Erin Leigh Howard
Erin is an award-winning, non-traditional, nonbinary, first-gen, and disabled undergraduate student from Western Washington University specializing in astronomy and accessibility.
Interests
Eclipsing Binaries
Astro ML
LSST/Vera Rubin Observatory
Education
B.S. in Physics & Math/Computer Science
Western Washington University
Expected June 2022
Recent Publications
2021
Davenport, James. R. A.; Windemuth, Diana; Warmbein, Karen; Howard, Erin L.; Klein, Courtney; Birky, Jessica
The Rise and Fall of the Eclipsing Binary HS Hydrae Journal Article
In: Astronomical Journal, vol. 162, no. 5, pp. 189, 2021.
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title = {The Rise and Fall of the Eclipsing Binary HS Hydrae},
author = {James. R. A. Davenport and Diana Windemuth and Karen Warmbein and Erin L. Howard and Courtney Klein and Jessica Birky},
doi = {10.3847/1538-3881/ac1f97},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-11-01},
urldate = {2021-11-01},
journal = {Astronomical Journal},
volume = {162},
number = {5},
pages = {189},
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Dounas-Frazer, Dimitri R.; Gillen, Daniel; Herne, Catherine M.; Howard, Erin; Lindell, Rebecca S.; McGrew, G I.; Mumford, J. Reid; Nguyen, Newton H.; Osadchuk, L. C.; Crane, Jamie Principato; Pugeda, Tyler M.; Reeves, Kevauna; Scanlon, Erin M.; Spiecker, David; Xu, Sheila Z.
Increase Investment in Accessible Physics Labs: A Call to Action for the Physics Education Community Technical Report
College Park, MD, 2021.
@techreport{Dounas-Frazer2021,
title = {Increase Investment in Accessible Physics Labs: A Call to Action for the Physics Education Community},
author = {Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer and Daniel Gillen and Catherine M. Herne and Erin Howard and Rebecca S. Lindell and G I. McGrew and J. Reid Mumford and Newton H. Nguyen and L. C. Osadchuk and Jamie Principato Crane and Tyler M. Pugeda and Kevauna Reeves and Erin M. Scanlon and David Spiecker and Sheila Z. Xu},
url = {https://www.aapt.org/aboutaapt/organization/upload/white_paper_on_accessible_labs_endorsed.pdf},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-07-29},
urldate = {2021-07-29},
address = {College Park, MD},
organization = {American Association of Physics Teachers},
series = {Committee on Laboratories},
abstract = {Many physics laboratories prohibit learners from learning and engaging with physics in an equitable way. We call on the physics community to invest time, energy, and resources to increase accessibility of undergraduate physics labs.},
howpublished = {Endorsed by the AAPT Board of Directors},
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Recent Posters & Presentations
2021
Howard, Erin; Covey, Kevin R.; Davenport, James R. A.
Leveraging Statistical Analysis to Develop Classification Labels for Time Series Data Presentation
01.07.2021.
@misc{2021tsc2.confE.201H,
title = {Leveraging Statistical Analysis to Develop Classification Labels for Time Series Data},
author = {Erin Howard and Kevin R. Covey and James R. A. Davenport},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.5151000},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-07-01},
urldate = {2021-07-01},
booktitle = {Posters from the TESS Science Conference II (TSC2)},
pages = {201},
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pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {presentation}
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Howard, E. L.; Davenport, J. R.; Covey, K. A.
Leveraging Statistical Analysis to Develop Labels for Astronomical Time Series Data Presentation
01.01.2021.
@misc{2021AAS...23714002H,
title = {Leveraging Statistical Analysis to Develop Labels for Astronomical Time Series Data},
author = {E. L. Howard and J. R. Davenport and K. A. Covey},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
urldate = {2021-01-01},
booktitle = {American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts},
volume = {53},
pages = {140.02},
series = {American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts},
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pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {presentation}
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Recent Talks & Panels
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