CTL: Communicating Science to Nonscientists

Title:		Communicating Science to Nonscientists
Date & Time:		Thursday, April 12, 2012 12noon - 1:00 p.m
Location:		Clarke Center S360
Sponsored by:		The Center for Teaching and Learning
Event details:		Researchers seldom earn a reputation as great communicators to lay audiences. On the contrary, they are often seen as living in their own world, facinating yet impenetrable. In this presentation, Dr. Jean-luc Doumont will advance explanations for this situation, discuss the challendes of communicating science to nonscientists, and propose strategies for doing a better job of it. An engineer from the Louvain School of Engineering with a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford UNiversity, Jean-luc Doumont trains engineers and scientists in effective communication, pedagogy, statistical thinkng, and related themes.
Additional information:		http://ctl/lecture-communicating-science-nonscientists.html