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January 11, 2013
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DNLee is a biologist and she studies animal behavior, mammalogy, and ecology . She uses social media, informal experiential science experiences, and draws from hip hop culture to share science with general audiences, particularly under-served groups. Follow on Twitter @DNLee5.
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Danielle N. Lee is an Outreach Scientist who studies animal behavior and behavioral ecology. While completing her dissertation research on individual differences on exploratory behavior of field mice, she mentored several undergraduate and high school students as biology research assistants. She also coordinated ecology outreach programs with nearby public high schools for the Department of Biology at her graduate institution. This included co-coordinating a summer internship research in urban ecology for high school students and an after-school biology club at a nearby public high school. In 2009, she was named the Diversity Scholars Award recipient by the American Institute of Biological Sciences for her contributions to science and promoting diversity within the field. Her outreach efforts emphasize sharing science to general audiences, particularly under-served groups, via outdoor programming and social media. She writes about science, research news, and diversity outreach in science, technology, engineering, and math for several online communities and at her other science blogs:
Urban Science Adventures! ©, winner of the 2009 Black Weblog Best Science or Tech Blog Award and SouthernPlaylisticEvolutionMusic, a blog that explains evolutionary science through hip hop songs. She is often sought out to discuss bridge-building opportunities to connect under-served audiences to science. Danielle has been a featured panelist at Blogging While Brown – the largest conference of people of color in social media, a co-moderatator at ScienceOnline – the largest conference of online science communicators, and a presenter at the 1st Annual International Public Science Events Conference in 2011. In addition to pursuing career opportunities in academia, she also consults and gives public presentations about science outreach, social media and science, outreach to urban audiences, STEM diversity, and informal experiental education in ecology. You can contact her at dnlee5(at)ymail(dot)com.
Education: PhD Biology, University of Missouri – St. Louis MS Vertebrate Zoology, University of Memphis BS Animal Science, Tennessee Technological University
Professional Affiliations: American Institute of Biological Sciences (since 2009) American Association for the Advancement of Science (since 2004) Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (since 2004) Sigma Delta Epsilon / Graduate Women in Science (2003-2004) American Society of Mammalogists (since 2002) Animal Behavior Society (since 1999)
Professional Service: Coalition for the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS) Core Animal Behavior Society, Charles H. Turner Undergraduate Program Mentor Women in Science and the Young Scientists Program of Washington University, Women in Science Day, Science Introduction Program for High School Girls Annual Missouri Junior Science, Engineering, and Humanities Symposium Judge St. Louis Academy of Science, Green Your Future Science Careers Presenter - - DNLee5 Contact DNLee via email.
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All week I have been discussing ways to get Black Press outlets to incorporate more science news in their lineups. In October 2012, I submitted two (1 and 2) proposals for science related panels for the 2013 National Association of Black Journalism meeting. By New Year?s I received the news that both had been rejected.

Science 101 for Journalists - rejected

Health Science reporting for Under-represented audiences - rejected
Thanks to the reach out from some NABJ members, I felt quite confident that maybe the selection committee was as eager for science news track as these individual members were.? Although my proposals were rejected, that still doesn?t mean that the selection committee isn?t interested in the topics. Maybe I need to tweak the proposals or better yet, I should have had a member of NABJ submit them.? The call for proposals didn?t say so, but the wording of these rejection letters lead me to believe that my (non) membership status may have played a role.? Not being a member of NABJ or even a journalist, I knew I was daring to go into unfamiliar territory ? not comprehending the culture or the process of topic selection, but the calls for proposals seemed to be interested in new ideas from new individuals.
I have wondered if I should become a member of NABJ in order to promote my ideas from within.? But honestly, that would not be in my best personal interests.? I?m a scientist ? doing a post-doc. My scholarship comes first and I am not at all well-versed in the craft of journalism. I have no desire to ruffle feathers among those in a field to whom I am an un-trained wonk.? I want to cultivate relationships ? between scientists and journalists, between science communicators and the public.? I don?t want to completely shift my focus from science ? research and outreach ? to journalism. I see how the two are connected, but I don?t think I need to steer the bus. Keeping my fingers crossed that I identify more allies in the future.
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About the Author: DNLee is a biologist and she studies animal behavior, mammalogy, and ecology . She uses social media, informal experiential science experiences, and draws from hip hop culture to share science with general audiences, particularly under-served groups. Follow on Twitter @DNLee5.
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