I am an experienced science journalist located in Madison, Wisconsin. As a social psychologist by training (I earned my Ph.D. from Yale University in 2000), I am especially interested in behavioral science topics including psychology, neuroscience, behavioral medicine, behavioral economics, animal behavior and related subjects. I also cover biomedicine, science policy and education, and health care policy.
I have written for the New York Times, Science, Science Careers, Prevention, Scientific American Mind, Science News, ScienceNOW, MSN Health & Fitness, Reuters Health, World Book Science Year, and others. I am also the first author, with psychologist Karen Huffman, of Visualizing Psychology (John Wiley & Sons, 2007). My article Is Your Parent Over-Medicated? (Prevention, December 2008) was a finalist for the 2009 National Magazine Award. My article Buried Prejudice (Scientific American Mind, April/May 2008) won the 2009 Outstanding Article Award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors.