Scientists in Solidarity

Science under attack: Let's unite, ignite action, and build a future where science serves all!

What’s really happening to our government—and how are people resisting? In this issue, we break down Unbreaking, a volunteer-run project tracking authoritarian moves and the countermeasures already underway. Learn the patterns, see the resistance, and discover how shared analysis can help us act strategically for democracy and the public good.

Join our action hours to empower a community of scientists in resistance to authoritarianism.

The Moment We’re In Science—and democracy—are under attack. Authoritarian power is consolidating, reshaping universities, defunding research, and putting...

As authoritarianism grows in the U.S., many scientists feel the impulse to respond with more science communication. We start podcasts, give public talks, and...

Dear Nic, Yeah. That's your name. Or at least it is now. I know when you first heard it, it sparked something in you. Ale says it first, and something in you...

As a science communication researcher and community organizer, I’ve been concerned about the potential defunding of social justice efforts in science in 2025.

Findings from a study of race-evasive ideology in science communication fellowship directors

How Shared Interest Storytelling has Helped Me Embrace All of Who I Am

The Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science has just published a new comic of mine in The Link. You can check it out here. In the comic, bunnies present...

Photo by Sergey N on Unsplash Science graduate students–disenchanted with their careers–often ask me for coffee. These are usually students with one or more...

I’ve been taking a creative nonfiction writing class. Below is a piece I wrote for our memoir assignment on dropping out of science academia. Not This I...

Hi all! I’m working on a book chapter about how collisions between art and science can help us confront society’s most pressing issues. Are there ways you...

Reposting a comic I made for The Link about my research

A poem written from data from my dissertation.

I’m pleased to announce I’m joining the SciComm Identities Project as a postdoctoral researcher. Not only do I get to work with some of my favorite...

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