{"687098":{"#nid":"687098","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Science Communication and Public Engagement Seminar Series: Elizabeth Barnes","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin us for the first seminar in a semester-long series on science communication and public engagement.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Communicating about Culturally Controversial Science Topics\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/w1.mtsu.edu\/faculty\/m-elizabeth-barnes\u0022\u003EElizabeth Barnes\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAssistant Professor, Biology Education\u003Cbr\u003EMiddle Tennessee State University\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBio:\u003C\/strong\u003E M. Elizabeth Barnes is an associate professor in the biology department at Middle Tennessee State University. Her research lab studies how to improve undergraduate biology education with a focus on instructor and student science communication across cultural, political, and religious divides. She is also a co-founder of the NSF-funded Science Communication Education Research Network.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFuture Seminars in this Series\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFriday, February 13, 1pm, Exhibition Hall (joint seminar with ComSciConATL 2026)\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003ESpeakers: John Besley (Michigan State) and Anthony Dudo (University of Texas, Austin)\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ETuesday, March 10, 1pm, Suddath Seminar Room, 1128 IBB\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003ESpeaker: Bethann Garramon Merkle, University of Wyoming\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWednesday, April 8, 1pm, Suddath Seminar Room, 1128 IBB\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003ESpeaker: Todd Newman, University of Wisconsin - Madison\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Communicating about Culturally Controversial Science Topics\u0022 \u2013 Elizabeth Barnes, Middle Tennessee State University\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022Communicating about Culturally Controversial Science Topics\u0022"}],"uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2026-01-06 21:37:13","changed_gmt":"2026-01-12 14:19:29","author":"adavidson38","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-01-13T13:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2026-01-13T14:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-01-13T14:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-01-13 18:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-01-13 19:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-01-13 19:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, 315 Ferst Drive, NW, Suddath Seminar Room 1128, Atlanta, GA 30332","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"66220","name":"Neuro"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"},{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"443951","name":"School of Psychology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"189814","name":"go-researchevents"},{"id":"172970","name":"go-neuro"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jennifer.leavey@cos.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJennifer Leavey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}