Graduate students learn a number of transferable skills while completing their degree, but it’s not always clear how to use those skills outside of academia. Through the lens of her post-degree career path, Kristin will share tips for seeking employment outside of the traditional academic route and highlight opportunities to use scientific skills in government, policy, and communication. She will provide particular insight into two AAAS fellowship opportunities, the Science & Technology Policy Fellowship and the Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship.

Bio: Kristin Lewis is a project director at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Kristin leads the AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship, co-led the AAAS IF/THEN Ambassadors project and facilitated Communicating Science workshops. Prior to joining AAAS in 2019, Kristin supported the development of the Fourth National Climate Assessment at the U.S. Global Change Research Program and was a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at NASA. She also served as a project analyst in capital project management at Independent Project Analysis. She holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Michigan, and can often be seen on her bike in the streets or trails around D.C.