Panel 1: Young Scholars and the OA Career Arc

About This Session

The scholars now entering fields of research will be the ones who inhabit the changed landscape of scholarly communication in a few years.  A panel of young scholars advocating for Open Access will discuss their perspectives on the prospects for this evolving landscape of OA publications. 

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Presenters

Nick Shockey

  • Director, Right to Research Coalition

Nick Shockey is the Director of Programs and Engagement for the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and founding director of the Right to Research Coalition (R2RC).

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Anna Pechenina

  • Ph.D candidate in Political Science, University of North Texas

Anna Pechenina is a Ph.D candidate in Political Science at the University of North Texas, Denton with concentration in Comparative Politics and Methodology. She holds a B.A. from Truman State University in Music and Political Science. Her research focuses on Fiscal Politics of Federal States; specifically - strategic implications of intergovernmental transfers.

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Erin Mckiernan

Erin McKiernan is a Researcher in Medical Sciences at the National Institute of Public Health in Mexico. She received her PhD in Physiological Sciences in 2010 from the University of Arizona. Her research involves the integration of experimental and computational approaches to solve diverse problems in epidemiology, physiology, and neuroscience.

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Logistics

When:

Monday, May 19, 2014 - 10:45am to 12:00pm

Where:

Medical Education and Training Building (MET). Multipurpose Room 109/110/111

UNT Health Science Center