO
Topic: Do Birds have Language?
February 16, 2022
KNOWABLE MAGAZINE EVENT
Topic: The Cultural Lives of Birds
October 8, 2021
SCIENCE WRITERS 2021
Topic: How (and Why) to Pitch a Story that Happened 100 Years Ago
November 27, 2020
CONVERSATIONS WITH DATA
Topic: Cartography and Journalism
October 15, 2020
SCIENCE WRITERS 2020
Topic: Complexities of Covering Science on the Cutting Edge
August 25, 2020
ESRI SCIENCE OF WHERE PODCAST
Topic: Data & Discovery — The Power of Visualization
May 18, 2020
UC SANTA CRUZ SCIENCE COMMUNICATION PROGRAM
Topics: Telling stories with maps, book writing
Virtual lecture
March 4, 2020
KAVLI CONVERSATIONS ON SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
October 25-29, 2019
SCIENCE WRITERS 2019
July 1-5, 2019
WORLD CONFERENCE OF SCIENCE JOURNALISTS
May 8, 2019
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
May 2, 2019
OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY
March 6, 2019
DAVID RUMSEY MAP CENTER
February 8, 2019
SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE PODCAST
Topic: All Over the Map
February 8, 2019
MCGILL MIDDLE SCHOOL
Topic: Why maps are awesome
Salt Lake City, UT
February 7, 2019
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
Topic: The stories maps tell
Department of Geology and Geophysics Distinguished Lecture Series
Salt Lake City, UT
February 6, 2019
THE KING'S ENGLISH BOOKSHOP
January 30, 2019
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
December 17, 2018
MAPTIME
November 27, 2018
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
November 26, 2018
NERD NITE, EAST BAY
November 15, 2018
NAT GEO NIGHTS
November 5, 2018
INQUIRING MINDS PODCAST
Topic: The Beauty and Utility of Maps
October 26, 2018
COPPERFIELD'S BOOKS
October 25, 2018
PEGASUS BOOKS
October 18, 2018
NORTH AMERICAN CARTOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SOCIETY
April 26, 2018
BERKELEY EXTENSION SCIENCE WRITING COURSE
Topic: Freelancing
Berkeley, CA
April 21, 2018
CALIFORNIA MAP SOCIETY
Topic: Mapping the Grand Canyon
Oakland, CA
October 25-30, 2017
WORLD CONFERENCE OF SCIENCE JOURNALISTS
Topic: Understanding statistics for science journalism
Topic: Covering research on lab animals — challenges and opportunities
San Francisco, CA