​​​​Kristen Lear, PhD

Continuing Education:

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• Class Creator and Leader, Social and Ecological Complexities of Bat and Coronavirus Ecology (University of Georgia, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Summer 2020)

• Class Creator and Leader, Bats and Batty People: Bats of Athens, Bats of the World (University of Georgia, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Fall 2018)

• Class Creator and Leader, Bat Biologist for an Evening (University of Georgia, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Fall 2017)

• Class Creator and Leader, The World of Bats (University of Georgia, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Spring 2017)

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Graduate:

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• Guest Lecturer, Principles of Integrative Conservation I (University of Georgia, ICON 8001, Fall 2018)

• Guest Lecturer, Principles of Integrative Conservation I (University of Georgia, ICON 8001, Fall 2017)

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Graduate/Undergraduate:

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• Guest Lecturer, Ecology Conservation Seminar Series/Perspectives in Conservation and Sustainable Development (University of Georgia, ICON/ECOL 8400, Fall 2019)

• Teaching Assistant, Restoration Ecology (University of Georgia, ECOL 4420/6220, Spring 2018)

• Guest Lecturer, Restoration Ecology (University of Georgia, ECOL 4420/6220, Spring 2018)

• Guest Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Sustainability Seminar (University of Georgia, FCID 4200/6200, Spring 2018, 2 classes)

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​Undergraduate:

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• Guest Lecturer, First Year Seminar Series (Trinity University, Fall 2020)

• Guest Lecturer, Ecology and the Human Future (Ohio Wesleyan University, BOMI 233, Spring 2020)

• Guest Lecturer, Natural Resources Conservation (University of Georgia, FANR 1100, Spring 2019)

• Guest Lecturer, First Year Odyssey Seminar (University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Fall 2016)

• Guest Lecturer, First Year Odyssey Seminar (University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Fall 2015)

• Mentor, Freshman Honors Tutorial: Bacteria, Birds, and Degradation (Ohio Wesleyan University, Spring 2008 – Spring 2009)

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Elementary, Middle, and High School:

 

• Frequent contributor to virtual and in person STEM education programs including National Geographic Explorer Classroom, Skype a Scientist, Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants, DreamWakers, Nepris, and Girl Scouts of the USA. Presentations in English and Spanish include (but are not limited to): Los Murciélagos: Adaptaciones y Conservación/Bats: Adaptations and Conservation; El Mundo de Los Murciélagos/The World of Bats; Biomimicry and Bats; Threatened Bats of New Jersey; Saving an Endangered Pollinator; Bats and Pollination; Being a Bat Scientist; Exploring White-Nose Syndrome and Conservation Through Art; Desert & Mountain Ecosystems and Endangered Pollinating Bats; Animal Structures for Survival: The Bat Take; How to Be a Zoologist.

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• Helped create K-12 STEM lesson plans that meet science standards focusing on bats and bat conservation:

  • Selected to represent bat conservation science for the national I Am A Scientist program and helped create a STEM “Spark Kit” about my graduate research for use by middle school classes (meets Next Generation Science Standards)

  • Helped develop a Bats lesson plan with Science Delivered! focusing on bat-inspired inventions (meets Next Generation Science Standards)

  • Developed a lesson plan for 7th grade classes titled "Interactions in the Animal and Plant Kingdom", Scientific Research and Education Network