Cindy Achat-Mendes
@achatwithme
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AAAS STPF Alum | Increasing access to STEM | Combining policy and science to engender change | Advancing science through workforce development. #STEMcouragement
Joined October 2016
Are you a #gradstudent in STEM interested in #scipol? Apply to the new, virtual, 10-week URA Science Policy Advocacy for Research Competition (SPARC) Series culminating in #advocacy with Congressional staff. Program start date: February 12, 2024. Apply:
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RT @AdrianaBankston: 🚀Are you a #gradstudent in STEM with a passion to make a difference at and beyond the lab? Embark on your SPARC journe….
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RT @AdrianaBankston: Enjoyed participating in this event on #CHIPSandScience implementation and learned a lot from my fellow panelists too!….
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RT @STPF_Alumni: .@AAAS_STPF alumni, are you seeking career inspiration for the new year? Don't miss the virtual "Candid Career Conversatio….
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RT @AdrianaBankston: Interested in #CHIPSandScience implementation? Join us for a panel discussion at the Dupont Summit on Dec 1 discussing….
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RT @GeorgeTakei: I don’t know how to say it more clearly, but to young people especially: If you don’t vote this November, you might not ha….
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A must read - the @SciPolJournal Special Issue on Intersectional Science Policy has been released! This issue features 16 innovative articles on a number of topics on #DEI in #scipol. @SciPolNetwork Read the full issue: #ISPMC2021.
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Read the 2021 International Science Policy Memo Competition winning articles on intersectional science policy
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I just signed a @theactionnet petition: Demand safe COVID practices in reopening Georgia universities! The USG needs to hear us! Sign here:
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The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia have ordered a full return to normal operations this fall, but they haven't put in place the policies that would make it safe: a vaccine...
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Day 1 of my AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship! Thrilled to share that I will be learning and working on science policy @DeptofDefense #DoDSTEM as a @AAAS_STPF fellow! Here's to #scipol adventures and STEM policy! #STEMcouragement.
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RT @AdrianaBankston: Just wrapped up my last @FORsymp meeting as a BoD member. Can’t say enough about this org. Since 2016, I learned about….
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RT @GgcPolicy: Want to learn how you can use @SciPolJournal publications as an educational tool in your #scipol class?. Check out this blog….
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​In fall 2020, JSPG publications were an integral part of the Interdisciplinary Applications of Biology (BIOL 4700) course at Georgia Gwinnett College, taught by Dr. Achat-Mendes, Associate Professor...
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RT @SciPolJournal: Want to learn how you can use @SciPolJournal publications as an educational tool in your #scipol class?. Check out this….
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​In fall 2020, JSPG publications were an integral part of the Interdisciplinary Applications of Biology (BIOL 4700) course at Georgia Gwinnett College, taught by Dr. Achat-Mendes, Associate Professor...
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RT @GgcPolicy: I think we as students of STEM may see our education as a launchpad for our careers. Before this cou….
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Scientists need to acknowledge that fact—and to act on it in these most dire of times
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RT @aaas: "The need for scientists in public service has never been greater. Higher ed leaders need to encourage their STEM faculty member….
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COVID-free skies! 🚀See the #ISS over Atlanta on Thu Mar 19, ~7-9 pm, Decatur (8:07 PM) #SpotTheStation via @NASA
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