Water Whys Spring 2026 Visual SciComm Seminar Series
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Jessica Sickler
Principal Evaluator
We are bombarded with data visualizations in everyday life. But how do people learn to critically interpret what data mean – and what they don’t? This talk shares a paradigm shift for data literacy education: instead of centering the mechanics of scientific data analysis, we turned to the expertise of arts educators. Jessica will present research showing how a visual arts-based model transformed students’ relationship with geospatial data. You’ll see how slowing down, dissecting symbols, and inviting divergent views enables people to “look under the hood” of complex data visualizations, turning data literacy from an act of rote decoding into generative, evidence-based sensemaking.
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