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COMPASS most often works with environmental scientists interested in becoming more engaged in the public discourse. But we have helped scientists in a variety of disciplines, communicating with many audiences and working toward different types of goals, to distill and frame their messages with the Message Box.
These four scientists provide a glimpse of the diversity of thought and approach. Their Message Boxes may help you think through your own Message Box and see new ways of framing and sharing your work. Note how each Message Box identifies its audience up front, and provides a framework for sorting and distilling complex issues down to their essence, answering some of the questions outlined in the Message Box sections.
Dr. Marcos Dantus
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Physics at Michigan State University
Dr. Tessa Hill
Associate Professor at the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences at University of California, Davis
Dr. Anne Neale
Research Scientist & Project Lead for EnviroAtlas at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Dr. Meg Krawchuk
Associate Professor at the Department of Forest Ecosystems & Society, Oregon State University
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