SEAS Events

“Picture a Scientist” chronicles the groundswell of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists. Biologist Nancy Hopkins, chemist Raychelle Burks, and geologist Jane Willenbring lead viewers on a journey deep into their own experiences in the sciences, ranging from brutal harassment to years of subtle slights. Along the way, from cramped laboratories to spectacular field stations, we encounter scientific luminaries - including social scientists, neuroscientists, and psychologists - who provide new perspectives on how to make science itself more diverse, equitable, and open to all.

Join us for a post screening Q&A with filmmaker and University of Michigan Program in the Environment alumna, Sharon Shattuck (BS ‘05).  

Sharon Shattuck is an Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker and podcast host. “Picture a Scientist” was an official selection of the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, broadcast in 2021 on NOVA (PBS), was nominated for a 2022 News & Documentary Emmy, and is available on Netflix worldwide. “From This Day Forward” was a New York Times Critic's Pick and broadcast on POV (PBS) and Netflix in 2016. She was the series story producer of the Emmy-nominated Netflix Original Documentary series “Follow This,” the co-creator of the Emmy-nominated New York Times Op Docs series “Animated Life,” and the cohost of the true crime podcast “Conviction: American Panic” from Spotify. Sharon was one of DOC NYC and HBO Documentaries’ ‘40 Under 40’ filmmakers for 2021. She is a University of Michigan (PitE) alumna and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.

This event is part of the yearlong celebration of the Program in the Environment’s (PitE) 20th anniversary.

Questions: Email seas-communications@umich.edu

Free and open to the public.

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