Naomi B. Knoble

Elsevier withdraws support of the RWA

02.27.12 Posted in Events, open access, scholar activist by

Elsevier withdrew their support of the Research Works Act! Next up, consider supporting the Federal Research Public Access Act.


The Social Justice Doughnut

02.22.12 Posted in social justice by

There is a great post today at Grist that beared reposting and commentary: The doughnut of justice: A new way to think about growth The ideas presented embed social justice, specifically distributive justice, within a framework of environmental justice. The video segment by Kate Raworth of Oxfam International is worth viewing. There were many compelling points [...]


Open Social Science?

02.19.12 Posted in research, research + web 2.0 by

Recently the bloggers at smaller questions took on the topic of open science. If you are not already familiar with the idea of open science, I highly recommend their post. I continue to be in awe of the momentum within the STEM fields toward disruption of the long-standing paradigm for conducting research as well as publishing [...]


Blogging at SRA

02.13.12 Posted in current projects, dissemination, Events, research + web 2.0 by

The Society for Research on Adolescence biennial meeting is coming up on March 8th – 10th, 2012, in the beautiful city of Vancouver, BC [read: home of 49th Parallel Coffee, amazing restaurants, stunning international port city encrusted by snow capped mountains]. I am equally as excited about the conference as I am about being in one [...]


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