Bethany Brookshire
American science journalist
Bethany Brookshire
Alma materCollege of William and Mary (BA, BS)
Wake Forest University School of Medicine (PhD)
EmployerScience News
Known forScience journalism

Bethany Brookshire is an American science journalist. She writes for Science News for Students.

Education

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

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

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References

  1. ^ "William and Mary | William & Mary". www.wm.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  2. ^ "Women's Media Center". www.womensmediacenter.com. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  3. ^ "Bethany R Brookshire's scientific contributions | University of Pennsylvania, PA (UP) and other places". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  4. ^ "Sara R. Jones, PhD – Research Interests". www.wakehealth.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  5. ^ "Q&A with Bethany Brookshire | InformalScience.org". www.informalscience.org. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  6. ^ "Under Controlled: Why the New GMO Panic Is More Sensational Than Sense – The Crux". The Crux. 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  7. ^ Scicurious (2010-09-28). "If low serotonin levels aren't responsible for depression, what is? | Scicurious". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  8. ^ Scicurious (2013-04-19). "Beer, dopamine and brain scans make an intoxicating mix | Scicurious". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  9. ^ Scicurious (2011-05-18). "The postdrome: migraine's silent sister | Scicurious". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  10. ^ a b "Society for Neuroscience Announces Recipients of Science Education and Outreach Awards". Society for Neuroscience. 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Bethany Brookshire (2013-05-08), Hello Internet, retrieved 2018-03-09
  13. ^ "SciCurious". www.scicurious.org. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  14. ^ "BETHANY BROOKSHIRE – SciCommCamp". SciCommCamp. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  15. ^ "Listen to STEM Diversity Podcast on TuneIn". TuneIn. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  16. ^ "Science for the People by Rachelle Saunders & Bethany Brookshire on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  17. ^ Bethany Brookshire: A Perfect Mentor, retrieved 2018-03-09
  18. ^ "The Story Collider episode: Bethany Brookshire: A Perfect Mentor". www.podelight.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  19. ^ 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)
  20. ^ "Bethany Brookshire". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  21. ^ Scicurious. "Hello Internet!". Scientific American Blog Network. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  22. ^ "Science Bloggers on Why They Do It". The Open Notebook. 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  23. ^ Sims, Michael (7 January 2023). "Rodent: Friend or foe? 'Pests' explores how some animals become villains". The Washington Post. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  24. ^ "SYNAPSE Awards for Public Outreach". www.wakehealth.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  25. ^ "The Neurotransmitter" (PDF). Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  26. ^ "3quarksdaily: The Winners of the 3 Quarks Daily 2011 Science Prize". www.3quarksdaily.com. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  27. ^ "Science Blogging | Yale University Press". yalebooks.yale.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  28. ^ "MBL Awards Fellowships to Science and Health Journalists to "Get Their Hands On Research"". www.mbl.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  29. ^ "Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT announces 2019-20 fellowship class". MIT News. 6 May 2019. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  30. ^ "Winners Announced for 15th Annual DCSWA Newsbrief Award". dcswa.org. 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
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