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Leshner Leadership Institute for Public Engagement with Science

The Leshner Leadership Institute is an initiative of the AAAS Center for Public Engagement with Science and Technology. Each year, a cohort of Public Engagement Fellows from an area of research at the nexus of science and society convene for a week of intensive public engagement and science communication training and public engagement plan development.

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The Leshner Leadership Institute was an initiative of AAAS that brought together five distinct, annual cohorts of public engagement fellows from an area of research at the nexus of science and society for intensive public engagement and science communication training and public engagement plan development.

Each year, AAAS Leshner Fellows were selected from disciplines at the nexus of an important science-society issue. They convened for a week of intensive public engagement and science communication training and public engagement plan development. In addition to their individual plan, they are undertook collaborative projects with one or more other fellows over the course of the year.

AAAS Leshner Fellows returned to their institutions with a renewed commitment to develop and implement public engagement activities, train and mentor other scientists in their communities, and promote public engagement within their institutions. Visit About the Leshner Leadership Institute for more information about the program, and see the Faces of the Fellowship document for highlights of past fellows' public engagement activities.

Over the program’s five years, Leshner Fellows collectively engaged tens of thousands of people through their engagement activities. The fellows also built public engagement capacity within their scientific institutions, disciplines, networks, and communities, including through sharing what they have learned in their work as AAAS Leshner Fellows with hundreds of their students and colleagues. AAAS recently completed an evaluation of the program: see the executive summary and full report here

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Lasting Impacts of the Leshner Leadership Institute: Retrospective Evaluation Report

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Engaging the Public Helps Brian Scassellati Build Better Robots

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Anita Nikolich Encourages Asking Questions about AI to Combat Misinformation

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Biplav Srivastava Applies Artificial Intelligence to Real-World Challenges

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Michael Littman Views AAAS Public Engagement Fellowship as a Lighthouse Illuminating His Goals

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Nicholas Mattei Brings Service-Learning and Community Engagement into Tulane’s Computer Science Department

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Oge Marques Connects Technology with Stories That Make Sense to His Audience

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Faces of the Fellowship highlights activities of the AAAS Leshner Public Engagement Fellows

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Tracey du Laney Empowers Staff to Become Science Ambassadors to their Communities

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Kafui Dzirasa Engages the Public in Shaping Brain Technologies and Speaks About Racism in STEM

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Leia Stirling Brings Together Engineering, Ethics, and Engagement

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AI Experts Begin Engagement Efforts as Leshner Fellows

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Public Engagement Informs Chris Lynn’s Research on Tattooing

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Leshner Fellow Samira Kiani is Using Film to Start Conversations

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Aaron Levine Explores a Proactive Approach to Bioethics and Public Engagement

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Jin Montclare Experiments with Blogging and Op-Eds to Connect with the Public

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Leshner Fellow Robert Riener, on How the Cybathlon Promotes Awareness of Disability