Bethany Brookshire
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| Alma mater | College of William and Mary (BA, BS) Wake Forest University School of Medicine (PhD) |
| Employer | Science News for Students |
| Known for | Science journalism |
Bethany Brookshire is an American science journalist. She writes for Science News for Students.
Education[edit]
Brookshire completed a BA (Philosophy) and BS (Biology) at the College of William & Mary in 2004.[1][2] She earned a PhD in Physiology and Pharmacology at Wake Forest School of Medicine in 2010, where she worked on ritalin and the serotonin switch with Sara Jones.[3][4] She began blogging about science in 2008, during her graduate studies.[5] She wrote under the pseudonym "SciCurious" for Discover[6] and The Guardian.[7][8][9] She worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, where she used social media to discuss the brain and psychiatric illness.[10] Here she worked with Irwin Lucki identifying the mechanisms of antidepressants in action.[11]
Career[edit]
In 2013, Brookshire began blogging in her own name.[12] Today she writes Eureka!Lab for Science News for Students, and for SciCurious for Science News.[13][14] She presents the podcast Science for the People, as well as appearing on other science related shows.[15][16] She appeared on the Story Collider in 2015, a show which tells the stories of scientists, where Brookshire discussed her quest for a mentor.[17][18] In May 2016 she published Science Blogging: The Essential Guide with Christie Wilcox and Jason Goldman.[19]
She has written for Slate,[20] Scientific American,[21] and The Open Notebook.[22]
Her most recent book, Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains, was published in December 2022 by Ecco. It focuses on the topic of human-animal interactions.[23]
Awards[edit]
- 2009 – Synapse Award from Wake Forest School of Medicine[24]
- 2009 – PLoS ONE Blog Pick of the Month for December
- 2012 – Society for Neuroscience Next Generation Award[25][10]
- 2011 – 3 Quarks Daily Science Writing Award[26]
- 2014 – Sloan Foundation Writing Grant[27]
- 2016 – Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory Logan Science Journalism Fellow[28]
- 2019 – Knight Science Journalism Fellowship[29]
- 2023 – 15th Annual DCSWA Newsbrief Award[30]
References[edit]
- ^ "William and Mary | William & Mary". www.wm.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ "Women's Media Center". www.womensmediacenter.com. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ "Bethany R Brookshire's scientific contributions | University of Pennsylvania, PA (UP) and other places". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ "Sara R. Jones, PhD – Research Interests". www.wakehealth.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ "Q&A with Bethany Brookshire | InformalScience.org". www.informalscience.org. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ "Under Controlled: Why the New GMO Panic Is More Sensational Than Sense – The Crux". The Crux. 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ Scicurious (2010-09-28). "If low serotonin levels aren't responsible for depression, what is? | Scicurious". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ Scicurious (2013-04-19). "Beer, dopamine and brain scans make an intoxicating mix | Scicurious". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ Scicurious (2011-05-18). "The postdrome: migraine's silent sister | Scicurious". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ a b "Society for Neuroscience Announces Recipients of Science Education and Outreach Awards". Society for Neuroscience. 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ Balu, Darrick T.; Turner, Jill R.; Brookshire, Bethany R.; Hill-Smith, Tiffany E.; Blendy, Julie A.; Lucki, Irwin (2013). "Brain monoamines and antidepressant-like responses in MRL/MpJ versus C57BL/6J mice". Neuropharmacology. 67: 503–510. doi:10.1016/j.neuropharm.2012.11.027. PMC 3587166. PMID 23220293.
- ^ Bethany Brookshire (2013-05-08), Hello Internet, retrieved 2018-03-09
- ^ "SciCurious". www.scicurious.org. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ "BETHANY BROOKSHIRE – SciCommCamp". SciCommCamp. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ "Listen to STEM Diversity Podcast on TuneIn". TuneIn. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ "Science for the People by Rachelle Saunders & Bethany Brookshire on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ Bethany Brookshire: A Perfect Mentor, retrieved 2018-03-09
- ^ "The Story Collider episode: Bethany Brookshire: A Perfect Mentor". www.podelight.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ Wilcox, Christie; Brookshire, Bethany; Goldman, Jason G. (2016). Science blogging : the essential guide. Wilcox, Christie, 1985–, Brookshire, Bethany,, Goldman, Jason G. New Haven. ISBN 978-0300197556. OCLC 920017519.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Bethany Brookshire". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ Scicurious. "Hello Internet!". Scientific American Blog Network. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ "Science Bloggers on Why They Do It". The Open Notebook. 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ Sims, Michael (7 January 2023). "Rodent: Friend or foe? 'Pests' explores how some animals become villains". The Washington Post. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ^ "SYNAPSE Awards for Public Outreach". www.wakehealth.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ "The Neurotransmitter" (PDF). Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ "3quarksdaily: The Winners of the 3 Quarks Daily 2011 Science Prize". www.3quarksdaily.com. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ "Science Blogging | Yale University Press". yalebooks.yale.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ "MBL Awards Fellowships to Science and Health Journalists to "Get Their Hands On Research"". www.mbl.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ "Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT announces 2019-20 fellowship class". MIT News. 6 May 2019. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ "Winners Announced for 15th Annual DCSWA Newsbrief Award". dcswa.org. 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
