Academics grapple with balancing their research with the need to communicate it to the public

Researchers today more than ever focus their work on real-world problems, often times making their research relevant to the public locally, regionally and nationally. But engaging the public in their research can be a daunting task for researchers both professionally and personally. Leah Gerber, an Arizona State University professor, has identified impediments to productive science communication and she shared her recommendations at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Association for the Adv…

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-02/asu…