Change something for the better, even if it's a seemingly small thing (said another way, come to my online book launch this week!)

bethann29
3 days ago
2 min read

Science isn't the silver bullet here, but communicating and teaching it more effectively and humanely is a meaningful piece of the puzzle!

Smiling woman stands outdoors in a snowy environment. She is looking down at a book in her hands. The title of the book is legible: Teaching and Mentoring Writers in the Sciences. — My VERY first copy of our new book!! A FedEx or UPS temp driver left the package at the mailboxes near the highway, instead of bringing the package up the road. So, a neighbor grabbed the package, and I picked it up from their house…and couldn’t resist opening it right their in their yard!

While the focus of School of Good Trouble is not only and always my new book—and while it might seem like a book about science writing is not the most important thing right now:

Communication is vital for everything we hope will make the world a better place.
While higher ed and the scientific enterprise endure, we’ll need to write well. And we owe it to students/early career folks to help them do that (rather than expecting them to figure it out on their own).
So, I do want to share with you at least one more useful resource that relates to the book!

This Thursday, we’ll be hosting the U.S.-based hybrid launch of the book (Steve already led the Canadian launch)!

If you’d like to join us online or in-person, scroll on. And, if you have other things on your mind next week, carry on!

Event details

Date: Thursday, January 29
Time: 3:00 pm Mountain Time
Location: 511 Coe Library (Laramie, WY) and online
Program: Introductions, mini-workshop, Q&A, book signing. There will be books to purchase at the event!

RSVP requested:

Register here to join us online!
For in-person folks, please let us know you’re coming so we have enough goodies. And, the first 20 in-person folks get a free copy of the book, thanks to the UW School of Graduate Education!

30% discount on the book

The UW Book store will be on site to sell additional copies, or you can get your copies from the publisher or your preferred local or online vendor! (If you order from the publisher, use the code UCPNEW for a 30% discount!)

Event co-sponsors

UW Ellbogen Center for Teaching and Learning, UW School of Graduate Education, UW Communication Across the Curriculum, and UW Science Communication Initiative

Thank you!!!!

Once again, and not for the last time, thank you SO MUCH for your interest and support of this book! I really do think using the ideas from it can help make the world a better place.