About Science Journalist in Residence
Launched in 2014, UF’s Science Journalist in Residence (SJR) Program brings leading science writers to the UF campus each academic year. (The program has continued during the pandemic, with science journalists appearing at UF virtually). Journalists typically give a public talk and spend two to three days speaking in classes and interacting with faculty and students interested in their work. Funded by the Office of the Provost, the program is housed and directed by the College of Journalism and Communications but open to participation by students and faculty in all colleges.
SJR Committee
Cynthia Barnett, Environmental Journalist in Residence, College of Journalism and Communications
Sarah Breske, President, UF’s Science Communigators student organization
Jay Hmielowski, Assistant Professor, Department of Public Relations
Aaron Hoover, Director of Executive Communications, Office of the President
Joseph Kays, Director, UF Research Communications
Chris Moran, Special Assistant to the VP, IFAS
Czerne Reid, Lecturer and Program Director, Online Graduate and Certificate Programs, Department of Psychiatry
Melanie Fridl Ross, Chief Communications Officer, UFHealth
Kim Walsh-Childers, Journalism Professor, College of Journalism and Communications