Eleanor Gardner


Eleanor Gardner
  • Outreach & Engagement Coordinator - Museum Staff

Contact Info

Dyche Hall
1345 Jayhawk Blvd.
Lawrence, KS 66045

Biography —

Eleanor Gardner is the Outreach & Engagement Coordinator for the Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum.

Education —

Graduate Certificate, Nonprofit Leadership, University of Florida, 2017
M.S. in Geology, University of Georgia, 2011
B.A. in Biology, Agnes Scott College, 2007

Selected Publications —

Gardner, E.E.* (2025). Tips & Strategies for Effective Science Outreach and Education. Presentation for the National EPSCoR Education & Outreach Leadership Council, virtual, May.

Gardner, E.E.* (2024). Digging Fossils #LikeAGirl: Broadening Public Engagement with Paleontology Through Dedicated Scouting Fun Patch. Poster at the 12th North American Paleontological Convention, Ann Arbor, MI, June.

Horinek, H.*, Schneider, B., Hasiuk, F., Lopez-Caranza, N., and Gardner, E.E. (2022). Expanding accessibility in 3 dimensions by printing Kansas fossil toolkits for K-12 classrooms. American Geophysical Union annual meeting, Dec.

Crippen, K., Mills, S.*, Lundgren, L.*, Gardner, E.E.*, MacFadden, B.J. (2019). FOSSIL: Building a Community of Practice via Social Paleontology. PaleoBios 36 (Supplement 1), pp. 203-204, 11th North American Paleontological Convention Program with Abstracts.

Lundgren, L., Crippen, K.J., Gardner, E.E., Perez, V.J. and Leder, R. (2018). Mental models and social media personas: A case of amateur paleontologists. International Journal of Social Media and Interactive Learning Environments, 6(1), pp. 44-69.

Pirlo, J., MacFadden, B.J., Gardner, E.E., Perez, V.J., and Porcello, D. (2018). Connecting Fossil Clubs With K–12 Teachers. Connected Science Learning. v. 1, issue 6

Gardner, E.E.* and Humphrey, J. (2018). Collections delivered: The mobile KU natural history museum. Poster presentation at the national meeting of the Geological Society of America: Indianapolis, IN.

Lundgren, L.*, Bex, R.T., Crippen, K.J., Gardner, E.E.*, Mills, S.M., and MacFadden, B.J. (2018). Implementing social media campaigns and webinars to promote professionalization in paleontology. Poster presentation at the national meeting of the Geological Society of America: Indianapolis, IN.

Pirlo, J.*, MacFadden, B.J., Gardner, E.E., Perez, V., and Porcello, D. (2018). FOSSILS4TEACHERS! - Connecting fossil clubs with K-12 teachers. Oral presentation at the national meeting of the Geological Society of America: Indianapolis, IN.

Gardner, E.E.* (2018). Engaging creatively with nature: Lawrence bugblitz & youth photography competition. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Kansas Environmental Education Conference: Lawrence, KS.

Gardner, E.E.*, MacFadden, B.J., and Crippen, K.J. (2017). Best practices and lessons learned in developing a community of citizen scientists via the FOSSIL project. Oral presentation at the national meeting of the Geological Society of America: Seattle, WA.

*denotes presenter

Memberships —

Geological Society of America

Paleontological Society

Association for Women Geoscientists

National Association of Geoscience Teachers