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.
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]
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]
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