S4E4 Science Communication (with Jamie Moffa, In Plain English Podcast)

In this episode, Will is joined by Jamie Moffa, a doctoral student in systems neuroscience at Washington University in St. Louis. Jamie has been thinking and working in the science communication space, especially via the In Plain English podcast, which is aimed at bringing scientific knowledge and understanding to the general public.

Show Notes:
We think about this paper:
Volk, S. C. (2024). Assessing the Outputs, Outcomes, and Impacts of Science Communication: A Quantitative Content Analysis of 128 Science Communication Projects. Science Communication, 10755470241253858. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1075547024125…

Will mentions this paper by C Thi. Nguyen:
Nguyen, C. T. (2021). The seductions of clarity. Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements, 89, 227-255. philarchive.org/rec/NGUTSO-2

Will mentions this paper about color constancy and Crocs randomly...:
Wallisch, P., & Karlovich, M. (2019). Disagreeing about Crocs and socks: Creating profoundly ambiguous color displays. arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.05736.

Follow and reach out to Jamie, especially if you'd like to contribute to the In Plain English podcast!
Jamie Moffa – copitslab.wustl.edu/people/jamie-moffa
In Plain English Podcast – inplainenglishpod.org

Our science communicator highlights:
Nature and Nurture Podcast by Adam Omary –podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/NatureNurture
Cass Eris – youtube.com/casseris
Dr Neurofourier – youtube.com/c/Neurofourier
SciShow by Complexly (Hank and John Green): youtube.com/@SciShow
Science Night Podcast – scinight.com/episodes
Ed Yong (no longer at the Atlantic!) – edyong.me
The Violinist's Thumb by Sam Kean – samkean.com/books/the-violinists-thumb

You can find Will on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/willngiam.bsky.social

If you'd like to find out more about ReproducibiliTea, our grassroots initiative to build community in Open Science across institutions, check out reproducibilitea.org.