Environmental Justice in the Spotlight
05/20/21 • 34 min
Sometimes, it feels like scientific research is too fundamental or incremental to see its effects on humans. But, PhD student Kavi Chintam argues that that needs to change! Using her chemical engineering research and passion for environmental justice as an example, Kavi shares inspirational advice on how to find the humanity in science.
If you want to learn more about the topics discussed in this episode, check out:
- Clean and White: A History of Environmental Racism in the United States by Carl Zimring (book)
- Living Downstream by NPR (podcast)
- The History of Environmental Justice in Five Minutes (news article)
- The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (book)
Don't forget to follow us on Twitter @SpotlightThePod to stay up-to-date on all news and episode releases!
Learn more about Northwestern University SPOT on Twitter @SPOTForceNU or at our website spot.northwestern.edu
Podcast artwork created by Edie Jiang, available at her website https://ediejiang.weebly.com/ or on Instagram @ediejiang
Music in this episode: Earth by MusicbyAden https://soundcloud.com/musicbyadenCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/_earthMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/5yIbZVOv438
Sometimes, it feels like scientific research is too fundamental or incremental to see its effects on humans. But, PhD student Kavi Chintam argues that that needs to change! Using her chemical engineering research and passion for environmental justice as an example, Kavi shares inspirational advice on how to find the humanity in science.
If you want to learn more about the topics discussed in this episode, check out:
- Clean and White: A History of Environmental Racism in the United States by Carl Zimring (book)
- Living Downstream by NPR (podcast)
- The History of Environmental Justice in Five Minutes (news article)
- The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (book)
Don't forget to follow us on Twitter @SpotlightThePod to stay up-to-date on all news and episode releases!
Learn more about Northwestern University SPOT on Twitter @SPOTForceNU or at our website spot.northwestern.edu
Podcast artwork created by Edie Jiang, available at her website https://ediejiang.weebly.com/ or on Instagram @ediejiang
Music in this episode: Earth by MusicbyAden https://soundcloud.com/musicbyadenCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/_earthMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/5yIbZVOv438
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Bee Ecology in the Spotlight
We all know that honeybees are important pollinators, but did you know that they only make up a tiny fraction of bee species? PhD student Amelia Litz does field research on ground nesting bees and wants us to know what we have yet to discover about them, her experiences with field research, and why these interesting solitary bees matter for agriculture.
If you want to learn more about the topics discussed in this episode, check out:
- Cool bee pictures from the Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab
- Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conversation to learn about pollinator conservation (website)
- The Solitary Bees: Biology, Evolution, Conservation. By Danforth, Minckley & Neff (2020) (book)
- The Bees in Your Backyard: A Guide to North America's Bees. By Wilson & Messinger-Carril (2015) (book)
Don't forget to follow us on Twitter @SpotlightThePod to stay up-to-date on all news and episode releases!
Learn more about Northwestern University SPOT on Twitter @SPOTForceNU or at our website spot.northwestern.edu
Podcast artwork created by Edie Jiang, available at her website https://ediejiang.weebly.com/ or on Instagram @ediejiang
Music in this episode: Earth by MusicbyAden https://soundcloud.com/musicbyadenCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/_earthMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/5yIbZVOv438
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Bonus Episode: Why Should Scientists Care About Science Communication?
In this season 1 BONUS episode, we're trying to get at the elephant in the room: why should scientists even care about science communication?
5 very special guests in science communication come to answer this question:
Danni Washington, science communicator, TV host, and podcaster (@danniwashington)
Dr. Sadie Witkowski, science writer and podcaster (@SadieWit)
Dr. Shannon O'Dell, science comedian and podcaster (@Shodell)
Dr. Yarrow Axford, professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Northwestern University (@yarrowaxford)
Prof. Patti Wolter, professor of Journalism at Northwestern University (@Plwolter)
If you listen to this episode and want to learn more about science communication or get involved in the science communication process, here are a few resources we recommend:
- Science Communication Online Programme (SCOPE)
- ComSciCon
- AAAS Communication Toolkit
- SciLine nonprofit
- NPR Scicommers: A Science Communication Collective
Don't forget to follow us on Twitter @SpotlightThePod to stay up-to-date on all news and episode releases!
Learn more about Northwestern University SPOT on Twitter @SPOTForceNU or at our website spot.northwestern.edu
Podcast artwork created by Edie Jiang, available at her website https://ediejiang.weebly.com/ or on Instagram @ediejiang
Music in this episode: Earth by MusicbyAden https://soundcloud.com/musicbyadenCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/_earthMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/5yIbZVOv438
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