Sharing thought-provoking stories in science

Jan 28, 2018

Science is Sharing Cups of Tea

- Heidi Steltzer, PhD -

Dr. Steltzer is an environmental scientist, explorer, and storyteller. She is an Associate Professor at Fort Lewis College in Colorado, serves on the leadership team for Homeward Bound, and recently founded the Colorado…

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Jan 21, 2018

Can You Ever Escape Your Personal and Scientific Bubbles?

- Adriana Bankston, PhD -

Adriana Bankston is a bench scientist turned science policy researcher. She is a member of the Board of Directors at Future of Research (FoR), a nonprofit organization with a…

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Jan 10, 2018

No Place Like Home

- Joseph Owuor -

Joseph Owuor is an undergraduate at University of Massachusetts Amherst studying Public Health, and he is a current program coordinator in Kenya for a Boston based NGO. His work focuses on health innovations and research for low resource environments…

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Jan 4, 2018

From Bug Barns to Morse Code

- Jessica Parks, Ph.D. -

[su_box title=”About Jessica Parks” box_color=”#262733"]About Jessica Parks: Jessica Parks is an eyewitness memory expert, working in the court system by day, and indulging her alter ego as an educational course entrepreneur by…

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Jan 3, 2018

Moments: My Daughter’s Journey in Science as a Father

- Davin Shepherd -

Davin Shepherd is the father of Amoy Antunet who is a second-grader from Atlanta, Georgia. Amoy is passionate about science, and with the help of her father, she makes videos on several…

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Dec 23, 2017

Warm Waters and White Sand Beaches: My Journey Studying Human Impacts on the Ocean

Tessa Hill, Ph.D.

[su_box title=”About Dr. Tessa Hill “ box_color=”#2668D5"]Dr. Tessa Hill is a Professor and Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of California…

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Dec 19, 2017

Understanding by Doing

- Tyler J. Ford, Ph.D. -

[dropcap]N[/dropcap]ow that I’ve got my PhD, and I’ve been working in a science communication position for a few years, I’m often asked how I “ended up” in SciComm. The first thing to point out is that I certainly didn’t just “end up”…

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Dec 16, 2017

Everything Starts with a Dream

- Alina Santander Vinokurova -

[dropcap]B[/dropcap]etween wanting and doing, there is a long and hard way called “action”. I understood that when I proved myself in science for the first time.

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Dec 14, 2017

Fear is Nothing But an Illusion

- Farida Kabir -

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]n American author, Norman Vincent Peale, once said, “Believe in yourself, have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your powers, you cannot be successful or happy.”

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Dec 6, 2017

My Journey Coming Out of the Deep Dark Ditch of “publish or perish”

- Sandhya Sriram, PhD -

[dropcap]E[/dropcap]ver since I decided to pursue research, I was told one thing — You have to have good publications to succeed as a scientist. This was embedded…