Скачать или смотреть Michelle de Leon / Hannah Robbins / Amalia Harrington, Mitchell Center Talk Series, 11/22/2021

Title: Storytelling: A tool to inform
collaborations

Speakers:
Michelle de Leon, Masters Student, Ecology & Environmental Sciences, UMaine
Hannah Robbins, Communications Manager, Maine Sea Grant
Amalia Harrington, Marine Extension Associate, Maine Sea Grant

Storytelling has been around for as long as human history. While scientists traditionally use it to communicate
findings, storytelling is an emerging collaborative research method. This talk will illustrate how collaboration deepens
storytelling, and how storytelling deepens collaboration. The speakers will provide examples of their work to
demonstrate that storytelling can be a powerful tool for collaborations across disciplines and cultures.

Michelle de Leon is a participant in the NSF Research Traineeship on Enhancing Conservation Science. She is interested
in social-ecological systems, community resilience, and collaborative approaches to science.

Hannah Robbins - As a science writer and communicator, Hannah is interested in translating research findings and demystifying
scientific practices to make marine science accessible to general audiences.

Amalia Harrington is the Northeast Regional Lobster Extension Project Coordinator, with her current work focused on
increasing the American lobster industry’s resilience to ecosystem change across the Northeast.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1828466.

For information about the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, go to https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/.