I  have a passionate interest in generating dialogue to think about how science is being communicated. Below are pieces I have written regarding this. Included in this assortment of posts are a few reviews of the many reviews I’ve done on movies, shows or books that discuss some component of science communication.

DEEP SEA NEWS

2008, July 15 - My review of Randy Olson’s Sizzle

2010, March 30 - Science Communicator of Scientist Communicator?

2010, October 1 - Minorities in Marine Biology: The Dearth of Black Professors

2010, November 3 - My review of National Geographic’s Great Migrations series

2010, November 8 - Confronting Climate Contrarianism

2010, November 23 - Quantifying Outreach to the Cult of Science

2011, February 8 - Communicating At, To, or With People?

2011, August 18 - Preemptive Conservation Communication Through the Lens of Negative Comments

EVOECOLAB

2011, July 15 - The Reality and Utility of Bear Paternity Tests

2011, October 4 - On Naïveté Among Scientists Who Wish to Communicate

2011, October 19 - Review of the children’s book Curious Critters

2011, October 22 - Evolutionary Biology Needs Viral Marketing

2011, December 19 – The Message Reigns Over the Medium

2012, January 4 – The (Mis)use of Messaging in Biodiversity Loss Prevention

OTHER/INTERVIEWS/SCIENCE COMMUNICATION PRESENTATIONS

2008, January 19 – North Carolina Science Blogging Conference 2008 panel: K.A. Zelnio, R. MacPherson, K. James, P. Etnoyer, J. Robertshaw “Real-Time Blogging in the Marine Sciences”

2008, February 15 – Penn State Biology Department Darwin Day Talk, Sponsored by the Graduate Student Association: K.A. Zelnio & M.A. Wilson “A Natural History of Unintelligent Design.”

2008, February 20 - Interviewed by Bora Zivkovic at A Blog Around the Clock

2009, January 17 – Science Online 2009 panel: K.A. Zelnio, K. James, R. MacPherson, T. Page, A.-M. Hodge, M. Barrett, V. Woods “Blogging adventure: posting from strange locations.”

2009, January 17 – Science Online 2009 presentation: K.A. Zelnio, D. Bennu “Nature writing online.”

2009, October 23 – Presentation to Duke Marine Laboratory: “Darwin and the Adventure: Sailing, Science and Outreach in South America”

2010, January 17 – Science Online 2010 presentation: K.A. Zelnio, M. Goldstein, B. Beck, J. Ives, K. James “Broader impacts done right”

2010, January 17 – Science Online 2010 presentation: K. James, K.A. Zelnio “Darwin and the Adventure – the (i)Movie”

2010, February 11 - Interviewed at The Reef Tank

2010, April 6 - Interview at Glassbox Design

2011, January 5 - Interview by a high school student at Extreme Biology

2011, January 15 – Science Online 2011 presentation: K.A. Zelnio, E.M. Johnson, C. Bondar “Parenting with Science Online.”

2011, January 15 – Science Online 2011 panel: M. Goldstein, K.A. Zelnio, H. Bik, C.M. McClain, A.D. Thaler, J. Amos “The first line of response: the BP oil spill – science, outrage, spin, and dead pelicans.”

2011, April 20 - Interview by Travis Saunders at Science of Blogging

2011, July 31 - Guest on Atheists’ Talk on AM 950 KTNF, Minneapolis

Summer 2012 - Thaler AD, Zelnio KA, Freitag A, MacPherson R, Shiffman D, Bik H, Goldstein M, McClain C (in press) Digital Environmentalism: Tools and strategies for the evolving online ecosystem. Forthcoming, 2012 in SAGE Reference - Environmental Leadership: A Reference Handbook D. Gallagher (Ed.) (Preprint pdf)