AAAS Communicating Science Workshops

In the midst of all the other things that are going on right now, I paused to make an updated PowerPoint slide to feature our AAAS Communicating Science workshops. We needed a new version that confirmed to our new color palette and more closely matched our printed materials. I'm very pleased with how it turned out. Many thanks to the University of Maryland for providing the terrific photo from one of our workshops.

Video: AAAS Leshner Leadership Fellows

A handful of the photos I took of the AAAS Leshner Fellows appeared in our new promotional video. So fun to get photo credits in a video! Watch it here: AAAS Leshner Leadership Fellowship

AAAS Leshner Leadership Fellows

During their orientation in June, I took the "official" group photo of the 2017-18 cohort of AAAS Leshner Leadership Institute Fellows. I had several of them sit this year, to change the style from last year's official photo, and although I like the idea, I'm not sure I like the end result as well. Again, I wish I had done some things differently, but it's always fun trying new things and pushing boundaries. Both photos are below.

2017-18 cohort:

2016-17 cohort:

Headshots: AAAS Leshner Fellows

I took headshots of all 15 of our 2017-18 AAAS Leshner Leadership Institute Fellows in June to accompany their bios on our website. I had a lot of fun doing it and each was terrific to work with. While editing the photos, of course, I realized several things I wish I had done differently, but that's good inspiration for next time!

AAAS Early Career Award Twitter Cards

This morning, I made a couple of Twitter cards to advertise the nomination deadline for our Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science. It was tough because of the differences in the photo qualities and styles of the previous winners' headshots. I'm happy with the results, though. And it's always fun to play in Photoshop.

Headshot: AAAS Leshner Fellow

So happy with this headshot of one of our AAAS Leshner fellows. The light was so perfect and she was totally at ease. I didn't edit this photo at all.

Photos of Leshner fellows in Science Magazine

A photo I took of several of the AAAS Leshner Leadership Institute fellows was published in today's issue of Science Magazine: AAAS Leshner fellow aligns science with public service.

"LLI fellows (left to right) Ina Park, Sheena Cruickshank, and Anthony Wilson participate in a Facebook Live chat on infectious disease with [AAAS Public Engagement Project Director Emily] Cloyd (far right). CREDIT: MARY CATHERINE LONGSHORE/AAAS"

The fellows -- all infectious disease researchers -- came together for a week in June to polish their public engagement skills and took part in several events when they interacted directly with the public. Here, three fellows discussed how infectious diseases are portrayed in popular culture during a Facebook Live chat.

Two of my photos were also used in a AAAS News story on our organization's website: Leshner Fellows Put Public Engagement Strategies to Work.

Headshots: New staff headshots

Everybody gets a new headshot! That was the rule. After months of mis-matched staff headshots driving me crazy, I arranged a time to take new headshots of our team and now our photos finally have the same style on our Contact Us page.

My teammates were terrific subjects, and I took it as a complement that nearly all of them had replaced their images on Twitter, Slack, etc., by the end of the day with their new headshots. One member of our team even got some nice feedback from a friend on social media: "This is a great photo! Captures your personality and beauty so well."

 

Headshots: New Staff Members

In July 2016, I took headshots for two new staff members, using the best natural light I could find in our office building. Each person sat in a windowsill in our break room. Patient colleagues!