Speaker: Anna Farro Henderson, Writer, Scientist, Policy Expert
When: April 23rd, 6:00PM
Where: Nebraska Union Swanson Auditorium
Title: Communicating Science: Learnings from politics and public art
Abstract: In this talk, Henderson explores what it meant to research climate science while becoming a mother and how this journey ultimately led her into politics and public art. While advising a U.S. Senator and a Governor, she had to relinquish traditional academic approaches to communicating science. She quickly realized that people do not live by science alone; they live by their stories. To engage the public in climate and environmental issues, she needed to help individuals and communities integrate science into their personal narratives. As she traveled to rural town halls and environmental summits, her life as an artist began to merge with her work in politics.