Saying NO is how you can make the world a better place (plus 10 ways to say no)
NOTES: Suicide is mentioned briefly in this post. Also, I realize there's great privilege in even being able to say/feel like one can say...
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Fall 2023 workshops & trainings: Writing, Sketching for Scientists & Broader Impacts
I've been invited to facilitate quite a few workshops and trainings this fall. I'll update this list as more details are finalized. Hope...
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Writing like broccoli: Disguise the effort so students can get past hang-ups + be better writers
Does that title sound like a book? Might be a good idea, but I'm already writing one for instructors, and I am wrangling enough other...
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A Top-20 Reading List: Starting Points for Science of SciComm
In the spirit of my earlier post sharing my detailed scicomm bibliography, today I'm sharing a top-20 reading list. [1, 2] When I posted...
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Should have cited: Poetics of teaching
I’m an omnivorous reader [1], and as I progress through one project and then the next, I regularly bump into essays, peer-reviewed...
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Can ChatGPT write a #SciComm grant proposal?
This screenshot was an attempt to recreate the initial chat, because I didn’t think to take a screenshot before I ended the chat and...
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Productivity can kill us, but productivity still matters. 🤔Or, a few things I’ve found useful
Screenshots of my time tracking over 3 years, sorted by major activity categories: product-focused work, meetings, email, miscellaneous...
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Science communication bibliography
Screenshot of the bibliography linked to in this post. Follow the links for an accessible, plain-text version. If you’re looking for a...
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Exciting news: I’m (co-)writing a book!
Image: breaking news, © Jernej Furman CC BY 2.0 via flickr.com I’ve been itching to share this news, and now I can: I’m writing a book...
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Meteor: The honest podcast about scicomm with impact
Last year, I launched Meteor, a podcast, with friend, collaborator, and fellow dreamer-schemer Virginia Schutte. We just wrapped Season 2...
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Why sketching matters + some of the many ways we can use sketches in SciArt and SciComm
I recently gave an invited talk/interview for a high school scientific illustration class. It was so much fun to think with them about...
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Article: Sharing Science Through Shared Values, Goals, and Stories: An Evidence-Based Approach to Ma
Screenshot of first page of the paper Last fall, I had the great pleasure to accept an invitation to write a paper for a special issue in...
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Article: Community voices – the importance of diverse networks in academic mentoring
Screenshot of our proposed framework for effective mentoring situated within a well-funded and institutionally supported system to build...
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Advice: Your grad school inquiry email better relate directly to the person you’re emailing
Approaching prospective faculty advisers can feel daunting (and random). But it doesn’t have to. (Image ©2018, BGMerkle) I field a fair...
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Advice: A cover letter should center your expertise *relevant to the position/RFP*, not your career
When you’re looking for job or funding opportunities, your cover letter does some heavy lifting. (Photo of me (#throwback) doing field...
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Sketching Tip: Sketching Techniques Toolkit
Student practicing simplifying a complex image into essential line work (at a Sketching for Scientists workshop I taught at Harvard...
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SciComm Advice: Start at the End (what are you trying to do?)
©2021 – Student sketching in a notebook surrounded by educational materials I frequently get asked by students and faculty what kind of...
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Canadian Science Publishing interviews me about creative ways of doing science communication and sha
I was invited to serve as the People’s Choice Judge for Canadian Science Publishing*’s 2021 Visualizing Science contest (which you can...
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Article: Using collages & surveys to understand public opinion about managing agricultural lands
Screenshot of article I was fascinated and delighted to join a group of researchers who used art (collages made by community members) to...
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IMPACT project receives UWyo Grand Challenges funding
Screenshot of UWyo press release The University of Wyoming’s Grand Challenges initiative recently announced the winners of the first...
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