◇Jocelyn Bosley  ◇Rachelle Burks  ◇Kiyomi Deards  ◇Kathy French  ◇Saundra Frerichs  
◇Doug Golick  ◇Mark Griep  ◇Eileen Hebets  ◇Amanda Hund  ◇Dan Leger  
​◇Kim Matthews  ◇Helen McCreery  ◇Julia McQuillan  ◇Jeff Stevens  ◇Matt Wilkins

Last year's talks In scheduled order

Humor as a Learning Tool

Matt Wilkins
(Postdoc, University of Nebraska: Biological Sciences)
​Matt describes why he chose a bad title and calls for more use of humor in "serious" science communication.

Reaching Out to Out-of-School Programs with Click2Science

Saundra Frerichs
(Science Outreach Specialist, University of Nebraska: 4H Extension)
Saundra explains why out-of-school programs are a great way to communicate science to underserved groups, and she describes the online teaching toolkit Click2Science.​

Using Movies to Teach Chemistry Formally and Informally

Mark Griep
(Associate Professor, University of Nebraska: Chemistry)
Mark riffs on Elvis, chemistry, and how movie magic can engage students in learning about science.

​SCIENCE SLAMS! SCIENCE COMMUNICATION AS PERFORMANCE ART

Jocelyn Bosley 
(Education Outreach Coordinator, University of Nebraska: Physics & Astronomy) 
Jocelyn advocates greater professional use of EXCLAMATION POINTS!, and she promotes the international phenomenon of Science Slams as an emerging form of science communication.

How Graduate Students Can Lead Evolution Outreach:
​An Example from the University of Colorado

Amanda Hund
(PhD Student, University of Colorado: Ecology & Evolution)
​Amanda describes the work of the Evolution Outreach Committee at CU Boulder, including Darwin Day and a Teaching Controversial Topics Workshop, and offers suggestions for starting an EOC of your own.

Reaching Students through Teachers:
​How to Run a Science Workshop for Public School Teachers

Helen McCreery
(PhD Student, ​University of Colorado: Ecology & Evolution)
Helen offers an in-depth look at the CU Boulder Evolution Outreach Committee's teaching workshop, showing how it provides teachers with information and confidence to teach potentially controversial topics.

Leveraging Communities of Practice to Create a Broader Impact

Kiyomi Deards
(Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska: Libraries)
​Kiyomi talks about leveraging your strengths and maximizing networking opportunities to achieve your broader impacts goals.

Engaging the Public in Science through Research-Based Outreach, Teaching, and Extension Programs

Doug Golick
(Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska: Natural Resources)
Doug reminds us that not all bees are honeybees, and he reflects on his experience crowdfunding the citizen science project Bumble Boosters, which creates habitats for native bumblebees.

Spread the Word

Kathy French
(Outreach Coordinator, University of Nebraska: The State Museum)
Kathy describes the many ways the State Museum engages with the public, and how you can take advantage of these opportunities to make your outreach more effective.

Activities and Sitivities for Science Engagement

Raychelle Burks
(Visiting Assistant Professor, Doane College: Chemistry)
Raychelle explains how and why you should be using social media, emphasizing the importance of a diverse outreach portfolio to reach a larger audience.

Eight-Legged Encounters: Exploiting the Enigmatic Nature of Arachnids for Informal Science Education

Eileen Hebets
(Professor, University of Nebraska: Biological Sciences)
Eileen talks about a bunch of ways she's using fear and fascination with spiders to benefit science education, and how she is training her grad students to become better science communicators.

Adding Value to Science Communication through Partnering with Social Scientists

Julia McQuillan
(Professor & Chair, University of Nebraska: Sociology)
Julia invites us to reconsider our own biases, and describes how sociological theory can be applied to both formal and informal science learning to plug the leaky STEM pipeline.

Earning Trust in Order to Communicate Science

Kim Matthews
(Community Outreach Coordinator, University of Nebraska: Sociology)
Kim discusses the efforts of the UNL Minority Health Disparities Initiative to form sustainable partnerships between researchers and communities through responsive research.

Changing Minds: The Science of Belief

Jeff Stevens
(Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska: Psychology)
Jeff describes how our perceptions and beliefs inform and reinforce one another, and he discusses the inherent difficulties of changing beliefs.

The Psychology of Anti-Science: Pointing Fingers, Pointing Thumbs

Dan Leger
(Professor, University of Nebraska: Psychology)
Dan describes the bases for the current anti-science climate in the US,  for which scientists and science communicators bear some responsibility, and he offers clear suggestions for how scientific literacy and engagement can be improved.
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