Science Communication

PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS & ARTICLES

• Gene editing communication must center marginalized communities (2020) Mónica I. Feliú-Mójer. Environmental Communication, DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2020.1812274.
• Research and Practice Project Planner (2020) CAISE Research and Practice Task Force, informalscience.org.
• Science communication demands a critical approach that centers inclusion, equity and intersectionality (2020) Katherine N. Canfield, Sunshine Menezes, Shayle B. Matsuda, Amelia Moore, Alycia N. Mosley Austin, Bryan M. Dewsbury, Mónica I. Feliú-Mójer, Katharine W. B. McDuffie, Kendall Moore, Christine A. Reich, Hollie M. Smith and Cynthia Taylor. Frontiers in Communication, 5:2, DOI: 10.3389/fcomm.2020.00002.
• The science and power of storytelling (2018) Wendy A. Suzuki, Mónica I. Feliú-Mójer, Uri Hasson, Rachel Yehuda and Jean Mary Zarate. The Journal of Neuroscience, 38(44):9468 –9470.
• Impact of culturally relevant contextualized activities on elementary and middle school students perceptions of science: An exploratory study (2014) Wilson González-Espada, Pablo Llerandi-Román, Yaihara Fortis-Santiago, Giovanna Guerrero-Medina, Nicole Ortiz-Vega, Mónica Feliú-Mójer, and Daniel A. Colón-Ramos.  International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, DOI: 10.1080/21548455.2014.881579.
• Suplementando el currículo de ciencias con contenido contextual y culturalmente relevante: lecciones de la implementación del Proyecto Ciencia Boricua (Supplementing the science curriculum with culturally relevant and contextualized content: Lessons from the implementation of the Ciencia Boricua Project)  (2013) Wilson González-Espada, Yaihara Fortis-Santiago, Giovanna Guerrero-Medina, Daniel A. Colón-Ramos, and Mónica Feliú-Mójer. Cuaderno de Investigación en la Educación, 28, 109-127.

FUTURE OF SCIENCE FILM FELLOWSHIP

The Future of Science Film Fellowship is a program for emerging filmmakers to develop new documentaries about efforts to make science more equitable and inclusive. This project builds on the success of the feature documentary Picture a Scientist, which chronicled stories of bias, discrimination and harassment against women scientists. Our goal now is to launch a new set of films that will amplify the conversation about race, equity and inclusion in science, and spark change in the scientific community. Learn more about the Future of Science Film Fellowship. Applications are due August 2, 2021.

I am one of the executive producers of the fellowship program. Read more about why we created the fellowship in this press release.

• Rethinking the narrative about diversity in science (May 7, 2018) Scientific American  
• Contributing to your community through science communication (July 14, 2015) SACNAS News
• Effective communication, better science (February 24, 2015) Scientific American

MEDIA RELATIONS

Since 2006, I have served as editor-in-chief and lead for CienciaPR’s collaborations with media outlets in Puerto Rico, the U.S. and Spain, including El Nuevo Día (Puerto Rico’s newspaper of record), Scientific American, and Diálogo, among others. Through these collaborations, more than 70 scientists have published more than 400 popular science articles and op-eds (mostly in Spanish) that make science pertinent to the lives, culture, and context of Puerto Rican audiences.

YOUTUBE, PODCASTS & MORE

Interview with Mónica Feliú-Mójer (full version of my conversation with AGU's Sci & Tell) (June 17, 2021) Story Corps

• How to make science "glocal" and fight misinformation (May 11, 2021) Got science? The podcast
• Los medios y la comunicación efectiva de riesgos en salud pública (Effective risk communication in public health and the media) (December 10, 2020) Ponce Health Sciences University
• En qué quedó: El Chupacabras (October 31, 2020) En qué quedó
• La ciencia del béisbol (The science of baseball) (October 4, 2020) Ciencia en tus Manos

BACKGROUND TO BREAKTHROUGH

A series of short films expanding the definition of who can become a scientist and shift the narratives of deficit about scientists of color by showcasing how the have succeeded because (and not in spite of) of their backgrounds.

Share your research: How to give a good talk (2020) A free online course focused on how-to strategies and skills to create and deliver a good research talk. The course was built by scientists and communication experts, using documentary-style videos, case-studies, concrete advice, and focused assessments to guide learners through the process of building and confidently presenting a scientific talk. I was one of 4 course directors and content experts.

• SCOPE (Science Communication Online Programme) (2019) A NSF-funded free online course that introduces STEM graduate students to effective science communication. I was one of 10 curriculum developers, and created the Speaking and Writing Without Jargon module.

Comunicación científica para audiencias no académicas (Science communication for non-academic audiences) (2019) University of Puerto Rico, Humacao and Cayey, PR

• Storytelling for inclusion and equity (2019) Jackson Wild Media Lab, Jackson Wild Film Festival, Jackson, WY

• Quiero ser científica (I want to be a scientist) (2019) 4-Day Bootcamp (in collaboration with the Uruguay Chapter of the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World, the U.S. Embassy in Montevideo, and Plan Ceibal), Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Montevideo, Uruguay

• Storytelling: Crafting narratives to share your science (2018) 12^th Annual Horizons Molecular Biology Career Fair, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany

• Civic science storytelling & film: research-practice partnerships advancing filmmaking and the science of science communication (2021) Civic Science Program, Rita Allen Foundation

• Catalyzing empowered communities and public engagement in science (2021) Journal of Science Policy and Governance

• Juntas Podemos: Conoce a Mónica Feliú-Mójer (Together, we can: Meet Mónica Feliú-Mójer) (2020) EcoExploratorio

• A framework to make science communication more inclusive (2020) Colloquium, Department of Life Sciences Communication

• Serving diverse audiences with science writing (2020) DC Science Writers Association

• CRISPR, sickle cell disease, and society: A VR explainer and ethics discussion (2020) Bay Area Science Festival

• Human Nature: A special pre-release conversation (2020) Science Entertainment Exchange of The National Academy of Sciences

• Science communication to make science more equitable and inclusive (2020) Opening Keynote, Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) Annual Conference (Virtual)

• Research and evidence-based practices for effective science communication (2019) Panel, Society for the Advancement of Chicano and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) National Conference, Honolulu, Hawai'i

• Building public trust in the fake news era (2019) Panel, Science Talk, Portland, OR

• Telling stories to change misconceptions about scientists (2019) Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia of the National Academy of Sciences, Irvine, CA

• Presente y futuro de la comunicación científica en Puerto Rico (Present and future of science communication in Puerto Rico) (2019) Fireside Chat, 1st Puerto Rico Science Communication Meetup, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, PR (video)

• Inclusive science communication in theory and practice: Special issue, Frontiers in Communication (2019 – 2020) Topic Editor
• Genetics Society of America, Public Communication & Engagement committee (2018) Member
• CAISE Research & Practice Task Force (2018 – 2020) Member
• #InclusiveSciComm Planning Committee (2018 – 2020) Member
• Support Systems for Scientists' Communication & Engagement Workshops (2017 – 2019) Participant
• Historias de #CienciaBoricua (2017) Co-organizer and Speaker
• Voices, Scientific American Blogs Network (2014) Founding Member