Degree in communications from American
University in Washington, D.C.; master's degree in physics from the Old
Dominion University; one of fourty semi finalists in the "Journalist in Space
Program" (cancelled following the Challenger tragedy); candidate from Virginia;
in 1986 working as freelancer; for several years Adjunct Professor of
Journalism in Boston University's graduate science-writing program; currently
visiting professor with the Graduate Program in Science Writing at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |