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Ms. Kearns demonstrates that we will only be successful in reaching people if we engage with them in a personal way rather than working from the belief that all we need to do is provide information. Objectivity prevents us from connecting with our audiences. -- Natural Areas Journal Dr. Kearns has given us much-needed tools for sharing science with empathy, engagement, and the full humanity that our audiences deserve. A brave and brilliant guide to the shifting terrain of science communication. --Cynthia Barnett University of Florida Environmental Journalist in Residence and author of Mirage, Blue Revolution Kearns provides a practitioner's perspective, supplemented by dozens of examples from working scientific communicators that reveal the pleasures, challenges, and stresses of their work.... They both reinforce the humanity of scientific communication and its practitioners, and represent concise case studies of how communication succeeds or fails. -- Technical Communication Journal The book holds lessons for anyone who wants to take on the challenge of talking about loaded scientific topics, and it addresses misconceptions and oversimplifications about the best way to do it. -- Grist With more than 25 years of experience as a science communicator, Kearns has a persuasive vision for how to improve the relationship between science and the public.... This book is written for professional science communicators but will appeal to anyone interested in a growing field, and it offers good advice about communication that applies far beyond the confines of science. -- Booklist Increasingly, those of us who work within the science fields are put on the spot in terms of having to not only share the facts of our research but also find diplomatic ways to have a meaningful conversation about what the facts mean .... A terrific first step to handling these increasingly unpredictable conversations is to read Faith Kearns' recent book. -- Native Plants Journal Getting to the Heart of Science Communication is a must-read for amateurs and professionals alike. The book presents tangible ways to engage in science communication that is justice-centered and meets the environmental and societal challenges of today. Kearns delivers thoughtful and transformational advice on addressing power and accountability in the sciences. --Asmeret Asefaw Berhe Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry, University of California, Merced In Getting to the Heart of Science Communication, Faith Kearns reminds readers that how a scientist presents his or her research can drastically affect how people outside of academia think, and especially how they feel, about a given topic ...The book offers a view from the front lines of science communication, profiling practitioners who explain their journeys and share stories of relationship building and community engagement. -- Science Magazine In Getting to the Heart of Science Communication, Faith Kearns captures the voices of real science communication practice--and maps where we need to go to build public trust in science, relationship by relationship. This is the book the field needs now. --Bob Lalasz CEO, Science+Story

Dr. Kearns has given us much-needed tools for sharing science with empathy, engagement, and the full humanity that our audiences deserve. A brave and brilliant guide to the shifting terrain of science communication. --Cynthia Barnett University of Florida Environmental Journalist in Residence and author of Mirage, Blue Revolution The book holds lessons for anyone who wants to take on the challenge of talking about loaded scientific topics, and it addresses misconceptions and oversimplifications about the best way to do it. -- Grist With more than 25 years of experience as a science communicator, Kearns has a persuasive vision for how to improve the relationship between science and the public.... This book is written for professional science communicators but will appeal to anyone interested in a growing field, and it offers good advice about communication that applies far beyond the confines of science. -- Booklist In Getting to the Heart of Science Communication, Faith Kearns reminds readers that how a scientist presents his or her research can drastically affect how people outside of academia think, and especially how they feel, about a given topic ...The book offers a view from the front lines of science communication, profiling practitioners who explain their journeys and share stories of relationship building and community engagement. -- Science Magazine Getting to the Heart of Science Communication is a must-read for amateurs and professionals alike. The book presents tangible ways to engage in science communication that is justice-centered and meets the environmental and societal challenges of today. Kearns delivers thoughtful and transformational advice on addressing power and accountability in the sciences. --Asmeret Asefaw Berhe Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry, University of California, Merced In Getting to the Heart of Science Communication, Faith Kearns captures the voices of real science communication practice--and maps where we need to go to build public trust in science, relationship by relationship. This is the book the field needs now. --Bob Lalasz CEO, Science+Story

Dr. Kearns has given us much-needed tools for sharing science with empathy, engagement, and the full humanity that our audiences deserve. A brave and brilliant guide to the shifting terrain of science communication. --Cynthia Barnett University of Florida Environmental Journalist in Residence and author of Mirage, Blue Revolution Kearns provides a practitioner's perspective, supplemented by dozens of examples from working scientific communicators that reveal the pleasures, challenges, and stresses of their work.... They both reinforce the humanity of scientific communication and its practitioners, and represent concise case studies of how communication succeeds or fails. -- Technical Communication Journal The book holds lessons for anyone who wants to take on the challenge of talking about loaded scientific topics, and it addresses misconceptions and oversimplifications about the best way to do it. -- Grist With more than 25 years of experience as a science communicator, Kearns has a persuasive vision for how to improve the relationship between science and the public.... This book is written for professional science communicators but will appeal to anyone interested in a growing field, and it offers good advice about communication that applies far beyond the confines of science. -- Booklist Getting to the Heart of Science Communication is a must-read for amateurs and professionals alike. The book presents tangible ways to engage in science communication that is justice-centered and meets the environmental and societal challenges of today. Kearns delivers thoughtful and transformational advice on addressing power and accountability in the sciences. --Asmeret Asefaw Berhe Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry, University of California, Merced In Getting to the Heart of Science Communication, Faith Kearns captures the voices of real science communication practice--and maps where we need to go to build public trust in science, relationship by relationship. This is the book the field needs now. --Bob Lalasz, CEO, Science+Story In Getting to the Heart of Science Communication, Faith Kearns reminds readers that how a scientist presents his or her research can drastically affect how people outside of academia think, and especially how they feel, about a given topic ...The book offers a view from the front lines of science communication, profiling practitioners who explain their journeys and share stories of relationship building and community engagement. -- Science Magazine In Getting to the Heart of Science Communication, Faith Kearns captures the voices of real science communication practice--and maps where we need to go to build public trust in science, relationship by relationship. This is the book the field needs now. --Bob Lalasz CEO, Science+Story

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Faith Kearns is a scientist and science communication practitioner who focuses primarily on water, wildfire, and climate change in the western United States. Her work has been published in New Republic, On Being, Bay Nature, and more. She has been working in the science communication field for more than 25 years, starting with the Ecological Society of America and going on to serve as a AAAS Science and Policy Fellow at the US Department of State, manage a wildfire research and outreach center at the University of California, Berkeley, and bridge science and policy advocacy efforts at the Pew Charitable Trusts. She currently works with the California Institute for Water Resources. Kearns holds an undergraduate environmental science degree from Northern Arizona University, and a doctorate in environmental science, policy, and management from the University of California, Berkeley.

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