CómoSciWri: Resources to Help Science Writers Engage Bicultural and Bilingual Audiences in the United States

Science communication fellowship programs as gatekeepers

“…For the most part, this was an unnamed requirement. English fluency often acts as a gatekeeper to participation in science communication endeavors (Márquez and Porras, 2020;Young Landis et al, 2020). One director explained that they had a Spanish-language media outlet where they placed a fellow (not available that year).…”

Advancing inclusion through culturally relevant science communication: a perspective from Puerto Rico

“…For decades there has been a chronic lack of timely, accurate, accessible, and culturally relevant science and public health information in Spanish in the U.S. and Puerto Rico [Landis et al, 2020;Márquez & Porras, 2020], which contributes to the vulnerabilities and health disparities faced by these populations [Oh, Trinh, Vang & Becerra, 2020;Preidt, 2021]. The COVID-19 pandemic intensified the need and urgency to address health under-information and misinformation among Spanish-speaking audiences.…”

Making science communication inclusive: an exploratory study of choices, challenges and change mechanisms in the United States from an emerging movement

“…Science communication is a complex and interdisciplinary field with the potential for immense societal value. In a field that has experienced many evolutions in its framing, transitioning from deficit-based [Lewenstein, 2003] to asset-based and social justice [e.g., Calabrese Barton & Tan, 2019;Dawson, 2014;Honma, 2017;Landis et al, 2020], we feel it is important to begin by offering a working definition of science communication for the United States of America (U.S.) context of our study. Here we define science communication as "any information exchange designed to engage targeted audiences in conversations or activities related to [science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine, or] STEMM topics" [K. N. , specifically to accommodate a range of STEMM engagement contexts.…”

“…Yet, we are seeing a paradigm shift. A growing body of literature has explored science communication and publics through theories of social justice [e.g., Burris, 2019;Callwood, Weiss, Hendricks & Taylor, 2022;Dawson, 2014Dawson, , 2017Dawson, , 2018Dawson, , 2019Habibi Doroh & Streicher, 2021;Honma, 2017;Isler et al, 2021;Jones, 2021;Landis et al, 2020;Márquez & Porras, 2020;Nadkarni et al, 2019;Rasekoala & Orthia, 2020]. In fact, equitable, asset-based [Yosso, 2005] science communication has taken place in contexts well beyond the academy for generations [Finlay et al, 2021;Kankaria, Jarreau, Manna, Rasekoala & Bonea, 2022].…”