Resources

Resources

You can find our collection of science communication resources on this page. If you would like to suggest a resource to add to this list, please contact us.

Resources at UC Davis

Science Says, a community of graduate students and postdocs passionate about making science accessible through communication
Sharing Life Sciences with the World: Five #SciComm Writing Opportunities for UC Davis Students, College of Biological Sciences article
UC Davis Strategic Communications Training Workshop: request further information from Dianne Stassi, dstassi@ucdavis.edu

Sci Comm Workshops

Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science: https://www.aldacenter.org/workshops
The Story Collider: True, Personal Stories about Science: storycollider.org/workshops
AAAS Communicating Science Workshops: aaas.org/programs/communicating-science

Networking

Capital Science Communicators (Sacramento-based): https://capscicomm.org/
NPR Scicommers (Friends of Joe’s Big Idea): https://www.npr.org/2017/08/24/537735624/friends-of-joes-big-idea-fojbis
National Association of Science Writers: https://www.nasw.org/

Online Resources

Communicating Science: Giving Talks, a career development guide published by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Inclusive Sci Comm, a collection of resources compiled by the Metcalf Institute at the University of Rhode Island about centering inclusion and equity in science communication practices
The Unexpected Benefits of Science Communication Training, an article from Eos about the importance of science communication to researchers

Suggested Reading

The Master Communicator’s Handbook by Teresa Erickson and Tim Ward
If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating by Alan Alda
The Craft of Science Writing: Selections from The Open Network, edited by Siri Carpenter