SUSTAINABILITY LEADERSHIP FELLOWS Providing early career researchers with innovative training to effectively communicate science to the media and public, develop professional skills and techniques, and strategies to build meaningful careers that incorporate engagement and interdisciplinarity.
Sixth cohort
20 fellows
The Sustainability Leadership Fellows program selects 20 advanced PhD students and postdoctoral scholars from a competitive pool of applicants across eight colleges at CSU. Each cohort of Fellows begins the year with in an intensive two-day science communication workshop run by COMPASS, science communication specialists. During the academic year, Fellows participate in six formal training sessions led by local and University experts on a range of topics including conflict management, interacting with policy-makers, data visualization, and time and workload optimization. Fellows also take part in additional skill building and networking opportunities throughout the year, including interacting with and describing their research to the University Provost. Each Fellow writes a blog post and peer reviews another’s work for publication on the School’s HumanNature blog. At the end of the program, Fellows are able to elegantly deconstruct, define, and communicate their research within the framework of broader global environmental sustainability challenges using cross-disciplinary and integrative thinking.
Science Communication Workshop September 13-15, 2016 Topics: • how media is changing and what it means for communicating science • foundations for effective science communication • introduction to each journalist’s media platform • bridging the worlds of science and journalism • thinking like a journalist • knowing your audience and the ‘message box’ • preparing for interviews and interview practice • broadening your network and use of social media • becoming an agent of change and the ‘change chart’ Lead trainer: Nancy Baron, COMPASS. Journalist trainers: Christopher Joyce, National Public Radio; Ashley Ahearn, KUOW and Earthfix; David Malakoff, Science Magazine; Hillary Rosner, independent journalist.
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Training Curriculum Storytelling and Writing for Blogs October 18, 2016 Trainer: John Calderazzo, Professor Emeritus, Department of English and Changing Climates CSU Time Management and Writing Productivity November 14, 2016 Trainer: Sarah Reed, Wildlife Conservation Society and Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Communications drill December 15, 2016 Two minutes to describe your science to the CSU Provost Rick Miranda Science, Policy, and Interacting with Policymakers February 28, 2017 Trainer: Peter Backlund, School of Global Environmental Sustainability Proposals and Grant Writing March 21, 2017 Trainers: Alan Knapp, Department of Biology; Elizabeth Ryan, Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences Talking Science with Skeptical Audiences April 12, 2017 Trainer: Doug Cloud, Department of English Data Visualization for the Rest of Us: A Beginner’s Guide April 26, 2017 Linda Hofschire, Library Research Service, Colorado State Library, Denver
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...I've participated in four training sessions with SoGES, and each time I've been impressed by the scientific sophistication of the students and by their unmitigated enthusiasm for learning communication skills. I knew Diana Wall had an outstanding reputation as a scientist, but she also seems to have a knack for finding and motivating the sharpest young minds in the country. If my own kids asked where they should go to become articulate environmental scientists, I'd send them to her. - Christopher Joyce, Science Correspondent, National Public Radio
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