Starre Julia Vartan

Co-conceived and written with fellow science-writer Jenny Morber, this piece was a full year in the making. Jenny and I researched what didn’t work to prevent sexual harassment in the field sciences (pretty much everything we currently do) and what concrete, evidence-based actions could change that in the future. This was a difficult piece to put together because it included quite a few interviews with people who had been sexually assaulted. But there were very real, positive steps forward during the year that we spent working on this piece, and we hope it serves as a guide to those seeking relevant, actionable information on this difficult topic.