Making Science Matter Locally Through Communication and Storytelling
Dr. Shane Hanlon | Teaching Assistant Professor, Department of Crop Sciences at Univeristy of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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How does science go from the field to policy? Who are the folks who make science matter? Can I, private citizen, have a voice in the science-communication process? Join science communicator and storyteller Shane Hanlon as he shares experiences from research, policy, and communication to provide tips and tools on how to engage in science action via stories, personal relationships, and some good ole’ local activism.
About the Speaker
Shane M Hanlon, Ph.D., is a conservation biologist turned science communicator who currently serves as Manager of the American Geophysical Union’s Sharing Science program where he teaches fellow scientists how to talk to non-scientists. He is also Executive Producer and co-host of AGU’s podcast Third Pod from the Sun. He is also a Senior Producer with the science storytelling organization The Story Collider and instructor at the University of Pittsburgh’s Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology and he takes a few weeks each summer to get back out in the field and catch frogs. Find him on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok.
