The People Behind KSCI

KSCI is an interdisciplinary collaboration between faculty, staff, and students across campus as well as community partners who are interested in science communication have come together to build KSCI.

Interested in contributing to KSCI? Email scicomm@ksu.edu !

KSCI Leadership

Jacqueline Aenlle

Dr. Jacqueline Aenlle

jaenlle@ksu.edu

Jacqueline Aenlle in an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communications and Agricultural Education. Her research focuses in part on the science of science communication. Her most recent work explores scientists' experiences participating in digital science outreach opportunities and the role of trust in science communication and science engagement. She presents her work both nationally and internationally and is excited to continue to grow the interdisciplinary, collaborative efforts and programming offered by KSCI.

KSCI Steering Committee

Megan Miller

mmmiller@ksu.edu

Megan Miller is the Assistant Director for Student Success at K-State. Originally from Pueblo, Colorado, Megan began her role as the Graduate School's Student Success Coordinator in August 2014. She also worked as a graduate assistant for the Graduate School while pursuing her master's of science and PhD in psychology, completed at K-State in 2009 and 2014, respectively.

Tom Hallaq

thallaq@ksu.edu

Tom Hallaq is an Associate Professor in the A.Q. Miller School of Media and Communication and had an integral role in the founding of KSCI. His professional background is in live television producing and directing. Dr. Hallaq earned his Bachelors of Arts (B.A.) degree in Communications from Brigham Young University, his Master's of Education (M.Ed.) in Instructional Media and Technology from Eastern Washington University and a Doctorate of Education (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership/ Instructional Methods and Design from Idaho State University where he was also on the faculty as an Assistant Professor. He comes to Kansas State University with more than 14 years teaching experience. His research interests include media literacy, cultural effects of media, and broadcast history. He also has interests in the impact of religious influence on news reporting.

KSCI Affiliates

Sarah Hancock

sarhan@ksu.edu

Sarah Caldwell Hancock, founding member of KSCI, works as senior project manager and editor at New Boston Creative Group, where she collaborates with the rest of the NBCG team to make sure clients' needs are met and expectations are exceeded. She brings more than 25 years of experience in publishing, editing, teaching, writing, and communications in technology, higher education, science communication and healthcare. Sarah enjoys big-picture strategic communication planning as well as nuts-and-bolts content development and editing, and she provides a final set of eyes to make sure everything is perfect and polished.

Katie Starzec

kstarzec@ksu.edu Dr. Katie Starzec

Dr. Starzec is an Assistant Professor of agricultural communications and journalism. Her teaching areas are environmental communication, strategic communication, and principles of layout and design. With a background in natural resource management related to water and soil, Dr. Starzec’s extension appointment revolves around communication strategies for environmental and conservation efforts, including communication’s role in landowner decision-making; outreach strategies for watershed management; and partnerships in natural resource conservation.

To see past contributors to the Kansas Science Communication Initiative, check out this page of past KSCI team-members.