Roundtable on Speaking Up in Academia - Part One

Send us Fan MailIn this 2-part series, Rohin and Jess talk with an esteemed panel including Dr. Adrienne Hollis, senior climate justice and health scientist and Dr. Astrid Caldas, senior climate scientist, both from the Union of Concerned Scientists, and PhD student Rob Ulrich from UCLA about their work in speaking up! This two part series explores the balance between advocacy and credibility and speaks to the challenges of advocating as a graduate student. We discuss how communication has changed and continues to evolve in the face of COVID-19 and climate change. We tackle fears associated with speaking up and communicating in politically charged situations. Our speakers stress the importance of the student voice and perspective and encourage us all to speak up!Links to Share -Union of Concerned Scientistshttps://www.ucsusa.org/about/people/astrid-caldasUCS Science Network - https://www.ucsusa.org/science-networkFrom Rob:Queer & Trans in STEM - https://twitter.com/queersinstemReclaiming STEM - https://reclaimingstem.wardofcode.com/Website - https://www.robertnulrich.com/Presale for his book The Hard Parts of Life - https://www.robertnulrich.com/the-hard-parts-presale