Science Communication

I enjoy sharing natural history and botanical research through public talks, writing, workshops, and educational media.

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Talks and Webinars

• iNaturalist for Botanists and Other Plant Enthusiasts — Botanical Club of Wisconsin (December 9, 2025)
• The Secret Life of Wisconsin’s Native Orchids — Madison Orchid Growers’ Guild (September 21, 2025)
• Mycoheterotrophic Orchids – Native Orchid Conference (February 27, 2024)
• Triphora: North America's Most Enigmatic Orchid Genus – Native Orchid Conference (January 24, 2023)
• Mosses of Florida — Florida Native Plant Society chapter (November 14, 2022)
• Orchids of Florida – Florida Native Plant Society, Ixia Chapter (October 4, 2021)
• Mosses of Florida – Florida Native Plant Society, Cuplet Fern Chapter (May 10, 2021)

Radio

• Wisconsin's Orchids – WGTD (September 9, 2022)
• Wisconsin's Mosses – WGTD (May 19, 2022)

Educational Videos

• Bryophyte and Lichen education video series, produced with funding from the United States National Science Foundation (DBI-2001509) for the collaborative project, Building a Global Consortium of Bryophytes and Lichens: Keystones of Cryptobiotic Communities (GLOBAL) (https://globaltcn.utk.edu/), in partnership with the Field Museum, Chicago and University of Alaska-Fairbanks. With Nkosi Evans and Todd Widhelm.
  • Learning Glass: Bryophytes Versus Lichens Comparison (May 2023)
  • Learning Glass: How to ID Mosses (May 2023)
  • Learning Glass: Life Cycles of Bryophytes and Lichens (May 2023)

Workshops and Walks

• Introduction to Moss Identification — University of Wisconsin–Madison (November 7, 2025)
• An Introduction to the Lovely Mosses and Other Bryophytes of UW Lakeshore Nature Preserve, with Nkosi Evans (Friends of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve, August 27, 2023)

Panel Discussions

• Planting the Seeds of Science Communication — Botany 2022, Anchorage, Alaska

Magazines and Other Writing

• “The mysterious case of sassafras in Wisconsin” — Doyle, K. & Corder, B.
  Botanical Club of Wisconsin Newsletter (Spring 2026)
• The Natural History of the Three Birds Orchids
  The Wisconsin Flora, Botanical Club of Wisconsin (Fall 2020)
• “Ghost World: Efforts to save the ghost orchid”
  The Fine Print, Gainesville, Florida (Spring 2017)
• “Troubled Waters: Increased dumping of waste into our water has made an impact”
  The Fine Print, Gainesville, Florida (Spring 2016)
• “CTRL+S the Planet: UF supercomputer helps crunch data that tells us the effects of climate change”
  The Fine Print, Gainesville, Florida (Winter 2016)
• “Intruder Alert: Alachua County is one of the top counties in the state for numbers of invasive species – What does that mean?”
  The Fine Print, Gainesville, Florida (Fall 2015)

• bdcorder@ncsu.edu
• brandoncorder95@gmail.com