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Kass Fernandez (they/them)
@kassstem.bsky.social
Graduate Research Assistant pursuing a PhD in Engineering Education at the University of Florida 🧡🐊💙 https://kassstem.github.io/linkinbio/
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Hello, BlueSky friends! I am a 4th-year Engineering Education PhD student recruiting participants for my dissertation study, "Mentorship Matters: Development of a Framework of Mentoring Activities that Impact STEM Undergraduate Student Professional Formation". Sign up at go.ufl.edu/mentorshipma...
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Please repost and share this flyer with any STEM undergrads in mentorship programs that you know! This work important to better understanding the role of mentorship in professional development.

Undergrads sign up here: go.ufl.edu/mentorshipma...

@kassstem.bsky.social #STEMeducation #mentorship
October 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Hello, BlueSky friends! I am a 4th-year Engineering Education PhD student recruiting participants for my dissertation study, "Mentorship Matters: Development of a Framework of Mentoring Activities that Impact STEM Undergraduate Student Professional Formation". Sign up at go.ufl.edu/mentorshipma...
October 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Exciting events ahead at Gator PASE! Join us for these two can’t-miss sessions!
October 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Join PASE for a Lunch and Learn this Thursday with Lexi Van Horn of the @sierraclub.org!
September 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Join PASE on Sept 25 @ 12 PM in BMS JG32 for Dr. Strinden's workshop on speaking science with clarity and impact! ✨
September 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Thanks JP 😇
September 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Our second post in the PASE Past Speaker series is here, highlighting @sarahmackattack.bsky.social, Executive Director of @skypeascientist.bsky.social! Read the piece, written by PASE Gator Aiden Mather and edited by Founding President Kassandra Fernandez, here: gator-pase.github.io/blog/25-09-1...
Squid Science, Spite, and Skype a Scientist - A Conversation with Dr. Sarah McAnulty | Policy Advocacy in Science and Engineering
PASE Gator Aidan Mather profiles Dr. Sarah McAnulty for the second entry of our Past Speaker Series.
gator-pase.github.io
September 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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PASE is delighted to kick-off our Past Speaker Series by highlighting Sheeva Azma of @fancycomma.bsky.social! Read the piece, written by PASE Gator Aidan Mather and edited by PASE's Founding President Kassandra Fernandez here: gator-pase.github.io/blog/25-09-1...
From Neuroscience to Policy to Fancy Comma - A Profile of Sheeva Azma | Policy Advocacy in Science and Engineering
PASE Gator Aidan Mather profiles Sheeva Azma for the first entry of our Past Speaker Series.
gator-pase.github.io
September 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Science policy starter pack

#scipol

go.bsky.app/HjpXQp5
June 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Science is under unprecedented threat in the US, and we need to speak out to save it.

If you are an early-career researcher, please consider signing our open letter calling to preserve the future of American science: tinyurl.com/mcclintockle....

Our futures, and our country's future, depend on it.
Open Letter: A Call to Preserve the Future of American Science
The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) invites early-career scientists (e.g., student, post-bacc, PhD candidate, post-doctoral researcher, early-career faculty) in the United States to join...
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June 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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December 26, 2024 at 2:52 PM
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Lazy, cold Saturday mornings are when I really miss my cat. Evolutionary biologists aren’t supposed to say this but I think cats are perfect animals, by which I mean there is a peak in the adaptive landscape that Chairman Meow sits on, probably on a throne www.scientificamerican.com/article/cats...
Cats Are Perfect. An Evolutionary Biologist Explains Why
Cats have attained evolutionary perfection
www.scientificamerican.com
November 16, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Hi! My name is Kass and my pronouns are they/them! I'm a third-year Engineering Education PhD student. My research interests include peer mentorship in student organizations as well as near-peer mentorship between K-12 students and undergraduates. Visit my website for more info: kassstem.github.io.
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November 16, 2024 at 11:25 PM
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I couldn’t find a starter pack for POCs working in STEM, so I started one myself - my network here is still small and I didn’t want to assume how people identify, so please reply or DM me if you want to be added!

go.bsky.app/BJkKQVR
November 16, 2024 at 11:07 AM