Alling directs the development and presentation of Earth and Space science content for public presentation at the Marston Exploration Theater and the Gallery of Scientific Exploration.
Alling’s professional interests include the history of astronomy and how people through history react to scientific trends and investigations.
Alling is a board member of the Society for Cultural Astronomy in the American Southwest, an organization that engages with Native Americans and their cultural views of science and knowledge using the backdrop of observable astronomical phenomena