How to Effectively Communicate Your Science at CERF 2025

Angela Levins is the PR Director at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. She started her career path in 2002 as a news producer at WLOX-TV in Biloxi, Mississippi. After Hurricane Katrina, Levins traveled to Norfolk, Virginia, with a short stent as the web producer at WAVY-TV before jumping back into the news producer chair. She moved to Mobile, Alabama, in 2008 to serve as a news producer at FOX10 News. She rounded out her journalism skills as the community engagement specialist and digital reporter at AL.com.

Today, she uses everything she learned in those first 13 years to highlight the importance of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), the state of Alabama's marine research and education center. She shares the DISL mission through all media channels and community connections. Her awards include an Edward R. Murrow and Peabody for Hurricane Katrina coverage, a Virginia Broadcasters Award for breaking news, and Public Relations Council of Alabama Awards for DISL's promotional videos in 2023 and 2024.

Megan Fork is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at West Chester University. Research in her lab seeks to understand the transport and transformation of elements, energy, and contaminants in urban and aquatic ecosystems. As a research mentor, Megan has trained more than a dozen students to create and present award-winning posters at institutional, regional, and international conferences.

Paula Green co-founded Green Fin Studio, an environmental communication and community engagement firm. She and her team work on an array of challenging environmental topics, including resilience planning, land and water conservation, fisheries management, agricultural production, and energy development, all with an eye on long-term sustainability. Paula brings decades of experience in building diverse collaborations and developing award-winning communication solutions. To share some of this expertise, she co-authored a guidebook on environmental communication, “Speaking of the Environment: What Your Science Classes Didn’t Teach You About Effective Communication”, available through all major book retailers.