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Why is a Master of Fine Arts
student working for EPSCoR?
Tom MoranAlaska EPSCoR Graduate Assistant
May 28, 2010
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Background• B.A. in English and
Environmental Science• Five years as newspaper
reporter, including four at the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
• Enrolled as MFA student in creative writing (focus on dramatic writing) in Jan. ’07
• Graduated this month; thesis was a full-length play
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Grant Editing• Based on grant workshop
recommendations, retained by EPSCoR in Sept. ‘07 to edit grants by rural campus directors
• Work never materialized, so I began writing instead
EPSCoR PI Peter Schweitzer at the August 2007 grant workshop
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Newsletters• Produced 5 bi-annual
newsletters since ’07 (No. 6 forthcoming)
• Content: News and features on EPSCoR programs and people
• Work includes selecting and writing stories, gathering and taking photographs, layout, distribution to mailing list
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Photography & Brochure
• Photos and copy for official brochure
• Collecting and taking photos for EPSCoR photo database – useful for publicity, reports to National Science Foundation
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NSF and External Reporting
• Powerpoint for reverse site visit to NSF in D.C.
• Annual reports• Strategic Plan• Contact and
demographic information databases
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Research Highlights• One-page PDF
summaries of research and outreach efforts
• Useful for NSF reporting, web site, general publicity
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Video Project• Collaborated with
undergrad Kaleb Yates to produce short documentary clips about EPSCoR people and projects
• Useful for NSF reporting and for web site
Yates interviews Andy Kliskey at Westchester Lagoon in Anchorage
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Professional Development
• EPSCoR paid for Adobe InDesign course, digital camera and accessories
• Travel to WAISCs in Nome and Unalaska, All-Hands Meeting in Anchorage, AAAS in Juneau
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So Why am I Here?
• Public outreach is highly valued by NSF
• Clear and coherent writing is an undervalued skill in the science community
• Writers with some science background (or vice versa) can help translate science into plain English
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So Why am I Here?
• Science cannot go forward without the funding and general support of non-scientists
• If you can’t explain it in layman’s terms, why will the layman care?