Today the second day of the July 2022 MSE virtual symposium, which is focused on “Blending biological, social, and humanities writing”. Don’t worry, you still have time to register and join the session.
This session will feature one talk and one panel discussion, featuring researchers who have published, reviewed, and edited interdisciplinary writing and appreciate the difficulty that many microbiome researchers face: getting their work published when it does not fit a typical experimental layout. Our hope is that attendees for this session learn from different perspectives how to write across disciplines, find the right journal and pitch the relevancy of their manuscript to the journal’s scope, how to find reviewers with disparate professional backgrounds (for example microbiology and legal policy), and more.
Session 2: “Blending biological, social, and humanities writing”
Tuesday, July 19th, 12:30 ~ 16:00 EST. post updated, this event has passed, watch the recorded talks here.
Session leaders:
Ashley M. Toney, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UTHealth School of Public Health, El Paso. Translational/Clinical Nutrition Researcher focused on Latine Health Disparities.
Kieran C. O’Doherty, PhD., Professor of Psychology, University of Guelph, and Director of the Discourse, Science, Publics research Group.
Emily Wissel, Ph.D. candidate, Emory University. MSE Director of Resource Dissemination
Scope: Interdisciplinary experimental designs have been called for in research, but finding a publication venue can be tricky when manuscripts or presentations are deemed not discipline-specific, or are labeled opinion instead of research. This session will explore common gatekeeping problems of interdisciplinary research, cross-disciplinary writing categorization discussions (i.e. theoretical framing, etc.), and writing strategies and publication venues to make the most of your work.
Learning Objectives of Session: Attendees will become familiar with different expectations within research design/publishing across fields, and learn about tangible suggestions from research publishers. Audience members should walk away with more confidence in interdisciplinary publishing.
Format of talks: This will feature a 30-min plenary topic to introduce the concept that theory in psychology/philosophy is regarded as opinion in the natural sciences, followed by 1 hour of a panel of research journal editors to discuss flexible publication guidelines.
Format of breakout rooms: Each room creates a document, and each room has a designated topic area (e.g. environmental restoration) to help audience members group by discipline
Session Speaker:
Dr. Mark Risjord, PhD. Professor of Philosophy, Emory University
“Crossing boundaries, building bridges: some reflections on interdisciplinary writing.”
After which, the Speaker will be joined by additional Panelists to discuss interdisciplinary research, challenges, and opportunities.
Dr. Susan L. Prescott, MD, PhD, FRACP. President, inVIVO Planetary Health @ the Nova Institute for Health, Baltimore, USA; Director, ORIGINS PROJECT Telethon Kids Institute; Professor of Paediatrics, UWA Medical School; Paediatric Immunologist, Perth Children’s Hospital; Editor in Chief, Challenges journal.
Dr. James Stegen, PhD., Physical & Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Dr. Michela Gambino, PhD. Assistant Professor at the Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen; mSystems editor
12:30 – 14:15 Introduction, Speaker, and Panel discussion
14:15 – 14:30 Break
14:30 – 16:00 Breakout room discussions based on skills development, in smaller groups
- Pitching your paper to the right journal
- Finding and directing reviewers
- “Ask a philosopher!”
- TBD
Prior to this session, you may want to watch these recorded talks:
- “Microbes at the nexus of environmental, biological, and social research”. Dr. Sue Ishaq, PhD.
- “20 important questions in microbial exposure and social equity + recent work on urban greenspace microbiomes”. Dr. Jake Robinson, PhD.
- “What Connects Us: stories of working across difference with humans and microbes”. Dr. Maya Hey, PhD
- “Embodied microbiomes: a 4E-cognition perspective on microbial life and social equity”. Dr. Francisco Parada, PhD