Bethany Brookshire
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

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

• 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]

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