Board

Julie Grisham

Julie Grisham is a science and medical writer who specializes in oncology, genetics, neuroscience, and molecular biology. B.A. in genetics and developmental biology, Northwestern University; M.S. in science journalism, Boston University.

Teresa Carr

Vice President
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Twitter: @teresarcarr

Teresa Carr is an independent science journalist. She was a senior health editor for many years at Consumer Reports and since 2017 has been a freelance journalist. She currently writes the Matters of Fact column for Undark magazine.

Roxanne Bogucka

Treasurer

Roxanne Bogucka is a Health Sciences Librarian at the University of Texas at Austin. She’s produced science communication trainings and public engagement programming, via events that have relied on face-to-face communication.

Eileen McGinnis

Secretary
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Eileen McGinnis teaches writing and U.S. history at St. Edward’s University. Her book-in-progress examines the pop-cultural legacy of Victorian programmer Ada Lovelace. More generally, her sci-comm passion is to tell the stories of pioneering womyn in STEM.

Emily Moskal

Director-at-large
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Emily Moskal is a science communicator at the University of Texas at Austin. She has experience in environmental reporting and environmental and natural resource government, corporate, and nonprofit sector communications.

Stavana Strutz

Director-at-large
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Stavana Strutz is an IPCC chapter scientist. She also specializes in science communication via radio, blogging, public talks, and teaching. She holds a Ph.D. in Integrative Biology from UT Austin where she studied the effects of climate change on a newly emerging disease in the U.S.

Sarah Jenevein

Director-at-large
Twitter: @sarahjenevein

Sarah Jenevein is a freelance writer for the YouTube channel “It’s Okay to Be Smart” and guest-hosts the UT radio show “They Blinded Me with Science.” She also manages the UTeach Computer Science program at The University of Texas at Austin while finishing her PhD in STEM Education.

PAST BOARDS

FOUNDING BOARD, 2017-2019

President: Emily Moskal
Vice President: Julie Grisham
Treasurer: Liz Kruesi
Secretary: Stavana Strutz
Director-at-large: Laurie Duncan

Interested in leadership?

If you’d like to help drive the vision and planning of Austin Texas Science Writers, email us or come to an upcoming member meeting. We are currently looking for those interested in joining planning committees.