Mallory Conlon
Outreach Astronomer at Yerkes Observatory
Williams Bay, Wisconsin, United States
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Top SchoolMallory Conlon is an outreach astronomer with 12 years of experience designing and delivering engaging astronomy education and public outreach programs, currently leading Yerkes Observatory’s education initiatives. She holds an M.S. in Astronomy and Astrophysics from UIUC and has a background in research on student misconceptions about cosmology, which informs her evidence-based approach to informal science learning. Mallory has produced 150+ educational videos and helped develop multiple online undergraduate astronomy courses, blending multimedia instructional design with classroom teaching experience. She spent over two years as an instructional designer at UIUC’s CITL collaborating across STEM and computer science departments to create effective online learning experiences. Known for thriving in fast-paced, informal learning environments, she excels at crafting interactive activities that spark curiosity across age groups and reliably evaluates program impact to iterate on outreach strategies.
12 years of coding experience
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignGithub contributions (1)
msiebert1/kaepora
Jan 2014 - Apr 2014
Contributions:55 commits in 2 months
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