Culture Change in Academia: Making Sharing the New Norm
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Join a lively discussion by Erin McKiernan, an early career researcher in experimental and computational neuroscience and a leading advocate for Open Access, Open Data, and Open Science. McKiernan will explore the powerful, positive benefits of openness in scholarly research, the tension between personal success as a researcher and Open Science, and the need for reform in our academic evaluation and incentive systems.
A panel discussion featuring members of the University of Pittsburgh academic community will follow.
The panelists will include--
• Brian Beaton (Moderator) Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences and Interim Director, Sara Fine Institute for Interpersonal Behavior and Technology
• Gordon Mitchell, Associate Professor of Communication and Assistant Dean, University Honors College
• Lara Putnam, Professor of History and former co-senior editor, Hispanic American Historical Review
• Jackie Smith, Professor of Sociology and editor, Journal of World-Systems Research
More about Erin McKiernan
McKiernan is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario. Previously she served as a researcher affiliated with the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico, where she experienced firsthand the impact of cost barriers to accessing scholarly research. McKiernan has written about open access for international media outlets, such as The Conversation and The Guardian, and blogs about her experiences with Open Science. You can also follow her on Twitter at @emckiernan13
Brian Beaton
Erin McKiernan
McKiernan is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario. Previously she served as a researcher affiliated with the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico, where she experienced firsthand the impact of cost barriers to accessing scholarly research. McKiernan has written about open access for international media outlets, such as The Conversation and The Guardian, and blogs about her experiences with Open Science. You can also follow her on Twitter at @emckiernan13
Gordon Mitchell
Jackie Smith
Jackie Smith's research addresses the relationships between economic globalization, social conflicts, and popular struggles. She currently serves as editor of the Journal of World-Systems Research, the official journal of the Political Economy of the World-System Section of the American Sociological Association. She is involved locally in work with Pittsburgh’s Human Rights City Alliance, and she serves on the Leadership Committee of the internet and media justice advocacy organization, May First/People Link. Smith is an advocate for the right to communication and Open Access publishing and is part of the International Network of Scholar Activists. Smith coordinates the Pitt Human Rights Initiative, which engages community leaders and Pitt faculty, staff and students in joint educational and research activities aimed at promoting and defending human rights locally and beyond.
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