Education

    Master of Arts, Journalism (December 2001)
    Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program
    New York University
    New York, NY

    Bachelor of Arts, Biology & Environmental Studies (June 1999)
    Kalamazoo College
    Kalamazoo, MI

    Environmental Study Abroad Program (January 1998 – June 1998)
    Universidad San Francisco de Quito
    Quito, Ecuador


    Employment
         
    Freelance Science Writer/Editor (January 2002 - present;
            Full-time beginning September 2006)  

    Science Writer (January 2005 – September 2006)  
    New Hampshire Sea Grant                          
    University of New Hampshire
    Durham, NH

    Associate Editor (September 2002 – December 2004)
    Current Science
    Weekly Reader Publishing
    Stamford, CT                               

    Consulting Editor (January 2001 – September 2002)
    Natural History                                        
    American Museum of Natural History
    New York, NY

  • AOL
  • Bates [College] Magazine
  • Brain World
  • Career World
  • Current Health Kids (formerly Current Health 1)
  • Current Health Teens (formerly Current Health 2)
  • Current Science
  • Dartmouth Medicine
  • E/The Environmental Magazine
  • Earthwatch Journal
  • Gare Thompson Associates
  • Gulf of Maine Times
  • Mote [Marine Laboratory] Magazine
  • National Geographic Explorer
  • Natural History
  • New York Resident
  • ONO Books
  • Popular Science
  • Psychology Today
  • Scholastic, Inc.
  • Salon.com
  • Science Spin
  • The Scientist
  • Weekly Reader Custom Publishing
  • WR Science
  • Women's Health


    Memberships
             


    Awards and Honors
             
  • Nominated for 2008 Distinguished Achievement Award (Best Feature
    Article) by the Association of Educational Publishers