Welcome to my digital CV!

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Biography

My writing and research have been featured by BBC Radio 4, Science Careers, The Scientist, Massive Science, and the American Society for Microbiology.

Certificates:

  • Rackham Professional Development DEI Certificate, 2019.

  • Carpentries Instructor, 2018.

  • RELATE (Researchers Expanding Lay-Audience Teaching and Engagement), 2015.

Interests
  • Science Communication
  • Data Visualization
  • Equity & Inclusion
Education

  • PhD in Microbiology & Immunology, 2018

    University of Michigan

  • MS in Microbiology, 2012

    East Tennessee State University

  • BS in Health Sciences & Biochemistry, 2010

    East Tennessee State University

Invited Talks

Gender Bias in Publishing in ASM Journals
MBP Track Hub
Jun 16, 2023 4:00 PM — 5:00 PM George R. Brown Convention Center
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Overview of a Gender-based Analysis of Publishing Outcomes
Feb 1, 2023 9:00 AM — Feb 2, 2023 2:00 PM Ecological Society of America
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Equal Opportunities in Microbiology Journals Don't Start at Submission
Jul 14, 2022 9:00 AM — 10:00 AM Virtual
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Equal Opportunities in Microbiology Journals
The second of three talks in an open forum session titled “Equity in Science”, chaired by Giulia De Angelis and Alexandra Mailles.
Jul 11, 2021 1:15 PM — 2:15 PM Virtual
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Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Alliance SciComm & Consulting, LLC
Owner
Alliance SciComm & Consulting, LLC
Oct 2019 – Present Michigan

Expertise:

  • Writing professional development
  • Continuing education medical writing
  • Data analysis and reports
  • Accessibility writing/ADA compliance
  • Museum exhibit writing
  • Developmental and deep line editing
 
 
 
 
 
American Society for Microbiology
Data Analyst, Postdoctoral Fellow
American Society for Microbiology
Jan 2018 – Oct 2019 Washington, DC
Conduct data mining, data visualization, business intelligence gathering, trending and benchmarking on journal submissions and peer review procedure. Data analytics supported decisions for evidence-based journals operations and marketing to improve author experience and brand loyalty.
 
 
 
 
 
University of Michigan
Member, M&I Department DEI committee
University of Michigan
Dec 2018 – Oct 2019 Ann Arbor, MI
Attendance at quarterly meetings. Specific projects included: updating the department’s DEI page to include diversity statistics; collaborating on the DiversifyMicrobiology and DiversifyImmunology initiatives; planning a departmental retreat session to explore DEI that resulted in actionable items (e.g., addition of pronouns to email signatures).
 
 
 
 
 
American Society for Microbiology
Blog Senior Contributor
American Society for Microbiology
Jul 2015 – Jul 2019 Washington, DC
Write original content for ASM’s blog each month. Collaborated to define the focus and generate governance documents.
 
 
 
 
 
University of Michigan
Associate Editor, M&I Department Newsletter
University of Michigan
Sep 2018 – Jan 2019 Ann Arbor, MI
Create, organize, and copy-edit original content for department newsletters.
 
 
 
 
 
MiSciWriters
Founding Editor-in-Chief
MiSciWriters
Sep 2015 – Dec 2016 Ann Arbor, MI
Recruited and organized a collaborative leadership team and faculty mentor to co-found the student-run blog to practice science communication, explore writing careers, and raise awareness of science communication by researchers.
 
 
 
 
 
Instructor
Ethiopia-Michigan Platform for Advancing Collaborative Engagements
Jun 2014 – Jan 2015 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Prepped and taught immuno and renal microbiology courses at an Ethiopian medical school during the summer of 2014. Returned for a week-long conference in January 2015.

Skills

Data

Analysis & visualization using R, git, unix, etc.

Writing

Drafting, revising, and providing feedback on scientific manuscripts, grants, personal statements, etc.

Teaching

Workshops & webinars on science communication.

Projects

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All DEI Resources Data Analysis
Ada's Approach to DEIJ
My thoughts: Growing up poor, there were few things my family could afford and any complaint about fairness received my father’s patented response: “Life isn’t fair.” I never dared to voice my internal reply of “But that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be.
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Diversify Digest
The goal for Diversify is to provide resources for scientists who are learning and growing in their anti-racism. The Digest is a biweekly curation of the latest research on diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice.
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Diversify Immunology
The DiversifyImmunology site aims to identify Ph.D.s in Immunology who are women and/or from a group traditionally underrepresented or underserved in the sciences (e.g., those from racial or ethnic minorities, those with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTQIA). Our goal is to help symposium organizers, award committees, search committees, etc. identify immunologists who might diversify their pool.
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Diversify Microbiology
The DiversifyMicrobiology site aims to identify Ph.D.s in Microbiology who are women and/or from a group traditionally underrepresented or underserved in the sciences (e.g., those from racial or ethnic minorities, those with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTQIA). Our goal is to help symposium organizers, award committees, search committees, etc. identify microbiologists who might diversify their pool.
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The Faculty Job Market Collaboration
A multi-institutional collaboration studying applicant factors involved in the academic faculty job market.

Selected Posts

Altering the Academic Ecosystem: Graduate Education Reports Propose Critical Reforms
To better understand the consensus of graduate education reforms and move forward in redefining the academic ecosystem, this blog will summarize findings of the two reports, note their strengths, and identify next steps to adapt the future of graduate education in microbiology.
Jan 1, 0001 0 min read Blog, Portfolio
Examining Flint: New research highlights lack of legionella public policy
Why did cases of Legionnaires’ disease spike when the water source was changed for Flint, Michigan? We look at the scientific investigations into the cause, and how these data may influence a case around water safety policies.
Jan 1, 0001 10 min read Blog, Portfolio
Examining Flint: New research highlights lack of legionella public policy
From Poisoning to Pharmacy: A Tale of Two Ergots
Ergotism is a form of poisoning from ingesting grains infected by Claviceps purpurea. Learn how these infected grains have both healed and killed throughout history.
Jan 1, 0001 0 min read Blog, Portfolio
From Poisoning to Pharmacy: A Tale of Two Ergots
How to Train Your T Cell(s): The Hidden World
The prior decades of immunological research developed an array of tools and methods to uncover how our immune system protects against invading microbes. Now, the new wave of immunologists, including Dr. Belkaid, use those tools to uncover how our immune system cooperates with members of our microbiome.
Jan 1, 0001 0 min read Blog, Portfolio
How to Train Your T Cell(s): The Hidden World
If You Give a Baby a Bath, and More Microbial Myths
A followup to the “Microbial Myths” Youtube video that examines what the literature has to say about microwaving sponges, bathing newborns, and using Bunsen burners as a part of aseptic techniques at the bench.
Jan 1, 0001 9 min read Blog, Portfolio
If You Give a Baby a Bath, and More Microbial Myths
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Accomplish­ments

Carpentries Instructor
The Carpentries Jul 2018 – Dec 2018
The Carpentries is a global community teaching foundational computational and data science skills to researchers in academia, industry and government.
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Rackham Professional Development: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School Jun 2018 – Apr 2019
This program (open only to University of Michigan graduate students and postdoctoral fellows) is designed to prepare participants to work in a diverse environment while fostering a climate of inclusivity.
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Communication Fundamentals
RELATE Jul 2015 – Dec 2015
The RELATE Communication Fundamentals Workshop is an intensive course that prepares early-career researchers to effectively communicate their research with audiences of all backgrounds.
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Preprints & Publications

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Ariangela Kozik, Ada K. Hagan, Ph.D., Nafisa Jadavji, Chris Smith, Amanada Haage (2022). The U.S. academic job market survives the SARS-CoV-2 global pandemic. TBD.

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Ada K. Hagan, Ph.D., Nicholas A. Lesniak, Pat Schloss (2021). Ten simple rules to increase computational skills among biologists with Code Clubs. In PLOS Comp Bio.

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Ada K. Hagan, Ph.D., Pat Schloss, Begum Topcuoglu, Mia Gregory, Hazel Barton (2021). Women Are Underrepresented and Receive Differential Outcomes at ASM Journals: a Six-Year Retrospective Analysis. In mBio.

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Ada K. Hagan, Ph.D., Yael M. Plotnick, Ryan E. Dingle, Zachary I. Mendel, Stephen R. Cendrowski, David H. Sherman, Ashootosh Tripathi, Philip C.Hanna (2018). Petrobactin protects against oxidative stress and enhances sporulation efficiency in Bacillus anthracis Sterne. In mBio.

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Ada K. Hagan, Ph.D., Ashootosh Tripathi, Daniel Berger, David H. Sherman, Philip C. Hanna (2017). Petrobactin Is Exported from Bacillus anthracis by the RND-Type Exporter ApeX. In mBio.

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Ada K. Hagan, Ph.D., Philip C. Hanna (2016). Flying under the radar: The non-canonical biochemistry and molecular biology of petrobactin from Bacillus anthracis. In Molecular Microbiology.

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Ada K. Hagan, Ph.D., Rebecca Pollet, Josie Libertucci (0001). Suggestions for Improving Invited Speaker Diversity To Reflect Trainee Diversity. In Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education.

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