To Think, To Write, To Publish

2012 Program Fellows

Chelsea Biondolillo

Chelsea Biondolillo's prose has appeared or is forthcoming in Birding, DIAGRAM, The Rumpus, Used Furniture Review, The Rio Review, and others. Her work focuses on the personal and public intersections between people and th…

Roberta Chevrette

Roberta Chevrette, M.A. is a doctoral student in Communication at Arizona State University. She has studied writing and performance, published two CDs, and holds a dual B.A. in Anthropology and Women’s Studies from Sacrame…

Maria Delaney

Maria Delaney is from Ireland and currently lives in Dublin. Science has always been her passion and she graduated with a first-class degree specialising in genetics from Trinity College Dublin. During her college career, …

Sarah Estes

Sarah Estes writes the Courage of Our Conniptions blog for Psychology Today and is a regular contributor to Scientific American. Her work has also appeared in New Scientist, Christian Science Monitor, Agni, Southern Review…

Alison Fairbrother

Alison Fairbrother is the director of the nonpartisan Public Trust Project, which investigates and reports on misrepresentations of science by corporations and government. Her current reporting focuses on fisheries science…

Melissae Fellet

Melissae Fellet is a freelance journalist based in Santa Cruz, California. Her work about chemistry, materials and technology have appeared in New Scientist, Ars Technica and Chemical & Engineering News. She holds a Ph.D. …

Molly Bain Frounfelter

Molly Bain Frounfelter is a writer, teacher, and performer. An alum of the University of Michigan and Carnegie Mellon University, Molly has taught language arts, multiculturalism, and theatre fundamentals in Detroit Public…

Robert Gonzalez

Robert Gonzalez is a freelance science writer based in Cambridge, MA. He is a daily contributor at io9.com, an online publication that covers science, science fiction and the future. He is a former Howard Hughes Medical In…

Brian Kahn

In previous lives Brian Kahn led sleigh ride tours through a herd of 7000 elk, guided tourists around the deepest lake in the United States, and blogged about climate change from the back of his Subaru. In between he found…

Helena Rho

Helena Rho, a former assistant professor of pediatrics, has taught at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. She earned her MFA in creative nonfiction…

Jill Sisson Quinn

Jill Sisson Quinn is a nature writer and teacher living in central Wisconsin. She has an M.A. in Environmental Studies and an M.F.A in Creative Nonfiction. Her essays have appeared in Ecotone, OnEarth, and many other magaz…

Lizzie Wade

Lizzie Wade is a writer who focuses on high energy physics, science funding, and laboratory life. Her work has appeared in Wired, Bookforum, GOOD, The Daily, symmetry, and The Paris Review Daily. After graduating from Barn…

Jason Bittel

Jason Bittel is an Acme, Pennsylvania native currently completing an MFA in Creative Nonfiction at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to graduate school, he volunteered two terms with the Student Conservation Association.…

Victoria Blake

Victoria Blake is the founding publisher of Underland Press, located in Portland, Oregon. She has worked as an editor for Dark Horse Comics, as an art critic for The Oregonian, and as a pen-for-hire at home and abroad. Her…

Ross Carper

Ross Carper is a writer at the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, where his work focuses on science, technology, and policy aimed at addressing energy and environmental challenges. He holds …

Deborah Gardner

Deborah (Debs) Gardner is working on an MFA in Fiction and an MPH in Maternal & Child Health at the University of Washington. She writes the blog Seattle Local Food (www.seattlelocalfood.com). Inspired by the intersection …

Stephanie Harris

Stephanie Harris is a marketing editor for an engineering and architectural firm in Chicago and is pursuing a Master's degree in writing and publishing from DePaul University. She has held editorial positions with Roads & …

J.D. Ho

J.D. Ho recently completed an MFA in Writing at the University of Texas in Austin. Her writing has appeared in several literary journals, and she was nominated for a 2010 Pushcart Prize. Her collaborative projects include …

Mason Inman

Mason Inman is a freelance journalist currently based in Karachi, Pakistan, who focuses on climate, energy, and development. A graduate of the science writing program at the University of California Santa Cruz, he's lived …

Mary McGrath

Mary McGrath is a master's student at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. Her work focuses on political identity as it relates to environmental choice and behavior. She is interested in learning how scienc…

Lauren Oakes

Lauren Oakes is pursuing her doctoral degree at Stanford University's Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources. She is interested in land use changes and freshwater management and previously worked in …

Meera Lee Sethi

Meera Lee Sethi is an inquisitive nonfiction writer and part-time bird taxidermist. She brings insight from a background in comparative literature and education to her current work: reporting and reflecting on science in t…

Sarah Whelchel

Sarah Whelchel is originally from Atlanta, GA. She majored in the History of Science at Princeton University. She currently is employed as a pharmaceutical advertising copywriter in New York. She is particularly interested…

Rachel Zurer

Rachel Zurer is a freelance writer and radio producer in Berkeley, CA. Her reporting on science and the environment has appeared on Pacifica Radio and in Terrain magazine. This summer she will receive her Masters of Fine A…

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