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Sheril Kirshenbaum

Sheril Kirshenbaum is an associate at Duke University and co-author of Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future with Chris Mooney. She is involved in conservation initiatives across levels of government and works to improve communication between scientists, policymakers, and the public. Her second book, The Science of Kissing, will be published Fall 2010. In 2007, Sheril helped to found Science Debate 2008; an initiative encouraging candidates to debate science research and innovation issues on the campaign trail. She has also worked as a legislative science fellow on Capitol Hill with Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) where she was involved in energy, climate, and ocean policy. Sheril holds two MS degrees in Marine Biology and Marine Policy from the University of Maine. Now a science journalist, she contributes to publications including New Scientist, Newsweek, The Huffington Post, and Science Progress, frequently writing about topics that bridge science and society from climate change to genetically modified foods. For a list of articles, click here. Previously, Sheril served as a Fellow with the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History and as a Howard Hughes Research Fellow at Tufts University. She has composed reports to The Nature Conservancy and provided assistance on international protected area projects. She also has experience working in pop radio and her work has been published in Fisheries Bulletin, Oecologia, Issues in Science and Technology, and Science. Sheril Kirshenbaum co-hosts The Intersection on Discover blogs with Chris Mooney and has contributed to DeSmogBlog, Talking Science, and Wired Science. She was born in Suffern, New York and is also a musician. For more information, visit her website or email Sheril at srkirshenbaum@yahoo.com.