PA21A:
Communication of Science: Practice, Research, and Reflection I
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Session ID#: 57715
Session Description:
Do you consider yourself a science communicator? Does your research group or institution participate in public engagement activities? Have you ever evaluated or published your education, outreach or engagement efforts?
Scientists communicate to non-peer audiences through numerous pathways including websites, blogs, public lectures, media interviews, and educational and research collaborations. A considerable amount of time and money is invested in these engagement activities and these efforts are to a large extent responsible for the public perception of science. However, few opportunities and incentives exist for researchers to optimize their communication practices to ensure effective engagement. This session, run at both AGU and EGU, encourages critical reflection on science communication practices and provides an opportunity for science communicators to share best practice and experiences with evaluation and research in this field.
Primary Convener: Heidi A Roop, University of Washington, Climate Impacts Group, Seattle, United States
Conveners: Samuel Michael Illingworth, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom, Kristin Timm, George Mason University, Department of Communication, Fairfax, United States and Yi-Ling Hwong, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Primary Liaison: Heidi A Roop, University of Washington, Climate Impacts Group, Seattle, United States
Chairs: Heidi A Roop, University of Washington, Climate Impacts Group, Seattle, United States, Kristin Timm, University of Alaska Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Samuel Michael Illingworth, Manchester Metropolitan University, School of Science and the Environment, Manchester, United Kingdom and Yi-Ling Hwong, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
OSPA Liaison: Heidi A Roop, University of Washington, Climate Impacts Group, Seattle, United States
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Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
John Cook, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
K L Akerlof, PhD, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States, Maria Carmen Lemos, University of Michigan, School for Environment and Sustainability, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Emily Therese Cloyd, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Center for Public Engagement with Science & Technology, Washington, DC, United States and Erin Heath, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Office of Government Relations, Washington, United States
Robert C. O'Malley1, Elizabeth Crocker, PhD2 and Emily Therese Cloyd1, (1)American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC, United States, (2)American Geophysical Union, Thriving Earth Exchange, Washington, DC, United States
Meg Nakahara, COMPASS, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Karin B Kirk, Freelance Science Writer, Bozeman, MT, United States
Thomas Di Liberto, CollabraLink Technologies Inc, Silver Spring, MD, United States, David Drew Herring, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD, United States, Rebecca Lindsey, NOAA, Climate Program Office, Silver Spring, MD, United States and LuAnn E Dahlman, NOAA Climate Program Office, Mesa, AZ, United States
Deb L Morrison, CLEAR Environmental, Pender Island, BC, Canada and Philip Bell, University of Washington Seattle Campus, College of Education, Seattle, United States
