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Scientist First: A Creative Writing Conference for the STEM Community
- Taught by Kimberly Heiman, PhD and David Hicks, PhD
- Tuition: TBD
- Genre: STEM
- Delivery Method: On-Campus
- January 9 & 10, 2027
- Two days
About the Class
About the Class
With the increasing attacks on science, education, and public health, STEM professionals must find new ways to fight back. Narrative storytelling is a powerful yet underutilized tool that can and should be wielded in this battle. In this two-day creative writing conference, you will learn how personal storytelling connects us to our audiences and prompts their understanding and retention of information. You will be asked to put yourself into your stories, escorting the reader through your personal experiences in science, weaving in plot, setting, and tension, and using a strong narrative voice to communicate scientific information. Scientist-authors will offer creative writing craft lessons; panelists will provide evidence of the wide-ranging power of personal narratives; and you will attend evening science-themed readings along with Wilkes University creative writing graduate students and faculty. So set aside your pipettors and Mathematica code, take off your lab coat and hip waders, and grab a notebook. Let’s learn to write our science stories.