Publications
The following is a list of some of the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science publications.
Selected media coverage
Macdonald, E. (2016, February 22). Alan Alda communicating science at the ANU. The Canberra Times.
Settlement Council of Australia. (2016) Opening Doors project. Settlement Council of Australian Newsletter, August 2016 edition.
Finch, M. (2016, April 22). Curious, mysterious, marvellous, electrical: Mouth on legs. MarvellousElectrical. Includes interview with Lindy Orthia.
Gorrey, M. (2016, January 7). Canberra scientists on board first all-female expedition to Antarctica. The Canberra Times. Includes interview with Merryn McKinnon about Homeward Bound.
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.
Refereed journal papers
Orthia, L.A. & Morgain, R. (2016). The gendered culture of scientific competence: A study of scientist characters in Doctor Who 1963-2013. Sex Roles, 75(3), 79-94. doi: 10.1007/s11199-016-0597-y
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.
McKinnon M., Semmens D., Moon B., Amarasekara I. & Bolliet L. (2016) Science, Twitter and election campaigns: tracking #auspol in the Australian federal elections. Journal of Science Communication, 15(06), A04.
Huttner-Koros, A. & Perera, S. (2016). Communicating science in English: a preliminary exploration into the professional self-perceptions of Australian scientists from language backgrounds other than English. Journal of Science Communication, 15(08), A03.
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.
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.
Popular media
McKinnon, M. (2016, January 11). Teachers are leaving the profession – here’s how to make them stay. The Conversation.
Ingles, C. and Orthia, L.A. (2016). A New Synthesis on the Geology of Middle-earth: Genesis, Orogeny and Tectonics. Canberra: Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, The Australian National University.
Morgain R. & Orthia L. (2016, May 19). Ahead of its time: Doctor Who's 56 inspiring female scientists. The Conversation.
Grant, W.J. (2016, February 5). CSIRO needs to tackle the impact of climate change following its jobs shake-up. The Conversation.
Lamberts, R. & Grant, W.J. (2016, February 25). Should scientists engage with pseudo-science or anti-science? The Conversation.
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.
Refereed conference papers
Kleine, H., McNamara, G. & Rayner, J. (2016). The use of high speed imaging in education. The 31st International Congress on High Speed Imaging and Photonics. November 7-10, 2016, Osaka, Japan.
Conference presentations
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