Inclusive SciComm 2019 Knowledge-Building Report

This report summarizes findings of an NSF conference grant designed to support the knowledge-building component of the 2019 Inclusive SciComm Symposium (ISCS). Specifically, this document describes symposium participants' motivations for attending the symposium, the symposium's effectiveness in achieving participants' desired outcomes, and participants' attitudes, behaviors, and self-efficacy related to critical dialogue, or difficult conversations across difference. The report also summarizes participants' perceived needs, challenges, and opportunities for advancing inclusive, equitable, and intersectional approaches to science communication. Finally, the report provides recommendations for future iterations of the symposium.

This document is useful for a diverse range of informal science learning researchers and practitioners who wish to center inclusion in their work.

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