ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Myths, Misconceptions, and Mental Modifications: Identify, Clarify and Speak Out about Entomology.

Sunday, November 13, 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room A13, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizers:
Marianne Shockley
Andrine A. Shufran
Martha Rosett Lutz
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
0254
What people know, think they know, ought to know, and ought to forget about entomology and entomologists! Demystifying entomological myths
Marianne Shockley, University of Georgia
2:00 PM
0255
Shamelessly manipulating the minds of policy-makers and other influential people via a paradigm shift to entomological literacy
Martha Rosett Lutz, Bluegrass Community and Technical College
2:25 PM
0256
Knee deep in hoopla: Demythologizing genetically-engineered crops
Richard L. Hellmich, USDA - ARS; Patti Prasifka, Dow AgroSciences
2:50 PM
The social entomologist: adopting social media from proposal to publication
Morgan D. Jackson, University of Guelph
3:05 PM
0257
Lights, camera, action: how to tell bug stories to the public via television, radio, and print
Michael J. Raupp, University of Maryland; Patti Neger, ABC
3:30 PM
0258
Making the most of your time in the spotlight: keys to effective communication via media outreach
Holly Menninger, Cornell University
3:55 PM
0259
How to speak to non-scientists, even the really frightened ones
Richard Levine, Entomological Society of America
4:20 PM
Mock interview
4:35 PM
Don't be such a scientist!
4:50 PM
Final Discussion
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