The Communication Lab Consortium is the greater community of Comm Labs established through the MIT Comm Lab’s Summer Institute, our training workshop for other institutions. Attendees at the Summer Institute have used the experience to launch a variety of science communication initiatives, listed below. The Comm Labs share core educational and organizational principles, but have each been adapted to best suit the needs of their communities. Together, the Consortium represents an educational community that shares best practices and collaborates on research.
- Brandeis University Science Communication Lab (founded 2017)
- Boston University Biological Design Center Communication Lab (founded 2018)
- Caltech Science & Engineering Communication Program (founded 2018)
- Northeastern University College of Engineering Communication Lab (founded 2018)
- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Communication Lab (founded 2018)
- Ongoing pilots at… Harvard Medical School, Florida State University, University of Maryland Baltimore, University of Maryland School of Medicine, North Carolina State University, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Purdue University, Singapore University of Technology & Design, University of Southern California, University of Sao Paulo Brazil, York University
Learn more about starting your own Communication Lab
- Attend the Summer Institute
- Read our publication describing the Communication Lab model
- Hanson et al., “Technical Communication Instruction for Graduate Students: The Communication Lab vs. a Course,” 2017, Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education
- Read our publication describing the adaptation of the model beyond MIT
- Summers et al., “Experiments in the Communication Lab: Adaptations of the Comm Lab Model in Three Institutions,” 2019, Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education
- Read our publication about the quantitative impact of Comm Lab coaching
- Volpatti et al., “Quantitative Assessment of Students’ Revision Processes,” 2020, Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education