Leading the development and implementation of programs and projects designed to advance physics and physics education, including writing grant proposals, facilitating collaboration meetings and conferences, managing budgets, designing program activities, and collaborating with marketing and web teams.My main projects are:1) The Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC; https://phystec.org/) which supports programs in colleges and universities across the US to prepare future high school physics teachers.2) The Effective Practices for Physics Programs (EP3; https://ep3guide.org/) Initiative, which works to empower physics programs across the US to create and sustain change efforts in order to become thriving and equitable programs that support and are responsive to students' unique needs, interests, and pathways.3) APS Education & Diversity Statistics (https://www.aps.org/programs/education/statistics/), which shares trends in demographic data about physics degree recipients as compared with STEM and all degree recipients at the Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD level.

Joint appointment with the Center for Gender Equity in Science & Technology (CGEST) and the School of Earth & Space Exploration (SESE) to develop, implement, and assess inclusive science education. Her new science curricula will explicitly include principles of cultural responsiveness and intersectionality in order to empower students to connect science with their personal identities.

- Provided instructional assistance at glassworking classes and summer camps for local middle school students- Provided additional assistance managing the Flame Shop- Volunteered at the SGS booth at Science City at the 2019 Tucson Festival of Books to demonstrate flame-working techniques and describe the connections between glass art and science

- Conducting research on a general-education (200-level) cosmology course (Spring 2019) to assess the effectiveness of newly-designed curriculum on course goals of connecting science with society- Observed 6 sessions of courses participating in an NSF-funded project to promote active learning; used the Classroom Observation Protocol for Undergraduate STEM (COPUS) to assess the courses

Publication list available on ADS (http://bit.ly/CODonnell_ADS) or Google Scholar (http://bit.ly/CODonnell_publications)- Independent research project on comparing theoretical simulations with observational data to study dark matter accretion rates of galaxy halos (advisor: Prof. Peter Behroozi; Fall 2018 – present)- Independent research projects on analyzing radio interferometric observations of galaxy clusters to measure scaling relations between cluster masses and observable properties (advisor: Prof. Dan Marrone; Fall 2014 – present)- Independent research project on estimating redshifts of ultra-diffuse galaxies (advisor: Prof. Dennis Zaritsky; Spring 2018 – Summer 2018)- Worked with multiple collaborations, including the Massive Distant Clusters of WISE Survey (MaDCOWS) and the Local Cluster Substructure Survey (LoCuSS)

- Facilitated sessions at professional development workshops for high school (March 2019) & K-8 teachers (April 2019) on activities designed for Arizona science standards including Solar System distance scales, planetary motions, lunar phases, and seasons

- Worked as an instructor for the City Programs with local 3rd & 4th grade classes at 4 different schools- Facilitated groups of 6-8 students working on a scientific inquiry project over the course of 3 days; projects were motived by student observations and questions about the school’s environment (e.g., insect habitats and colors of different plants)

- Served as a representative from the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics (Fall 2017 – present)- Elected to AGCCS Vice President (Fall 2017 – Spring 2018) and President (Fall 2018 – Spring 2019)- Organized two "Science Speakeasy" (informal science cafes at a local brewery); coordinated scientist registration and partnered with the March for Science of Southern Arizona- Organized the 2018 College of Science Teaching Assistant Training (August 2018) with sessions on grading, teaching, diversity, and classroom management; contacted speakers to develop the sessions- Organized registration for the 2017 College of Science Teaching Assistant Training (August 2017)

- Spring 2019: TA for ASTR 201 (general-education cosmology course; ~40 students). This role is part of a course-reform project to incorporate active learning and inclusive teaching strategies into classes. I am conducting education research on the course to determine the effectiveness of the newly designed curriculum on students’ views of science in relation to social and cultural factors.- Spring 2018: TA for ASTR 170B1 (general-education astronomy course; ~75 students). This course utilized lecture-tutorials and other active learning techniques.- Spring 2017: TA for ASTR 170B1 (general-education astronomy course; ~150 students). This course was taught in a planetarium theatre, and I had the opportunity to teach 1 lecture on the structure of the Milky Way galaxy incorporating both a slideshow presentation and planetarium software visuals.

- Participated in the STEM week of WSP, an academic “bootcamp” for veterans returning to school- Designed and led a new research lab activity on digital imaging concepts (June 2018)- Co-led a daily exoplanet research lab session (5 students) using conceptual activities, online interactive tools, and basic Python programming, including modules to model planetary orbits (June 2017)- Provided additional instructional assistance on physics problem sets during daily recitation sections and evening work sessions

I work with the team creating science inquiry investigations for middle & high school teachers to implement that use data from the upcoming Vera C. Rubin Observatory (previously referred to as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope). These investigations are designed for NGSS standards, and my role is to focus on the equity & inclusiveness of the investigations and design prompts that address connections to students' personal experiences.

- Creating advocacy resources and strategies for AAPT and its members to use- Presented these resources at the AAPT 2013 Summer Meeting (July 2013) to AAPT Section Chairs and at the American Astronomical Society 223rd Meeting (Jan. 2014)

- Preparing a paper on young stellar objects in NGC 3576- Wrote a senior thesis on identifying and classifying young stellar objects- Collaborating on the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Explorer (APOGEE) survey- Spring 2012 project: Verified target selection methods, with data included in a paper by Bovy et al. 2012 (http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.0759)

- Edited the material to increase readability and created extra examples - Wrote qualitative and quantitative questions to include at the end of each chapter

- Independent project on characteristics and trends among a sample of 100,000 nearby stars- Presented a poster at the American Astronomical Society 221st Meeting (January 2013; Long Beach, CA)- Gave a talk at the 2nd Annual UVa Undergraduate Physics Research Symposium and won 1st place (November 2012)- Presented at the UVa Undergraduate Research Network Symposium and won 1st place in the Science category as well as the Spectra and Academic Affairs prizes (April 2013)- Collaborating on a paper to publish the results

- Led discussion sections (20 students each) for Classical and Modern Physics I & II (PHYS 2310) and Principles of Physics II (PHYS 2020)- Prepared lesson plans and example problems for each section and held office hours twice per week- Wrote and graded weekly quizzes to test student understanding

- Independent project on how planetary atmospheres refract light from host stars- Wrote computer simulated to model the effects of various atmospheres