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AMS Journals: Unsurpassed Quality, a Lasting Legacy, and Competitive Speed to Publication

hile AMS journals have always maintained a that takes the manuscript through editing, typesetting, level of quality that was unsurpassed in the and layout into final form as a high-quality archived W atmospheric and related sciences—by virtu- article in both full-function XML and PDF (plus print ally any measure you might care to focus on—there for those who still receive the journals in this format) was a period when they were less competitive is also occurring in record time—currently on the than some journals in our field when it came to the order of 60 days and improving continually. The level speed of publication. of editorial and produc- As many authors have tion work carried out happily learned in re- on manuscripts ensures cent years, this has not that the resulting article been the reality with is one that authors can AMS journals for some be proud of and one time—but the impres- that reflects well on sion still lingers in some the author when ac- quarters. So forgive cessed by scholars in me if you’ve heard this the future. before, but the steady The AMS journals improvements over re- have a long reputation cent years in the time of publishing seminal to first reviews means works, and the AMS that all the journals imprimatur is synony- making up the AMS mous with quality. AMS suite are now boasting review times in the range of authors do not need to make a choice between speed 50 days on average. This is an excellent metric for to publication or high quality. They can choose AMS the level of substantive and rigorous peer review the journals and achieve both. If you are creating publish- AMS journals are known for, and significantly better able research results and have not submitted to an than the goal of 70 days that was in place just a few AMS journal recently, you owe it to yourself to take years ago. advantage of what they have to offer. And once a manuscript has been accepted for pub- lication through the peer-review process, it is posted as an Early Online Release with its final Digital Object Identifier (DOI) within days of that acceptance, mak- ing it available to the community and fully citable as a Keith L. Seitter, CCM reference almost immediately. The production work Executive Director

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY NOVEMBER 2018 | 2375 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/10/21 06:22 PM UTC ABOUT OUR MEMBERS

Christopher W. Landsea has been promoted to chief the AMS’s Banner I. Miller Award given for the best of the Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch (TAFB) contribution to the science of hurricane and tropical at NOAA’s National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Mi- forecasting at the May 1993 meeting of the ami. The branch generates wind and wave forecasts 20th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Me- for the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, tropical North teorology. He was corecipient of a U.S. Department Atlantic Ocean, and tropical northeastern Pacific of Commerce Bronze Medal in 2000 “for issuing Ocean. TAFB supports the the accurate and first official physically based At- Hurricane Specialist Unit at lantic seasonal hurricane outlooks for the 1998/1999 NHC by providing tropical seasons, based upon new research”; recipient of the position and inten- 2002 AMS Editor’s Award for reviews for Weather sity estimates based on the and Forecasting; corecipient of the National Hur- Dvorak technique. TAFB ricane Conference’s Outstanding Achievement also provides decision-sup- Award for in 2009 for development of port services for mariners, the Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook product at including the U.S. Coast NHC; and the corecipient of a 2011 Department of Guard for over open-ocean Commerce Gold Medal “for excellence in research hazardous wind and sea and data stewardship leading to a more confident conditions. assessment of the influence of human-induced Landsea received his change on hurricanes.” Landsea currently bachelor’s in atmospheric serves on the Editorial Board of BAMS as its subject Christopher Landsea science from the Univer- matter editor in tropical meteorology. He is also a sity of California, Los An- member of AGU. geles (1987), and his master’s degree and doctorate in atmospheric science from Colorado State Uni- versity (1991, 1994). Landsea’s main expertise is in The American Geophysical Union (AGU) has selected seasonal forecasting of hurricanes, in hurricane its 2018 class of medalists, awardees, and prize re- climate variability and change, and in testing ap- cipients. Individuals are recognized for their dedica- plied research projects for possible use in weather tion to science for the benefit of humanity and their forecasting. He currently is leading a reanalysis achievements in Earth and space science. of the database. Hurricane The recipients represent many areas of Earth and Andrew was officially upgraded to a category 5 space science and come from a variety of backgrounds hurricane at landfall in southeastern Florida as including early-career researchers, climate scientists, part of this project. data scientists, and journalists. Their passion, vision, While a research meteorologist at the Hurricane creativity, and leadership have helped to expand sci- Research Division (HRD) from 1995 through 2005, entific understanding, pave the way to new research Landsea participated in the HRD Hurricane Field directions, and have made Earth and space science Program by flying in the NOAA Orion P-3 aircraft accessible, relevant, and inspiring to audiences and the NOAA Gulfstream IV jet into and around across the scientific community and general public. 15 Atlantic hurricanes (including Gilbert, Opal, The honorees will be recognized during the Honors Georges, Charley, Jeanne, Ivan, and Katrina) for Tribute at the 2018 AGU Fall Meeting in December research and forecasting purposes. He served as the in Washington, D.C. science and operations officer at NHC from 2005 to The following AMS members were recipients of 2018. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed medals, awards, and prizes: articles and several book chapters. Landsea served as the chair of the AMS Commit- • Medal—Daniel N. Baker, Univer- tee on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical sity of Colorado Boulder (2000–02). He was the recipient of the AMS’s Max • James B. Macelwane Medal—Caroline Ummen- A. Eaton Prize for the Best Student Paper given at hofer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution the 19th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical • Robert E. Horton Medal—Dennis P. Lettenmaier, Meteorology in May 1991, and was corecipient of University of California, Los Angeles

2376 | NOVEMBER 2018 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/10/21 06:22 PM UTC • Roger Revelle Medal—Isaac Held, NOAA Geo- • Balaji Rajagopalan, University of Colorado physical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Boulder • Charles A. Whitten Medal—David T. Sandwell, • Geoffrey D. Reeves, Los Alamos National University of California, San Diego Laboratory • Joanne Simpson Medal for Mid-Career Scientists— • Gavin A. Schmidt, NASA Goddard Institute for Endawoke Yizengaw, Boston College Space Studies • Edward A. Flinn III Award—Richard P. Hooper, • Richard Seager, Lamont–Doherty Earth Observa- Tufts University tory of Columbia University • Athelstan Spilhaus Award—C. Alex Young, NASA • David G. Tarboton, Utah State University Goddard Space Flight Center • Fuqing Zhang, The Pennsylvania State University • Excellence in Earth and Space Science Education • Francis W. Zwiers, Pacific Climate Impacts Con- Award—Mark A. Chandler, Center for Climate sortium, University of Victoria Systems Research • Climate Communication Prize—Michael E. Mann, The Pennsylvania State University Michael Freilich, director of the Earth Science Di- vision in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA AGU also announced its 2018 Fellows, an honor Headquarters since 2006, is retiring from the agency given to individual AGU members who have made in February 2019. Freilich leads NASA’s mission to exceptional scientific contributions and gained increase understanding of our home planet and help prominence in their respective fields of Earth and safeguard and improve lives for humanity’s future. space sciences. Since the AGU Fellows program was Freilich helped drive the evolution of NASA established in 1962, and according to the organiza- Earth science from a program that launched an tion’s bylaws, no more than 0.01 percent of the total Earth-observing space mission every few years membership of AGU is recognized annually. The 2018 class of Fellows will also be recognized during the Honors Tribute at the 2018 AGU Fall Meeting. The following AMS members were elected as Fellows:

• Paul A. Baker, Duke University • Cecilia M. Bitz, University of Washington • Gregory R. Carmichael, University of Iowa • Thomas L. Delworth, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory • Kerry Emanuel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Steven J. Ghan, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory • Dorothy K. Hall, University of Maryland and Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center • Kimitaka Kawamura, Chubu University • Jos Lelieveld, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and the Cyprus Institute • Trevor McDougall, University of New South Wales • Stephen A. Montzka, NOAA Earth System Re- search Laboratory • Victor P. Pasko, The Pennsylvania State University • Christa D. Peters-Lidard, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY NOVEMBER 2018 | 2377 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/10/21 06:22 PM UTC to one that launches several missions each year During Freilich’s tenure at NASA Headquarters, he while preserving balance between orbital flight oversaw 16 successful major mission and instrument missions, research, applications, and technology launches and 8 CubeSat/small-satellite launches; the development activities. He led NASA’s response Earth science program has some 20 additional large to the National Academy of Sciences’ first-ever Earth-observing missions and major hosted instru- Earth Science and Applications from Space decadal ments well along in development for launch before 2023. survey, expanding the agency’s innovative Earth- Freilich graduated from Haverford College in observing programs. 1975 and received his Ph.D. from Scripps Institution Along with his colleagues in the Earth Science of Oceanography in 1982. Prior to coming to NASA Division, Freilich established the sustained Venture- Headquarters, Freilich had been a professor and asso- Class program of low-cost space and airborne science ciate dean at Oregon State University for 14 years. He missions that is now a central feature of the Earth Sci- was a researcher and mission principal investigator ence Division portfolio. He also pioneered the broad at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1983 through use of the International Space Station as a platform 1991. At JPL and Oregon State, he also served as sci- for Earth-observing instruments, and he inaugurated ence lead on three NASA orbital missions to measure a NASA activity to use data products from private- global ocean surface winds. sector, small-satellite constellations to supplement An elected Fellow of AMS, Freilich has won several traditional government data sources. awards over his career, including the JPL Director’s Under Freilich’s leadership, NASA also established Research Achievement Award, the NASA Public cutting-edge programs to use small satellites and Service Medal, and the AMS Verner Suomi Award. payloads hosted on commercial satellites to advance He delivered the National Research Council/Smith- Earth science research and to demonstrate new sonian Institution’s prestigious Roger Revelle Com- technologies. memorative Lecture in 2008.

OBITUARIES

esiraju Bhavanarayana (D. B.) Rao passed away He graduated with a master’s (1962) and Ph.D. (1965) on December 17, 2017. He was 81 years old. Rao in geophysical sciences from the University of Chicago. D was a pioneer in the field of geophysical fluid A seminal paper based on his Ph.D. dissertation, “Free dynamics and numerical prediction and is noted Gravitational Oscillations for numerous groundbreaking scientific achieve- in Rotating Rectangular ments throughout his long career. He is best known Basins,” was published in the for his analytical and Journal of Fluid Mechanics DESIRAJU BHAVANARAYANA numerical studies of in 1966. (D. B.) RAO long waves, ocean tides, After graduation from 1936–2017 storm surges, circula- the University of Chicago, tion in lakes and oceans, Rao became a postdoctor- stability of fluid flows, the Proudman–Rao method al fellow at the National for finding eigenmodes, and global-scale Real-Time Center for Atmospheric Ocean Forecast System (RTOFS) implementation. Research in Boulder, Colo- Rao obtained a master’s (1959) and B.Sc. (1956) in rado. In 1967, he moved to meteorology and oceanography from Andhra Univer- Ottawa, Ontario, to a posi- Desiraju Bhavanarayana sity, Visakhapatnam, India, where he was also captain tion as research scientist for Rao of the cricket team. In 1960, he became a graduate re- the Marine Sciences Branch search assistant under the tutelage of George Platzman of Canada’s Department of in the Department of Geophysical Sciences at the Energy, Mines and Resources. In 1968, he became an University of Chicago. During his time there, D. B. assistant professor in the Department of Atmospheric published several ground-breaking research papers Sciences at Colorado State University, where he pub- based on the Proudman–Rao decomposition for find- lished several more innovative articles on instability ing oscillatory eigenmodes of enclosed water bodies. and nonlinear interaction of baroclinic waves.

2378 | NOVEMBER 2018 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/10/21 06:22 PM UTC In 1971, Rao took a position as associate professor Washington, D.C. His leadership skills were instru- with both the Department of Mechanical Engineer- mental in building the Marine Modeling Branch at ing and the Center for Great Lakes Studies at the NCEP into an essential component for innovation University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. During his and implementation of marine forecast products, tenure there, he began to apply his theoretical con- including the global-scale RTOFS. He retired from structs for geophysical fluid mechanics problems to NOAA in 2006 and continued to live in the D.C. area. natural water bodies—specifically, the Great Lakes Rao was highly recognized as an outstanding of North America. In 1975, Rao joined NOAA as research scientist, including entry into Who’s Who the division head of the Physical Limnology and in America, Who’s Who in the World, and American Meteorology Group at the newly created Great Lakes Men and Women of Science. He was an elected full Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) in member of Sigma Xi and Fellow of AMS. Rao is sur- Ann Arbor, Michigan. Rao served in this capacity vived by his wife, D. Padmavati Rao; his daughters, from 1975 to 1984, and during this time he laid the D. Pramila Rao and D. Kavitha Rao; and his grand- foundation for a robust experimental and theoretical daughters, Samiha and Haiden. D. B. Rao lived an research program at GLERL that continues to this extraordinary life that spanned continents and left day. During his time in Ann Arbor, he also held an behind not only a significant scientific legacy, but appointment as adjunct professor in the Depart- for the many friends, family, students, and colleagues ment of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the whose lives he touched, he will always be remembered University of Michigan. fondly for his generosity, brilliance, and irreverent In 1984, Rao accepted a position as branch chief sense of humor. of the Marine Modeling Branch at NOAA’s National —David J. Schwab, D. Kavitha Rao, Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) in and Vijay Tallapragada

STUDENTS

AN INTROVERT’S GUIDE TO NETWORKING Looking Ahead to the 18th Annual AMS Student Conference Matthew D. Flournoy, Makenzie J. Krocak, and Gaige Hunter Kerr (AMS Student Conference Chairs)

re you an ISTJ, ENTP, ENFJ, or none of the atmospheric science students also want the same above? The Myers–Briggs Type Indicator test meaningful conversations and interactions does not A often pops up on our social media news feeds and help anxious feelings, but you are not alone in your is commonly used as a team-building exercise in the introversion. While introverts might view their workplace or the classroom. In this test, the complexi- introversion as a quality that puts them at a disad- ties of personality and behavior are broken down into vantage in this situation, American psychologist four categories: do you judge or perceive when deal- Laurie Helgoe points out the different ways in which ing with the outside world? Are your decisions made extroverts and introverts interact: extroverts thrive with thoughts or feelings? When presented with new when chit-chatting or engaging in small talk, but information or data do you sense or use your intuition introverts often desire meaningful conversations, to interpret it? And perhaps most definitively, are you thus putting them at an advantage when it comes an introvert or an extrovert? to networking, especially effective and impactful For the many early-career introverts who will networking. attend the 18th Annual AMS Student Conference, Impactful networking has two parts. The first is to the idea of talking to your dream graduate school make a lasting impression on the spot by cultivating advisor or a representative from your ideal work- a curiosity in potential employers or advisors about place is understandably daunting. Believe it or not, your skills, interests, and qualities. The second part, this is usually an ordeal for early-career extroverts often forgotten after the hustle and bustle of the as well. Knowing that hundreds of your fellow Student Conference Career Fair, involves nurturing

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY NOVEMBER 2018 | 2379 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/10/21 06:22 PM UTC and maintaining strate- What? Why? Where and when? gic relationships after the initial contact. It might Student Conference Meet with representatives from Saturday, January 5, Career Fair companies and graduate schools to 5:30–7:30 p.m. and be awkward to send a “re- discuss opportunities for students Sunday, January 6, member me?” email to and early-career professionals during 6:30–8:30 p.m., someone you only talked this two-night event. Exhibit Hall 4 to for five minutes at a ca- Ninth Annual In a relaxed setting (with food and Sunday, January 5, reer fair, but maintaining Reception for Early drinks) hosted by the Board of Early 9:00–11:00 p.m., relationships in a genuine Career Professionals Career Professionals (BECP), join Sheraton Grand way can both express your other early-career atmospheric Phoenix gratitude for your initial scientists whose careers span across conversation and demon- the public and private sectors from strate your drive. How- academia to consulting. ever, introverts may find 2019 AMS Speed Seek advice about professional Monday, January 7, themselves struggling the Networking Event growth and make connections with 7:30–10:30 p.m., most with the first part: and Reception leading professionals in the atmo- Ballroom N120AB making a lasting, initial spheric sciences in an informal set- impression on the spot. ting. Be sure to preregister! Here are some tips on how to embrace networking in the person you have really wanted to talk to, your own way: consider introducing yourself to someone else who works at their university or business. It is • Find unique situations in which to network. The certainly a good thing to set definite goals and Student Conference Career Fair in Hall 5/6 of the to strive for them, but always be open to meet- Phoenix Convention Center might not be the most ing new people and exploring new ideas, espe- conducive environment for introverts to network, cially when it comes to networking. Who knows, but it won’t be your only chance to encounter the maybe talking to that other employee will be the Student Conference’s impressive slate of speakers perfect segue to lead into your conversation with and Career Fair participants. You might see these the original person! individuals around the convention center during • Communicate in a manner you’re most comfort- the main meeting, in your hotel, sharing a taxi able with. Inevitably there will still be introverts with you, or even in a restaurant or bar. It’s these who find themselves too shy to network in the occasions that might lend themselves to the most same manner as their peers. If this is the case, organic, meaningful conversations. there are still many ways to communicate and • Realize less is more. The Career Fair isn’t a game network in the digital age. For starters, email of B-I-N-G-O where a conversation with someone correspondence after the conference with po- from NWS, handing a resume to someone from tential employers and advisors might allow you the private sector, and getting a free pad of sticky to be succinct and eloquent without the stress of notes will get you a prize for completing tasks in networking in person. Attaching an up-to-date a row, column, or diagonal. When it comes to resume or CV with this email or linking people internships, graduate opportunities, or jobs, aim to a detailed LinkedIn page will go a long way for quality rather than quantity. Make a list of your in telling people about you beyond the text of top three or four potential employers or advisors to an email. Additionally, AMS and AGU maintain speak with. Forgo the superficial 20-second eleva- online portals geared toward students with a tor pitch and discuss your personal background variety of internships and job opportunities that and strengths and what assets you could bring are a good launchpad for online networking. to the workforce or graduate program. There is also strength in allowing other attendees to have Detailed in the table are many formal and in- a chance to speak. formal opportunities offered by the AMS Student • Gauge the vibe. Be sure to use your time effec- Conference and Annual Meeting for introverts and tively. Rather than waiting in a long line for extroverts alike.

2380 | NOVEMBER 2018 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/10/21 06:22 PM UTC MEET THE AMS

SOPHIE MANKINS Library and Archives Assistant

native of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Sophie prepare the legacy content of BAMS for upload to Mankins began working for AMS as a sum- the Journals Online Site and writing a timeline A mer intern while working on her bachelor’s of the first 100 years of the Society. It was a spe- degree in history at Bryn Mawr College. A lifelong cial challenge to consis- bookworm with an appetite for organization, she tently digitize a century was looking for experience in a library or archives of content with dramatic setting. changes in format for the “AMS provided an eclectic mix of activities from BAMS legacy project, and arranging the papers of Jule G. Charney to scanning Sophie worked with ar- photographs from Blue Hill Observatory to turning chivist Jinny Nathans and every page of BAMS in search of interesting historical Allen Press to determine tidbits,” Sophie says. how older volumes would Currently pursuing a dual master’s from Simmons be presented online. Han- College in history and archives management, Sophie dling old volumes of BAMS transitioned from her AMS internship to a year-round and spending time with its library and archives assistant position after graduat- tables of contents helped with her next big project, ing from Bryn Mawr in 2014. a timeline to appear on the Centennial website that “My work at AMS has provided a wide range will show special milestones for the AMS and the of valuable experiences in library work,” Sophie atmospheric sciences, covering every year of the explains. “I answer reference questions, find miss- Society’s first century. ing pages from Journals Online articles, process “Although I’m not a meteorologist, I’ve learned a donations of books and papers, prepare each year of lot about the history of the science and its pioneers journals for hardcover binding, and, last but certainly through their interactions with the AMS and their not least, collect historical material on the Society for appearances in the Bulletin,” Sophie says. “It’s been the 2020 Centennial celebrations.” exciting to be a part of this important process of Visitors to AMS Headquarters at 45 Beacon archiving the Society’s first hundred years, and I will often see towers of BAMS volumes piled on look forward to be involved in the upcoming year the second-floor library table as part of Sophie’s of Centennial celebrations.” preparation for the Centennial. She is both helping —Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid

LIVING ON THE REAL WORLD

[Editor’s Note: The following post is adapted from William Hooke’s blog, Living on the Real World (www.livingon therealworld.org/). Hooke is the former director of the AMS Policy Program and currently a senior policy fellow.]

No Science, No Sustainability… What features of that social contract matter? To- the Implications day’s post considers one that’s particularly sobering. Originally posted on August 16, 2018 First, let’s go over a bit of groundwork: Think of sustainability as the ability to provide If vigorous advance of science and technology is a food, water, and energy for the world’s seven bil- necessary condition for sustainability, then getting lion people (going on nine billion); simultaneously the social contract between science and society right building resilience to hazards, and maintaining is vital to humanity’s prospects. ecosystem services and air and water quality; all

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY NOVEMBER 2018 | 2381 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/10/21 06:22 PM UTC the while preserving (or even adding to) the same biosciences and technologies have contributed to opportunities and options for future generations. medical care and public health. But the costs of the A clearly meritorious, perhaps even defining, so- innovation enterprise have ratcheted up. Investments cietal goal. in science visibly compete with investments in other Significantly, this goal can never be actually priorities of the national agenda (e.g., critical infra- achieved—not in any steady state. It can only be structure and the social safety net). sought, or perhaps neared, through continuous inno- Then there’s the matter of who pays for science— vation, that is: through steadily maintained scientific and who benefits. As the applications of science and and technological advance, accompanied by constant technology have conferred benefit (whether in health societal uptake. care, or information technology, or the geosciences Some might be dismayed by this. But in fact, given and social sciences), it’s at the same time become the wonderful way our lives work, this turns out to be increasingly clear to the public that the costs and good news. Sustainability’s elusive nature gives each benefits of science aren’t necessarily equitably distrib- generation challenge, suspense— and in the process, uted—across states and communities, ethnic groups, meaning. Our lives and work—and similarly, the gender, and more. Some are enjoying the full benefits; efforts and labors of our children, and theirs—will others are being left further and further behind. always matter. We all have to keep moving forward Finally—and this is awkward—scientists them- if we hope to postpone entropy’s inexorable drive selves haven’t helped. It’s easy, and tempting, to point toward decline and decay. the accusing finger to the other side. There’s a cer- So—no science, no sustainability? That’s a real- tain chicken–egg quality to the disaffection of some ity—one that will always be with us. political parties for certain branches of science, and One implication? the estrangement between scientists and politicians If society is to be sustainable, science needs to in return. However, there is no excuse for scientists to remain nonpartisan. This has been a fundamental, be complacent about any resulting distrust (or worse unshakable tenet of the social contract between sci- yet, enmity). ence and society as long as anybody can remember. We need to do better—in two respects. Science is, and should be, fundamentally nonpar- For starters, we’ve got to be resolute in our focus tisan. If critical thinking and innovation aren’t on science. However tempting or satisfying in the cultural values, universally held; if somehow sup- short term it might be to favor this or that political port for science is confined to a single subculture; if action in response to scientific findings—whether science is supported only by members of one or the related to health issues such as vaccinations, or food other political party—then the advance of science issues raised by genomic-modification of plants and will accelerate or slow along with the fortunes of that animals, we need to confine scientific input to the party. In such a cyclical regime, when those favor- policy process to analysis of the impact of policy ing science are out of power, then entropy begins to options—versus, say, favoring this or that particular win. Worse yet, because science is a long game, and option over another. advances best under steady, uninterruptible support, In the same way, we need to be broadband, full- even in the “good times” of the political cycle, the spectrum, evenhanded in our outreach. We need to progress of science and its ability to benefit society court all political parties, all national constituencies, will be compromised. with respect to the importance of science, the need Science and scientists were accorded such non- for STEM education and critical thinking in public partisan favor by both Republicans and Democrats school curricula, etc. In that regard, one particular following World War II, and pretty much throughout trend is worrisome—the trend over the years for the Cold War that followed. But over the past two Congressional Science Fellows to work in Democratic decades, that social contract has frayed. versus Republican offices. We can’t afford compla- Success, not failure, of the innovation and pub- cency; AAAS and the partners should be seeking to lic support for it has contributed to this problem. remedy this with vigor. Specifically, physical science and technology, espe- All this discussion brings us to the second cially nuclear technology, helped the United States implication: maintain its national security during the Cold War. If society is to be sustainable, science needs to Near the Cold War’s end, breakthroughs in the become (more effectively) partisan. We don’t face

2382 | NOVEMBER 2018 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/10/21 06:22 PM UTC a mere challenge—we face a true conundrum. As ability to solve a given problem without compromising soon as science isn’t something pursued on a purely our ability to solve the next one. At a minimum, this individual basis—as soon as science is supported in means we can’t focus solely on science; we have to financial and other ways by society—then at that keep one eye out for how our science is being used very moment, science has inherently become politi- by society. cal—and in most societies worldwide, that means sci- One way out, that at least deserves further thought: ence has become partisan. (Fact is, since science is a if partisanship creates the conundrum, then perhaps human construct, we’ve been living with this reality scientists, in addition to favoring STEM education, from the get-go.) public support, and all the rest, might reasonably also There’s no escaping this. The only choice then study what makes societies partisan, and perhaps becomes—will science and scientists become astutely, even consider whether or how society might pos- adeptly political? Or will we blunder through the po- sibly trend less partisan, without losing any precious litical policy process—breaking things and building diversity. up animosity as we go? One metric of our political And lead the charge, by modeling the desired less- competence might be something like the following: partisan behavior ourselves. political competence (or competent partisanship?) is the

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