[HubbardBrookGRAD] Fwd: Recruiting Graduate Student Science Communicators for Research

[Sarah Garlick]

Hello, Hubbard Brook Grads:
I wanted to pass along this letter below from a doctoral student at the
University of Texas who is researching science communication among graduate
students in science fields. It looks like a great way to help a fellow
researcher (and also earn $50 for your time). If you are interested in
participating in the study, please email the researcher directly:
Nichole Bennett <nichole.lynn.bennett at utexas.edu>
Best,
Sarah

Dear STEM Graduate Students,

My name is Nichole Bennett. I'm a doctoral student in science communication
at the University of Texas at Austin. My mentor (Dr. Anthony Dudo, UTexas)
and I are preparing to conduct interviews investigating how graduate
students in STEM fields make sense of public engagement and their sense of
belonging in academic spaces. This research project is being supported by
The Rita Allen Foundation.

We are looking to interview graduate students in any STEM field that have
participated in public engagement of any form. We use the National Science
Foundation’s definition of STEM fields,  which includes mathematics,
natural sciences, engineering, computer and information sciences, and the
social and behavioral sciences – psychology, economics, sociology, and
political science. We define public engagement as any information exchange
which is designed to engage the targeted audience in STEM. If you are not
sure if you meet these requirements and are interested in participating,
feel free to email me, and we can sort it out.

If you meet these requirements, we’re hoping that you’re willing to
participate in a zoom or phone interview. Our project seeks to describe the
key themes of how graduate students in STEM fields talk about public
engagement; to describe key themes of how graduate students in STEM fields
describe the interaction between public engagement and their sense of
belonging, and to identify/describe characteristics of STEM graduate
students that may be unique to their relationship with public engagement. We
expect the interviews to last from an hour to an hour and a half. We
believe that your experiences and expertise should be represented within
our analysis.

Your time is valuable to us, so we would like to offer a $50 stipend for
the interview. We also have a portion of our budget set aside for any
access needs you may have (e.g. screen reader support, ASL interpretation,
childcare, etc.).

Thank you in advance for your help. We hope that this research will help
shed light on the unique opportunities and barriers faced by STEM graduate
students that participate in public engagement and inform systems-level
change in widening the circle of human concern in STEM spaces. Please don’t
hesitate to let us know if you have any questions.

We look forward to hearing from you and scheduling a time to chat over zoom
or on the phone. If you know of others that may be interested in joining,
feel free to forward this email to them.

Nichole

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*NICHOLE BENNETT, M.A. *| Doctoral Student

Pronouns: she, her, hers and they, them, theirs (what's this?)
<https://studentaffairs.duke.edu/csgd/training-resources/gender-pronouns>

Knight Research Associate | Center for Media Engagement | Moody College of
Communication  | The University of Texas at Austin

UT Land Acknowledgement
<https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/nais/land-acknowledgement/index.php>

803-553-3996 | CMB 3.108 | mediaengagement.org

Google Scholar
<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gW2NX34AAAAJ&hl=en> | ORCID
<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8201-1349> | LinkedIn
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/bennettnichole/>


-- 
Sarah Garlick
Director of Science Policy and Outreach
Hubbard Brook Research Foundation
https://hubbardbrook.org/hubbard-brook-research-foundation

603-986-0686 office/cell
sgarlick at hubbardbrookfoundation.org
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