Sharing Your Science: Engaging Diverse Audiences through Communications and Outreach Programs

Session ID#: 123387

Session Description:
Scientists share their science with broader communities through presentations, social media, events and activities, and more. This session seeks to discover the innovative and creative ways in which scientists are sharing their science with a variety of audiences, the mechanisms they are using to connect with those audiences, training opportunities that enabled their meaningful engagement, or how they transitioned to engaging audiences virtually. Are there programs that have been most effective at enabling communication, education, and engagement with diverse audiences of color, culture, and abilities?

We welcome presentations demonstrating the breadth of scientists’ activities to engage these diverse audiences and modalities. We particularly invite recommendations about the resources and authentic partnerships that enable engaging diverse audiences through programs incorporating justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion principles.

Index Terms:

0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
0840 Evaluation and assessment [EDUCATION]
0855 Diversity [EDUCATION]
1974 Social networks [INFORMATICS]


Primary Convener:  Christine B Shupla, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, United States
Conveners:  Jessica L Swann, Center for Education Through Exploration, ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States, Evelyn Valdez-Ward, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States, Sanlyn Buxner, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, United States and Robert Nguyen Ulrich, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Christine B Shupla, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, United States
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