Supplementary material to “Developing and Implementing an Effective Public Outreach Program”
Published 22 September 2009
John A. Harrison, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Washington State University, Vancouver
Jonathan H. Cohen, Department of Biology and Marine Science, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida
Elizabeth Hinchey, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program, Purdue University, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes National Program Office, Chicago, Illinois
Ashley Moerke, Department of Biological Sciences, Lake Superior State University, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
P. von Dassow, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France
Citation:
Harrison, J. A., J. H. Cohen, E. Hinchey, A. Moerke, and P. von Dassow (2009), Developing and implementing an effective public outreach program, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(38), 333–334. [Full Article (pdf)]
Examples of outreach activities in which the authors have been involved:
- Jonathan Cohen has maintained regular communication with students from several middle schools while conducting research in Antarctica, has worked with high school teachers on funded research cruises, and has designed marine biology laboratory exercises for use in secondary school curricula.
- John Harrison has developed and led training workshops for scientists and policy makers from developing regions around the globe and has developed an outreach program focused on enhancing awareness of land-water interactions and eutrophication among lakeside residents in the state of Washington.
- Elizabeth Hinchey is an Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) extension specialist and liaison to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Great Lakes National Program Office. She draws upon Great Lakes ecosystem research conducted by EPA and IISG partners, and she transfers scientific discoveries to coastal communities and resource managers. Hinchey also develops outreach products and programs related to Great Lakes ecosystem research and monitoring, is a science advisor to the Great Lakes Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence, and helps conduct education programs for K-12 science teachers on EPA’s R/V Lake Guardian.
- Ashley Moerke has developed a restoration ecology course during which students work directly with local watershed management groups in designing, implementing, and presenting results from stream restoration projects. Moerke also teaches inner-city middle and high school students about water quality concerns, works with regional citizen groups to develop watershed management plans and delisting criteria for threatened watersheds, and, as a co-director of a research facility in the Great Lakes region, is responsible for developing tours and educational programs for more than 1500 visitors per year.
