Publications

Li, R. & Orthia, L.A. (2016). Communicating the nature of science through The Big Bang Theory: Evidence from a focus group study. International Journal of Science Education Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 6(2): 115-136. doi: 10.1080/21548455.2015.1020906.

Linvill, D.L. & Grant, W.J. (2016). The role of student academic beliefs in perceptions of instructor ideological bias. Teaching in Higher Education. Prepublished online 2 October 2016. doi:10.1080/13562517.2016.1237493.

Orthia, L.A. (2016). Democratizing science in the eighteenth century: resonances between Condorcet’s Sketch (1795) and twenty-first century science communication. Journal of Science Communication, 15(04), A04.

Orthia, L.A. (2016). ‘Laudably Communicating to theWorld’: Science in Sydney’s Public Culture, 1788–1821. Historical Records of Australian Science, 27(1), 1-12. doi:10.1071/HR15018.

Orthia, L.A. (2016). What’s wrong with talking about the Scientific Revolution? Applying lessons from history of science to applied fields of science studies. Minerva, 54(3), 353-373. doi: 10.1007/s11024-016-9299-4.

Donkers, M. & Orthia, L.A. (2016). Popular theatre for science engagement: Audience engagement with human cloning following a production of Caryl Churchill's A Number. International Journal of Science Education Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 6(1), 23-45. doi: 10.1080/21548455.2014.947349.

Wilson, P. (2016) Chasing Utopia through the Post-Pasteurian Dream: responding to the desire for the real taste of milk. Paper presented at The 21st Symposium of Australian Gastronomy, University of Melbourne and William Angliss College, Melbourne, 2-5 December, 2016

de Kauwe, V. (2016). Aristotle's Monster: How the Aristotelian view of women and disabilities still haunts us. Presented at the Gender, Science and Wonder workshop, 11-12 February 2016, Australian National University.

Jeffery, S. (2016, November 27). Scientists mentor Melrose High School science students on projects. The Canberra Times. Coverage of John Rayner's participation in high school science mentorship program.

Weisberger, M. (2016, August 1). 'Doctor Who' scientists: how do women measure up? LiveScience. Covers Lindy Orthia and Rachel Morgain's paper about gender and scientists in Doctor Who.

Woodward, R. (2016). Book Review: The Representation of Science and Scientists on Postage Stamps. In Philamath: A Journal of Mathematical Philately, XXXVII (3). Review of Chris Yardley's book of this name.

Baker E. (2016, November 25). Women in science: Canberra scientists join all-female expedition to Antarctica. The Canberra Times. Coverage of Merryn McKinnon's participation on homeward bound.

Harper, C. (2016, October 8). ANU scientists' magpie swooping video goes viral. The RiotACT. Coverage of Will Grant and Rod Lamberts' video of them riding down Linnaeus Way in awful jumpers on a tandem bike getting swooped by magpies.

Wong, K. (2016) 'Learning to talk the talk.' The Standard. Discusses joint CPAS-HKU Space Master of Science Communication program.

Zusi, K. (2016, January). A century of science on stamps. The Scientist, p. 72. Review of Chris Yardley's book on this subject.

ABC 666. (2016, February 22). MASH star Alan Alda partners with Australian National University to boost science communication. ABC News.

ABC News. (2016, March 4). Alan Alda on why science and art are 'long lost lovers'. 7.30 Program. Discusses Alan Alda's links with CPAS.

Brennan, I. (2016, January 19). Australian teacher shortage fears as student numbers soar. ABC News. Includes interview with Merryn McKinnon.

Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Leach, J., & McKinnon, M. (2016, November 4). What the ABC's new Catalyst could mean for science on TV. The Conversation.

Grant, W.J. (2016, August 12). Inequality and the anti-expert. The Greens Magazine.

Lamberts, R. (2016, March 29). Ban new wind turbines? Not if the bar for declaring them safe is impossibly high. The Conversation.

Grant, W.J. & Lamberts, R. (2016, March 9). Alan Alda on the art of science communication: 'I want to tell you a story'. The Conversation.

Leach, J. (2016, February 3). Think you know your rhetorical structures? I can't even ... The Conversation.

de Kauwe, V. (2016). Return of the Archons: Children of the Revolution. In R. Smith? (ed.) Outside In: Star Trek TOS. Maryland: ATB Publishing.

Perera, S. (2016). Science, language and worldviews: Cultural constructions. Cultures, 3(4): 9.

Lamberts, R. & Grant, W.J. (2016, August 23). A pub brawl over research funding doesn't benefit any of us. The Conversation.

McKinnon, M. (2016, July 13). How to keep more women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The Conversation.

Grant, W. & Linvill, D. (2016, November 18). Are you forcing your political views on your students? Times Higher Education.

McKinnon, M. & Vos, J. (2016). Crossing a Threshold. In Maarten C.A. van der Sanden & Marc J. de Vries (Eds), Science and Technology Education and Communication: Seeking Synergy, (pp 27 - 46). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers

Smith, C. & Rowe, G. (2016). Deliberative processes in practice. In S. Dodds & R.A. Ankeny (eds.) Big Picture Bioethics: Developing Democratic Policy in Contested Domains, Springer, pp. 59-70.