Portrait of a Scientist · Jessie Micallef

Portrait of a Scientist aims to deconstruct stereotypes about what a scientist looks and acts like and demystify who can be a scientist. It relies on community submitted videos and images that complete the phrase "I am a scientist and I also..." Please help us show that anyone can be a scientist!

Collage of scientists from the MicroBooNE collaboration holding a sign they have filled out saying they are physicists and also other ideneities and have other hobbies

Contribute

Submit at https://tinyurl.com/NuFactPOAS or scan the QR code to be taken to the google form. Feel free to check us out on Facebook! Note that these contributions will be shared on social media and that that each submission will be included at the project manager's discretion.

QR code that links to project submisstion goole form

Personal Contribution

There are many ways to contribute, with the theme of finishing the phrase "I am a _______ [STEM position or field of study] and I also __________". Submit here!

Submit a photo of yourself (can be old or new), include your phrase in the comments box of the submission form or write it on your picture yourself!
Submit a photo of yourself holding your phrase on a sign--you can also print our templates!(see below)
Submit a video of yourself saying the phrase (props welcome but not necessary).

The phrase is open ended, so you can feel free to talk about a hobby, place of origin, cultural identity, religion, race, gender, sexuality, other roles (ie. mother, father, caretaker, etc.), educational background, anything else you want to share! You can also submit one or many!

Run the Project Yourself!

Want to gather responses at your own institution/collaboration/conference? Save the templates below and have them available for people to complete! I would love to see the final product, and share on this website if you have everyone's permission. If you want help putting together the pictures into a collage, share a folder with the pictures and I will edit them together for distribution! Email to portraitscientist@gmail.com.

Templates

Links to download the color and black and white template signs of "I am blank and I also blank". Also download a sign-up sheet, to get permission from everyone to post their picture online.

Picture Collages

Download as pdf

MicroBooNE Collaboration Meeting January 2024: see above photo.

Penn State Physics Department Visit November 2023: Collage of scientists from the Penn State Physics Department holding a sign they have filled out saying they are physicists and also other ideneities and have other hobbies

DUNE Collaboration Meeting May 2023: Collage of scientists part of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment holding a sign they have filled out saying they are physicists and also other ideneities and have other hobbies

Conference February 2023: Collage of physicists holding a sign they have filled out saying they are physicists and also other ideneities and have other hobbies

Video Collages

This project has a channel on YouTube where the portrait video collages are shared! Subscribe if you want updates when new videos are posted!

Video collage from winter conference (Feb 2023). Click image to play on youtube:

Video collage from at-home submissions during the pandemic (Oct 2020). Click image to play on youtube:

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