Public Outreach, Education, and Service

National Geographic Magazine, March, 2011, “Volcano Next Door” https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2011/04/nyiragongo-volcano/

Editors Note in National Geographic Magazine, March, 2011 http://blogs.ngm.com/blog_central/2011/03/editors-note-the-worlds-most-d.

National Geographic Explorers Children’s Magazine, October, 2011 “Lessons in Lava” 
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/pioneer/1109/articles/mai. 

National Geographic Television Man versus Volcano, Aired in April 2011

Research Bio on National Geographic Explorers Website, posted December, 2011 http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/bios/kenneth-sims/

Weekly Reader Current Science Teen Magazine, November 2011 “Lake of Fire”http://www.weeklyreader.com/content/current-science-teaching-center-3

Colorado College Bulletin Alumni Magazine, December 2011, “Alumni Profile” http://sites.coloradocollege.edu/bulletin/2011/12/peak-profile-ken-sims-86/

Featured Scientist on Discovery Channel, Against the Elements, Masaya, March 6, 2009

Featured Scientist in children’s book “Lava Scientists: Careers on the Edge of Volcanoes.” Enslow Publishers Inc., 2009 (author Sara Latta) http://www.saralatta.com/

New Scientist, Interview, December, 2008 [PDF] http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026877.200-the-man-who-collects-molten-lava-for-a-living.html?full=true

New Scientist, July 2008, "Into the Mouth of Hell." Oceanus, Fall, 2006,  “Into the 'Mouth of Hell':A journey into the crater of an active volcano.

Popular Mechanics, SA, November, 2006, “Into the 'Mouth of Hell’.”

Geographic Magazine, October, 2004, “Sniffing for Clues to the Dinosaurs Demise.”

Miracle Continent Antarctica- Mt Erebus. Initially Broadcast on NHK Public Television, Japan, 2001  

Senior Citizen and Elementary, Middle and High School Lectures on Volcanology and Geology High School Science Fair Judge, Falmouth MA, Berkeley CA, and Oakland CA