Tuesday, February 23, 2016

My Interview Subjects

The following are the professionals who were gracious enough to spare some of their time to be interviewed by me. Here is some information on them: Vicente Talanquer and Craig Aspinwall.

1) Vicente Talanquer


Job Title and Organization:
Distinguished Professor at the University of Arizona.


Higher Education:
B.S. 1985, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
M.A. 1987, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Ph.D. 1992, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México


Years professionally active: 24 years (and counting)
Vicente Talanquer. Image courtesy of University of Arizona
Research Home Page here.
Date, time & location of interview:

2:00 p.m. Tuesday February 23rd, 2016 University of Arizona at the Old Chemistry Building



Questions:
1) Describe your position at the University of Arizona.
2) What is the common genre you present your writing in?

3) Who reads it?

4) How is your data recorded?

5) Has your research group or people in your field tried using social media to present content?

6) Do you use other genres to present content?

7) What is the purpose of your journals?

8) What is the most difficult thing about writing a science educational journal?

9) What is going through your mind when producing this content?

10) Has your background education helped you write educational science journals?





2) Craig Aspinwall



Job Title and Organization:
Professor at the University of Arizona.



Higher education:
B.S. 1994, Berry College
Ph.D. 1999, University of Florida
Postdoctoral Fellow 1999, Karolinska Institute
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2000, Ames Laboratory

Years professionally Active: 17 years (and counting)



Craig Aspinwall. Image courtesy of University of Arizona


Date, time & location of interview:
February 23rd, 2016 ; 9:30 a.m. at Old Chemistry Building at the University of Arizona.

Questions:
1)Describe your position at the University of Arizona.

2)How do you present the content you create in your field of Chemistry?

3) How does social media play a role in your field?

4) What other mediums do you present your research in?

5) Who is your audience?Who reads your scientific journals?

6) What programs or tools do you use to create your scientific content?

7) How was writing in chemistry changed since you began to do so?

8)  Where do you recommend I can find information or examples on scientific journals?

9) What advice would you give to incoming grad students who are about to write their first scientific paper as a grad student?

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