FAIRFAX, Va., April 9 -- George Mason University issued the following news release:
After taking notice of the growing distrust between the scientific community and the general public, George Mason University adjunct professor Jennifer Lewis decided to take action by creating two special topics courses in George Mason's Environmental Science and Policy Department (ESP)-EVPP 490 Conservation Storytelling and EVPP 490/505 Media Production for Environmental Science and Policy-that teach students how to communicate with the public about science in a way that is captivating, interesting, and easy to understand. All emphasizing the use of story, which is the preferred method to communicate for humans.
Emerging scientists enrolled in these under...