Since 2021, I’ve worked with Science Journal for Kids and Teens to translate cutting-edge science articles into a kid-friendly form. SJK articles are a team effort between writers, researchers, and education specialists. My role as an associate editor is to read through the original scientific article, identify key concepts, and write an age-appropriate version of the article. This version then gets reviewed by the author of the original article, edited and improved by educators, illustrated and formatted by a graphic designer, until a final classroom-ready form. Articles from SJK have been downloaded millions of times and are used all over the globe.

Writing

Science Journal for Kids

March 2025: What can fossils tell us about growing up?
November 2024: How does thiamine-fortified salt taste?
August 2024: Can shipwrecks help protect ocean creatures?
June 2024: How does the brain adapt to blindness?
March 2024: How can we tell whether we are talking to a computer or a person?
November 2023: How well can a computer think?
August 2023: Why is it so hard to bring back extinct species?
August 2023: What kind of foods did Neanderthals eat?
August 2023: How can tardigrades survive without water?
April 2023: When did cats first start living with people?
January 2023: What was life like in medieval England?
November 2022: How does sunscreen make corals sick?
October 2022: Why can some monkeys live high in the mountains?
September 2022: How can we know about dinosaurs’ social lives?
March 2022: How did the warrah reach the Falkland Islands?
March 2022: How does air pollution affect people differently?
December 2021: How can virtual reality help construction engineers?
November 2021: What can ancient DNA tell us about Stone Age people?
October 2021: Do hot neighborhoods affect everyone equally?
October 2021: How did COVID lockdowns affect air pollution?
September 2021: Can peer pressure help teens make safer decisions?
August 2021: How can caring grown ups help children overcome adversities?
August 2021: How will climate change affect Arctic birds?
May 2021: How can we find out about ancient Egyptian germs?
April 2021: How do ravens’ thinking skills compare with apes’?

Other Science Writing

08/05/2020: Freeze Frame
03/14/2020: Libraries of possibilities
02/09/2020: Fitness for Life: Sport psychology and the motivations behind healthy lifestyles
02/02/2020: Swimming with Salmon(ids)
11/10/2019: You don’t look your age
6/09/2019: Perceptions of Trust
4/21/2019: Repair, don’t replace: developing a new treatment for lower back pain
3/17/2019: Magnet blocks, connect the dots, and the world of modern mathematics
2/17/2019: Feather collections and stressed-out owls
12/09/2018: Applying medical anthropology: a history of stress in Puerto Rico and its impacts on birth outcomes
08/24/2016: OSU Harnesses Personal Computers for Climate Research
08/31/2016: Oregon State Scientist Awarded Tasty $3 Million Grant