Researcher, writer, and editor interested in SciComm, museums, climate change, group dynamics, + systems of power. I also like nature things. She / her
This is pure gold for #journos, #writers and anyone in #comms who writes about stats, math, and numbers 😍
#Museum people too! Interpretive panels can benefit from a lot of these guidelines
Thrilled to share a @knologyresearch & @NewsHour piece with recommendations for journalists who are communicating numbers with the public. Recommendations in 🧵
https://t.co/k9HgzyBIaL
@sierra_vrd Accommodations for all types of disabilities, whether permanent or temporary, visible or invisible. If someone says they need an accommodation, respect the request and the person
Every so often, you get peer reviews that remind you of the best of the process: they're generous, thoughtful, and engage deeply with what you were trying to do. Sharing a moment of deep gratitude and invigoration.
Re-upping a prior request: does anyone have good resources about alt-text for data viz? I'm trying to figure out how to balance straightforward description (which is almost unprocessable) with some more interpretive description...
Protip: If you aren't an expert in an area & are asked for info on it (espec if it's abt race/racism/decolonization), there's no harm in saying "this isn't my area" pls refer to X, X, X scholars. Pls especially do this if you're yt & there are BIPOC experts working in these areas
"I reject the notion we are experiencing some epic failure of feminism. What we are experiencing is a failure of common sense, of understanding, of imagination."
Feminism is Fine., by @rgay https://t.co/EzTVNBkkt3
Writers, speakers,...people who use words:
terms + phrases can change over time, but asking people how they'd like you to refer to them will always be a good thing to do
Workers at another large + famous U.S. museum have successfully organized 👏👏👏
Keep watching what museum workers can accomplish, including at smaller institutions. They are wise + mighty folk
Alright, #AAM2022 Tweeps, while we're thinking about relevance & prof dev, here's some real talk about white supremacy culture embedded in the operations of our professional associations, including @aamers, via an of-the-moment case study w/ @EmpatheticMuse. A 🧵1/
@dangerchang - if you have a PDF copy of Presumed Incompetent II that you can share, I would be very appreciative. I'm researching editorial practices in academic journals, and feel that this might be relevant. Also, I'm simply interested!
@iSmashFizzle We got a 1940s house, in which every 👏 room 👏 is 👏 gray 👏 Living room? tan-gray. Bathroom? purple-gray. Dining room? decomposing-gray. There is one room that isn't gray.... they painted the trim gray instead 😭
@sierra_vrd "Don't listen to education + visitor services workers' perspectives; they are not as valuable as [everyone else's]."
This is never explicitly advised, but is 100% clear based on compensation, institutional structure, + org culture
Despite many "datasets and applications which can, in theory, help create more resilient spaces, little is known about how they are helping improve social, economic, and environmental conditions, and how the people impacted are equitably engaged and benefit from the process."
How can evaluators ensure that data is produced & used to equitably solve messy societal challenges?
Read this thought piece I co-authored with my @ESIPfed colleague Arika Virapongse https://t.co/hCZheyVRwH #EarthWeek@aeaweb
Despite a reckoning with the politics of citation, what the ways in which having Black citations have been instrumentalized as the academic equivalent of claiming to have a Black friend?