Jenny Kliever

Biography

Jenny Kliever is a PhD student in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University. She has a Bachelor of Science in physics and a master’s in science communication, and has held science communication roles at SNOLAB, the Canadian Association of Physicists, and the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology. In her PhD research, Jenny uses a multidisciplinary approach to study science communication within particular social, political, and cultural contexts. She is interested in how awe and religious imagery are mobilized in popular science communication, what discourses exist around major scientific milestones such as the first image of a black hole or the search for the Higgs boson (“God particle”), and how communication around environmental emergencies impacts public opinion and mitigation. Jenny’s doctoral research has been funded by a SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship and an Ontario Graduate Scholarship.