By Laurel Kristick

February 12-16, 2015

San Jose California

Summary:

This was an excellent conference for librarians interested in science, communication, policy, education and related issues. The theme of the meeting was Innovations, Information, and Imaging. The sessions I attended were focused on research integrity, diversity in STEM, outreach and engagement, and science communication. I was able to attend three sessions where OSU faculty were speaking or moderating: Francis Chan (Integrative Biology), Paul Farber (History), Anita Guerrini (History). There were also a number of sessions that I would have liked to attend but conflicted with other sessions.

Key Takeaways:

• Outreach and engagement are important for academics and other researchers. If you want involvement from others there are 3 models from citizen science: contributory (citizens contribute data), collaborative (citizens take part in planning or analyzing), Co-created (2-way learning process between scientists and citizens)
• In scientific outreach and communication, the LIVA strategy can help with addressing the biases of the audience: LIVA = Leverage scientific credibility and Involve the audience in Visualizing scientific evidence and making sense of an illustrative Analogy.
• Research Misconduct is a systemic issue, not just a few bad apples, and organizational change and mentoring may be needed to fix systemic problems (SIDENOTE: on the flight home, I was readingMistakes Were Made (But Not By Me), which reflects many of the ideas I heard at the conference about research integrity)
• The “leaking pipeline” analogy related to diversity in STEM education is flawed as it only considers the path from doctoral student to full professor in a research university; need to include alternative career paths (policy, science communication, liberal arts schools, community college, industry) – are the graduates utilizing their education and experience; are they doing what they want

Further Reading

Books:

• Conference of Minority Women Scientists (1975 : Warrenton, VA). The double bind: the price of being a minority woman in science. (1976) (http://search.library.oregonstate.edu/OSU:CP71109743280001451)
• Institute of Medicine. Integrity in scientific research: creating an environment that promotes responsible conduct. (2002) (http://search.library.oregonstate.edu/OSU:CP71129923700001451)
• Ordóñez, Lisa D., Maurice E. Schwietzer, Adam D. Galinsky, and Max H. Bazerman. Goals gone wild: the systematic side effects of over-prescribing goal setting. Working Paper 09-083. (2009) (http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/09-083.pdf)
• Sarewitz, Daniel. Frontiers of illusion: science, technology and the politics of progress. (1996) Q127.U6 S25 1996 (http://search.library.oregonstate.edu/OSU:CP71210028240001451)
• Senge, Peter M. The fifth discipline: the art and practice of the learning organization. (1990) HD58.9 .S46 1990 (http://search.library.oregonstate.edu/OSU:CP71178614920001451)
• Tavris, Carol and Elliot Aronson. Mistakes were made (but not by me): why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts. (2007) (http://search.library.oregonstate.edu/OSU:CP71164295370001451)
• Teitelbaum, Michael S. Falling behind? Boom, bust, and the global race for scientific talent. (2014) Q149.U5 T45 2014 (http://search.library.oregonstate.edu/OSU:CP71205788010001451)
• Tobias, Sheila and Daryl E. Chubin. Rethinking science as a career : perceptions and realities in the physical sciences. (1995) Q147 .T631 1995 (http://search.library.oregonstate.edu/OSU:CP7195408620001451)
• United States. President’s Science Advisory Committee. Scientific progress, the universities, and the Federal government; statement. (1960) Q180.U5 A395 (http://search.library.oregonstate.edu/OSU:CP71179541420001451)

Articles:

• Alberts, Bruce, et. al. “Rescuing US biomedical research from its systemic flaws.” PNAS (2014) (http://www.pnas.org/content/111/16/5773.abstract?sid=b8ea343f-4489-4718-ab96-a0883cf551e1
• Couzin, Jennifer. “Truth or consequences.” Science, Vol. 313, no. 5791, pp. 122-1226 (http://www.sciencemag.org/content/313/5791/1222.full)
• Couzin-Frankel, Jennifer. “Scientist turned in by grad students for misconduct pleads guilty.” Science Insider (June 28, 2010) (http://news.sciencemag.org/2010/06/scientist-turned-grad-students-misconduct-pleads-guilty)
• Fuhrmann, C. N., D. G. Halme, P. S. O’Sullivan, B. Lindstaedt. “Improving graduate education to support a branching career pipeline.” CBE – Life Sciences Education (2011) (http://www.lifescied.org/content/10/3/239)
• Jamieson, Kathleen Hall and Bruce W. Hardy, “Leveraging scientific credibility about Arctic sea ice trends in a polarized political environment.” PNAS (2014) Vol. 111, Supplement 4 (http://www.pnas.org/content/111/Supplement_4/13598.abstract)
• Joffe-Walt, Chana and Alix Spiegel. “Psychology of fraud: Why good people do bad things.” All Things Considered, (May 01, 2012) (http://www.npr.org/2012/05/01/151764534/psychology-of-fraud-why-good-people-do-bad-things)
• Lukas, C. V., et. al. “Transformational change in health care systems: An organizational model.” Health Care Management Review, (2007) Oct-Dec, Vol.32(4), pp.309-320 (http://search.library.oregonstate.edu/OSU:TN_wos000250495900003)
• Obokata, Haruko, et. al. “Retraction: Bidirectional developmental potential in reprogrammed cells with acquired pluripotency.” Nature (2014) vol. 511, issue 7507 (http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v511/n7507/full/nature13599.html)
• Stodden, Victoria. “ Integrity, reproducibility & the changing technological environment for research.”; slides from AAAS presentation (http://web.stanford.edu/~vcs/talks/AAAS2015-STODDEN.pdf)
• Whitesides, George M. and John Deutch. “Let’s get practical,” Nature (2011). (http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v469/n7328/full/469021a.html)

Websites:

• AcademiaNet: Profiles of Leading Women Scientists (http://www.academia-net.org/)
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Trellis: (https://www.trelliscience.com/#/site-home)
• California Ocean Science Trust, The West Coast Ocean Acidification & Hypoxia Science Panel (OAH), (http://calost.org/science-advising/?page=ocean-acidification-and-hypoxia-panel)
• Council of Graduate Schools, Project for Scholarly Integrity (http://www.scholarlyintegrity.org/ShowContent.aspx?id=402)
• Coursera (https://www.coursera.org/)
• Field School Pozzeveri in Medieval Archaeology and Bioarchaeology (http://www.fieldschoolpozzeveri.org/)
• Georgia Institute of Technology, NETWISE I & II (http://netwise.gatech.edu/overview.php)
• Gender Summit 3 – North America 2013 (http://www.nsf.gov/od/iia/activities/gendersummit/)
• Gender Summit 4 – Europe 2014 (http://gender-summit.com/about-the-gs/350-gender-summit-4-eu-2014)
• Gender Summit – Future Conferences (http://gender-summit.com/)
• Higher Education Research Institute, HERI Faculty Survey (http://www.heri.ucla.edu/facoverview.php)
• National Center for Professional and Research Ethics, Ethics CORE (Collaborative Online Resource Environment) (https://nationalethicscenter.org/)
• National Institutes of Health Broadening Experience in Scientific Training (BEST) grants (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-13-019.html)
• National Science Foundation, ADVANCE Program (http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/advance/)
• National Science Foundation, Research Traineeship (NRT) Program. 2 tracks – traineeship, innovations in graduate education (http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf15542)
• National Science Foundation, Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering (http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/2015/nsf15311/)
• Research Ambassadors: (http://researchambassador.com/)
• Survey of Organization Research Climate (SORC) (https://sites.google.com/site/surveyoforgresearchclimate/)