ED51F:
The Role of Scientists as Communicators: From the Classroom to the Pub I

Friday, 19 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Chairs:  Heidi A Roop, GNS Science-Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, Rhian Anya Salmon, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand and Sarah Bartholow, Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, Fairbanks, United States
Primary Conveners:  Heidi A Roop, GNS Science-Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd, Lower Hutt, New Zealand; Victoria University of Wellington, Antarctic Research Centre, Wellington, New Zealand
Co-conveners:  Sarah Bartholow, Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, Fairbanks, United States, Rhian Anya Salmon, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand and Samuel Michael Illingworth, Univ of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
OSPA Liaisons:  Sarah Bartholow, Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, Fairbanks, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

8:00 AM
 
Story-Telling for Science: One Scientist’s Story
Richard B Alley, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
8:15 AM
 
Succeeding in Science Communication amid Contentious Public Policy Debates
Aaron Huertas, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Communications, Washington, DC, United States
8:30 AM
 
Building a Science Communication Culture: One Agency’s Approach
Sarah DeWitt, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States, Laura F Tenenbaum, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Burbank, CA, United States and Laura Betz, Telophase Corporation, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
8:45 AM
 
The public communication of science in public health graduate programs in Brazil: From the coordinators’ perspective
Carlos Antonio Teixeira, Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo, Master Program in Health Promotion, São Paulo, Brazil and Paulo Rogério Gallo, Universidade de São Paulo, School of Public Health, São Paulo, Brazil
9:00 AM
 
Lessons Learned from the IceCube Collaboration Education and Outreach Efforts: The Importance of Partners
Jim Madsen1, Silvia Bravo Gallart2, Jean Demerit2 and Megan Madsen2, (1)University of Wisconsin River Falls, River Falls, WI, United States, (2)University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States
9:15 AM
 
The Science of Effectively Communicating about Drought in California
Timothy M Gann, Martha H Conklin, James P Gonzales and Teenie Matlock, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, United States
9:30 AM
 
Snow, Ice, & Satellites: An Early Career Researcher’s Experience with Twitter
Allen Pope, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States and Theodore A Scambos, Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States
9:45 AM
 
Lessons Learned on Stage: How Improv Can Improve Science Communication
Gifford J Wong, Christian Kohn, Mark A McPeek and Nancy Serrell, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States
 
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