Social Media: Engaging for Impact in STEM Fields

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Friday March 3, 2017 - Saturday March 4, 2017
      9:00 am - 9:59 am
  • Location: Room 1116, Marcus Nanotechnology Building, 345 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30318
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Contact

Kim Cobb, ADVANCE Professor, College of Sciences

Dana Randall, ADVANCE Professor, College of Computing

Summaries

Summary Sentence: Engaging through social media is a key communications avenue for STEM professionals.

Full Summary: Paige Jarreau, a communication specialist at Louisiana State University and the author of the popular blog From The Lab Bench, will discuss the unique impact of social media engagement by STEM professionals. 

Related Files

Georgia Tech ADVANCE Professors Kim Cobb and Dana Randall have organized a workshop on social media for scientists and engineers. The have invited Paige Jarreau to keynote the event. 

Paige Jarreau is a science communicator with extensive experience leading evidence-based science and environmental communication research and professional projects. She is the author of the science blog From The Lab Bench. For Altmetric, she writes a monthly feature on the most popular scientific research papers. Although a scientist by trade, she is a writer at heart.   

Additional Information

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Groups

College of Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Mathematics, School of Physics, School of Psychology

Invited Audience
Faculty/Staff, Public, Undergraduate students, Graduate students
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Keywords
social media, Paige Jarreau, kim cobb, Dana Randall, College of Sciences
Status
  • Created By: A. Maureen Rouhi
  • Workflow Status: Draft
  • Created On: Feb 17, 2017 - 2:06pm
  • Last Updated: Apr 13, 2017 - 5:12pm