Our Team
Our team is a diverse group of scholars and practitioners who are dedicated to journalistically mapping the landscape of civic science to make it more accessible and actionable. Over the years, we have recruited team members (interns, fellows, and staff) who often come from backgrounds in various civic science domains (science engagement, science journalism, community science, science policy, etc) bringing a wealth of experience and passion for program design, data visualization, storytelling, landscape research, and community engagement to further our mission of uncovering the civic nature of science through civic science journalism. If you are interested in joining the lab and contributing to our mission, please tell us about the adventure you seek in our lab here.
Current Members
Fanuel Muindi, PhD | Lab Director & Founder; Host, Questions of the Day Program, CivicSciTV
Gina Errico | Special Correspondent, Civic Science Times
Kacie Lauders | Anchor/Host, Consider This Next, CivicSciRadio
Jake Krauss | Anchor/Host, CivicSciTV Newsroom
Bernadette Weigman | Neuroscience & Society Correspondent, Civic Science Times
Joanna Marsh, | Special Correspondent, Civic Science Times
Stephanie Okeyo | Africa Special Correspondent
Diya Dwarakanath | Host, The Civic Science Perspective Program, CivicSciTV
Eileen Tucci | Assistant Producer & Editor
Alumni
Lyne-Nicole Odhiambo | Summer Intern from MIT (2024), Civic Science Times
Ariana DeCastro, PhD | Special Correspondent, Civic Science Times
Claire Holesovsky, Assistant Director (2021-24)
Bre Kelsey, Events Manager (2021-24)
Victoria Gonzalez, Special Correspondent (Jan 2022 – Jan 2024)
Heidi Houzenga, Research Associate (Oct 2021 – May 2022)
AbuBakr Sangare, Summer Intern (2022) from Williams College
Khushbu Kshirsagar, Research Associate & Fellow (Apr 2021 – Sept 2021)
Alexa Del Pilar Pérez Torres (Fellow) | Harvard University
Brittania Moodie (Fellow) MIT
Syafiq Aiman Mat Noor (Fellow)
Khushbu Kshirsagar (Fellow)
Israel Robinson (Fellow)
Niba Nirmal (Fellow)
Cautney Nelson (SRC Fellow)
Accadius Lunayo (SRC Fellow)
Kristine S. Cay (SRC Fellow)
Lisa Cox (SRC Fellow)
Nida Rehmani (SRC Fellow)
Sarah White (SRC Fellow)
Urmimala Basu (SRC Fellow)
Zhuoying Lin (SRC Fellow)
Sqiniseko Majola (SRC Fellow)
Grecia García-Elizalde (Summer Intern, 2022) | Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
Abigail Lambert (Summer Intern, 2021) | Dartmouth College
Reilly Mach (Summer Intern, 2020) | Concordia College
Visualizing Society for Science’s STEM Action microgrants across the U.S. — Organizations in CA, TX, NY, FL, and MA are among the awardees
Boston resident Kwasi Agbleke is working to expand access to biomedical research in Ghana and across Africa
Combining university public relations and science communication: Tensions and Opportunities
Mass Audubon is looking for community science data volunteers
Visualized: Massachusetts is no. 2 state with highest number of active public engagement with science grants from the NSF-AISL program
Boston resident Kwasi Agbleke is working to expand access to biomedical research in Ghana and across Africa
Resuming community science projects after a disaster
Science communication in extended & virtual reality? Northeastern’s Eileen McGivney shares insights
Science communicator & Founder/Host of ImmunoAfrica Podcast shares insights from his #scicomm work
Using media for astronomy engagement, Research!America panel & grants!
Bridging research & practice: insights from collaborative science communication research on Japanese television
Examining the theory of change behind the new docuseries ‘From Soil to Soul’ that’s reconnecting with food systems & learning from marginalized voices
