Heather Akin

Assistant Prof of #stratcomm #scicomm in the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

[Heather Akin @heatherakin]

Our findings from @NERuralPoll -
Rural Nebraskans voice water quality concerns https://t.co/UnRyia7VDA

[Nebraska Today @NebToday]

More than four in 10 respondents to the 2022 @NERuralPoll believe fuel prices, inflation, grocery prices and health care costs will become much worse in the next 12 months. https://t.co/ogBPkmlTan #Nebraska #UNL #NUforNE

[Becky Wachs @Becky_Wachs]

Great round three of our #OLLI class with @tk_lorenz closing it out! So happy to work with this #dreamteam and teach some amazing OLLI students. Here’s to lifelong learning! @heatherakin @SydneyMCaparaso and Ashley Votruba.

[Becky Wachs @Becky_Wachs]

Great session two of #OLLI Science for the Curious Consumer! @UNL_BSE @UNL_ALEC @heatherakin @tk_lorenz @SydneyMCaparaso and Ashley Votruba!

[Journalism Practice & The J Word Podcast @JournPractice]

OPEN ACCESS: “When Science Journalism is Awesome: Measuring Audiences’ Experiences of awe from Reading Science Stories” by @LandrumAR, Kristina Janét, @kelsi_opat & @heatherakin. Available here: https://t.co/9rwnGDh2ee

[Heather Akin @heatherakin]

@andrealgilmore Wanted to heart that multiple times! So so important.

[Heather Akin @heatherakin]

@SunshineMenezes SAME. I read it over a year ago and can't stop thinking about it.

[Mark Griep @mgriep1]

I'm pleased to announce that Susan Weller, Heather Akin, and I are working with a team of 15 incredible UNL faculty and staff to increase science literacy. Our planning grant is titled "Midwest Science Engagement Consortium." @Moth_lady15 @heatherakin
https://t.co/CkGmo7jycX

[Heather Akin @heatherakin]

@scheufele @UWMadisonCALS @UW_LSC Perfect to share on my first day of class - thanks! ✨

[dietram a. scheufele @scheufele]

"Employment in media and communications is projected to grow faster than the average for all other occupations ... over the next 10 years." Time to become a @UWMadisonCALS @uw_lsc major! fhttps://www.axios.com/2022/07/28/communications-media-jobs-employment-growth #scicomm

[Heather Akin @heatherakin]

@QuantumOfSalsa IT’S TRUE!!

[Heather Akin @heatherakin]

. @QuantumOfSalsa's talk at #NoCoastSciComm might have been the most powerful #SciComm presentation I've ever seen.

[No Coast SciComm @NoCoastSciComm]

Good morning, #NoCoastSciComm! Happening now: our fourth (and sadly, final) keynote speaker, @QuantumOfSalsa! Join now to hear how Corey ties his Blackfoot culture to astrophysics!

[Heather Akin @heatherakin]

Thoroughly enjoyed moderating (fangirling) during this keynote #NoCoastSciComm @UNLincoln with @TheSpaceGal - one takeaway: #SciComm needs emphathy. See 🧵 for the takeaways

[No Coast SciComm @NoCoastSciComm]

...and we're off! Keep an eye on this thread 🧵 to follow along with @TheSpaceGal's #NoCoastSciComm keynote presentation

[Heather Akin @heatherakin]

@Becky_Wachs @GeoffLorenz @andreabasche I’m in!!

[Heather Akin @heatherakin]

This conference is so good I'm actually tweeting about it! It's the ✨LAST DAY TO REGISTER✨ for SciComm 2022 - Aug 17-19 #NoCoastSciComm @UNLincoln #SciComm

[No Coast SciComm @NoCoastSciComm]

LIGHTS!💡 CAMERA!🎥 ACTION!▶️

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY to register to enter the #NoCoastSciComm Film Festival! Learn more at https://t.co/tO0XTCluqc, & register the for the conference at https://t.co/Qc9sn4ZfX1.

#scicomm #sciart #filmmakers

[No Coast SciComm @NoCoastSciComm]

Congrats to the finalists in our first-ever LIVESTREAMED #NoCoastSciComm #ScienceSlam!

Join hosts @lab_shenanigans & @SciTalker, & cheer on Slammers @YarelisAcevedoR @SaraDoesScience @_ashley_foltz_ Seth Kurfman @ScienceBey @richathan_you @CrystalUminski @WinifredWaters_! 🎉

[Mark Griep @mgriep1]

HEY SCIENCE VIDEOGRAPHERS!
We seek short videos for the Film Festival portion of the @UNL_SciComm 2022 on August 17-19!

When you register for the conference at https://t.co/jpHdVS9vcd, you can sign up to submit your short (<10 min length) video

#SciComm

[Ben Lyons @ba_lyons]

Some work w/ @heatherakin + @TaliaStroud speaks to this. Most are unlikely to know they live nearby (eg only 30% of fracking + 24% refinery-proximal residents do). High risk perception is linked with underreporting proximity (i.e. dissonance reduction) https://t.co/Vor6R3wD08