Kaedan O'Brien portrait
  • Graduate Research Fellow, National Science Foundation
  • Grad Assist - Rsrch Focus (GR), Anthropology Department
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Professional Service

  • American Association of Biological Anthropologists . Role: Panelist. The First-Generation Student: Navigating Academia and Tips for Educators. 03/2022 - 03/2022
  • Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Session Moderator. 11/2021 - 11/2021

Outreach

  • Paleoanthropology Guest Lecture, East Hollywood High School. 10/2021 - 10/2021
  • NSF-GRFP Application Preparation Panel. 03/2021 - 06/2021
  • Human Evolution Exhibit Design at Natural History Museum of Utah. 01/2021 - present
  • World Anthropology Day. 02/2020 - 02/2020
  • Darwin Day. 02/2020 - 02/2020
  • Natural History Museum of Utah Behind the Scenes Weekend. 11/2019 - 11/2019
  • Nine Mile Canyon Stewardship Day. 09/2019 - 09/2019

Honors & Awards

  • Graduate Research Fellowship. National Science Foundation, 04/2020

Affiliations

  • National Museums of Kenya Department of Earth Sciences, Nairobi, Kenya (NMK), Affiliated Researcher, 06/01/2018 - present
  • Natural History Museum of Utah Department of Anthropology, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (NHMU), Student Academic Affiliate, 08/16/2018 - present