When
Monday, November 3, 2025 at 12:00 p.m.
Shelley Hawthorne Smith
Associate Director, Graduate Writing Lab and Graduate Center Office of Fellowships
Associate Professor of Practice, University of Arizona Graduate College
"Five Steps to Successful Science Communication"
Keating 103 | Zoom link
Hosts: Swarna Ganesh and Kellen Chen
Abstract: Join us to learn a step-by-step tool for science communication. The Message Box is a tool created by ocean scientists who were frustrated by the challenges of communicating solid science to audiences outside of academia. The tool is useful for crafting fellowship proposals, conference talks, press releases, or any other form of science communication. Come to this interactive session with an idea of the research you would want to communicate and an audience you would like to communicate to. Leave the session with a draft of your message and a tool you will continue to use throughout your career.
Bio: Shelley Hawthorne Smith is an associate professor of practice who serves as the associate director of the Graduate Writing Lab and Graduate Center Office of Fellowships. Committed to supporting graduate students’ development as writers, she supports graduate writers through leading the Graduate Writing Consultant team, teaching a dissertation writing course, and running fellowship application development programs. In 2025, she was awarded the Fulbright-García Robles Teaching English as a Foreign Language Award to work at the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla in Spring 2025.
Accessibility: Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting the Disability Resource Center at 621-3268 (V/TTY).