Work in government was something Jacquelyn Gill, an assistant professor of paleoecology and plant biology at the University of Maine at Orono, thought would happen later in her career — after she got tenure and built a large body of research.
But after President Trump’s administration signaled that it would restrict federal agencies’ communication with the public, sending scientists across the country into a frenzy, Ms. Gill said a campaign for public office may be in the cards for her sooner than she had imagined.
Image: Courtesy of Jacquelyn Gill For Jacquelyn Gill, an ecologist at the U. of Maine at Orono, the Trump administration’s recent moves have set off "a kind of identity crisis," she says, "in terms of what’s the path that could allow me to do the most good."
