Alumni
SHERP students benefit from an extensive and tight-knit alumni network in seeking advice, internships and jobs. There's also a lively SHERP-only e-mail listserv; if you're a graduate or a current student, you can join the discussion. Many of our alumni, students and faculty are on Twitter, so follow us!
Returning to NYU from all over the world, about 200 alumni gathered in 2007 to celebrate our 25th anniversary with a full day of events, including a symposium on artificial life featuring famed geneticist J. Craig Venter and the debut of a ten-minute video about the history of SHERP.
A Message to SHERP/SERP Alumnae, Alumni and Friends:
You already know about the sacrifices required to finance a top-flight graduate education. Now you can assist current students by making a tax-deductible contribution to the Bill Burrows SHERP Scholarship Fund, named for the celebrated aerospace journalist William E. Burrows, our founding director. Proceeds are used for tuition-remission scholarships for deserving SHERP students, based on need and achievement. Supporters may contribute online via this secure site or send a check made out to New York University, with 'Bill Burrows SHERP Scholarship Fund' written in the lower left corner. The address is: Bill Burrows SHERP Scholarship Fund c/o Carter Journalism Institute, 20 Cooper Square, NY, NY 10003.
SHERP and SERP, Year by Year, Counting Backwards...
The list below reflects the last known professional position held by each SHERP and SERP graduate all the way back to the first class in 1982. (The 'H' was added in 2005 to reflect the program's longtime emphasis on health and medical journalism.) Please send updates and corrections to sherp.journalism@nyu.edu.
Quick links: SHERP 25 (2006-07), SERP 20 (2001-02), SERP 15 (1996-97), SERP 10 (1991-92) SERP 5 (1986-87).
SHERP 29 (2010-11)
Joseph Castro, science writer.
Francie Diep, staff reporter, Innovation News Daily.
Rose Eveleth, writer, producer and designer.
Sarah Fecht, science writer.
Joanna Foster, science writer.
Mary Beth Griggs, associate producer, Time Frame Films; science writer.
Lena Groeger, news apps fellow, ProPublica; science writer and designer.
Madeleine Johnson, science writer.
Ritchie King, science writer and data journalist.
Douglas Main, science writer.
Rachel Nuwer, science writer and videographer.
Katie Palmer, assistant research editor, Wired; science writer.
Sabrina Richards, science writer.
Madhu Venkataramanan, assistant editor, Wired.
Stephanie Warren, science writer.
Amber Williams, editorial fellow, Wired.
Visit their student profiles page to see how they described themselves in the spring of 2010.
SHERP 28 (2009-10)
Ariel Bleicher, associate editor, IEEE Spectrum; science writer and producer.
Michael Easter, staff reporter, Men's Health; health and environmental writer.
Emily Elert, science writer.
Zachary Gottlieb, web production manager, Greentech Media.
Mara Grunbaum, science and environmental writer.
Ferris Jabr, associate editor for neuroscience and psychology, Scientific American; science writer.
Alyson Kenward, staff scientist and journalist, Climate Central; science writer.
Olivia Koski, senior producer, The Atavist; collaborative fellow, Union Docs; producer and writer.
Alex Liu, science writer, producer and videographer.
Mike Orcutt, staff reporter, Technology Review; science writer and editor.
Katie Peek, designer, Popular Science; space and environmental writer.
Genevra Pittman, staff reporter, Reuters Health.
Valerie Ross, staff reporter, Discover.
Anna Rothschild, production assistant, NOVA.
Visit their student profiles page to see how they described themselves in the spring of 2009.
SHERP 27 (2008-09)
Allison Bond, student, Boston University School of Medicine; medical writer.
Shelley DuBois, staff science and technology reporter, Fortune.com.
Crystal Gammon, senior communications editor, Weill Cornell Medical College.
Rob Goodier, science and environmental writer, videographer and photographer.
Brett Israel, senior editor and staff reporter, Environmental Health News.
Fred Jølving, staff reporter, Reuters Health.
Lindsey Konkel, associate editor, Remedy Health Media; science, health and environmental writer.
Dave Levitan, environmental, health and medical writer.
Erik Ortlip, science and technology writer.
Lynne Peeples, staff environment and public health reporter, Huffington Post; science, health and environmental writer.
Rachael Rettner, staff reporter, MyHealthNewsDaily.com.
Carina Storrs, science and health writer.
Visit their student profiles page to see how they described themselves in the spring of 2008.
SHERP 26 (2007-08)
Molly Ashford, contributing editor, GenomeWeb; science writer, producer and illustrator.
Stuart Fox, media writer, American Museum of Natural History.
Andrew Grant, associate editor, Discover.
Adam Hadhazy, science writer.
Karina Hamalainen, senior editor, Science World.
Monica Heger, staff reporter, GenomeWeb; science writer.
Christopher Intagliata, producer, Science Friday.
Susannah F. Locke, associate editor, Popular Science.
Natalie Peretsman Lucas, director, center for afterschool and expanded learning, Foundations, Inc.
Rachel Mahan, technical writer, RouteMatch Software; science writer and editor.
Eric R. Olson, audio/video editor, Nature and Scientific American; science producer and editor.
Greg Soltis, science writer.
Victoria Stern, associate editor, McMahon Publishing Group; contributing editor, Scientific American; science writer.
Katherine Tweed, environmental and technology writer.
Visit their student profiles page to see how they described themselves in the spring of 2007.
SHERP 25 (2006-07)
Andrea Anderson, senior science reporter, GenomeWeb Daily News; science writer.
Lindsey Bewley, associate editor, Chemical Week.
Emily Driscoll, science documentary director and producer.
Jeremy Hsu, senior staff writer, LiveScience.com and Space.com.
Jennifer Moser Jurling, publishing community coordinator, Remilon.
Meredith Knight , science writer.
Ben Leach, medical writer, Intellisphere.
Rachele Cooper Lenehan, director, Reingold Communications.
Morgen Peck, science writer.
Kristin Phillips, science writer
Josh Romero, associate editor, IEEE Spectrum.
Peter Sergo, science and medical writer
Molly Webster, editorial producer, World Science Festival; writer and producer.
Erica Westly, science writer.
Visit their student profiles page to see how they described themselves in the spring of 2006.
SHERP 24 (2005-06)
Sabina Borza, science writer, American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science.
Susan Cosier, senior editor, Audubon.
Ciara Curtin, editor, Genome Technology.
Kristina Fiore, staff writer, MedPage Today; medical writer.
Bob Grant, senior editor, The Scientist.
Andrew Klein, editor, MATH Magazine, a Scholastic publication.
Julie Leibach, senior editor, Audubon.
Melissa Mahony, associate editor, OnEarth.
Karen Schrock, news editor, Scientific American Mind; science writer and editor.
Alison Snyder, science writer and producer.
Andrea Thompson, managing editor, ouramazingplanet.com.
Melinda Wenner Moyer, science writer.
Edyta Zielinska, associate editor, The Scientist.
Visit their student profiles page to see how they described themselves in the spring of 2005.
SERP 23 (2004-05)
Lauren Aaronson, contributing editor, Popular Science; science and technology writer.
Corey Binns, science writer; internship coordinator, SHERP.
Michelle Bryner, associate editor, Chemical Week.
Bjorn Carey, managing editor, lifeslittlemysteries.com; internship coordinator, SHERP.
Cody Crane, associate editor, Science World.
Sarah Davidson.
Leilani Del Mar Gallardo, Southeast Asia Urban Environmental Management Applications Project.
Cecilia Dobbs Waase, lead digital strategy analyst, Fox News.
Sara Goudarzi, writer; contributing editor, Science World.
Rebecca (Becky) Kessler, science writer.
Maria Kolesnikova, staff reporter, Bloomberg News, London.
Abby Leonard, producer, The Countdown with Keith Olbermann.
Brandon Miller, journal development associate, American Institute of Physics; musician.
Todd Neale, senior staff writer, MedPageToday.
Finale Patel, interactive account manager, G2 Worldwide.
Jessica Steyers, researcher, Good Morning America.
Ker Hueng Than, science writer.
SERP 22 (2003-04)
Querida Anderson , online managing editor, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News.
Caitlin Cox, senior medical editor/writer, Cardiovascular Research Foundation; associate news editor, TCTMD.com.
Aimee Cunningham, science writer.
Jessica Ebert, science writer.
Emily Hager, staff video journalist, The New York Times; video instructor, SHERP.
Shan Li, communication specialist, Jenel Management.
Laura Mahachek.
Donald Monroe, science and technology writer.
Michael Mooney, doctoral student in bioinformatics, Oregon Health and Science University.
Olga Norstrom, medical editor, Ogilvy Healthworld; social media analyst, Marketeching Solutions.
Prachi Patel, technology writer, editor and radio reporter.
Michael Schirber, science writer.
Meghan Smith, field director, Sharp Entertainment.
SERP 21 (2002-03)
Raena Blumenthal, program manager, Colorado Brownfields Foundation.
Jeanna Bryner, managing editor, LiveScience.com.
Lindsay Carswell, dive instructor and co-owner, Wet Set Diving Adventure.
Joan Malespina, writer.
Britt Norlander van der Woude, writer and editor.
Stephanie Riesenman, writer.
Deidra Robinson.
Namrita Talwar, associate information officer, United Nations.
Sarah Zielinski, science writer and editor.
SERP 20 (2001-02)
Alexi Baker, post-doctoral researcher in history of science, Cambridge University.
Vivienne Caballero, junior programme officer, United Nations Development Programme.
Kuan-Yi Chen.
Annachiara Danieli, staff writer, Il Nuovo Friuli, Italy.
Graciela Flores, senior editor, Natural History; science writer.
Dana Frisch, physician and medical writer.
Diana Jong, attorney, Foley Hoag.
Kristen Kresge, senior science writer, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.
Jesse Logan, production assistant, WBUR public radio.
Tariq Malik managing editor, space.com.
Gregory Mone, novelist and science writer.
Atsushi Tomita, doctoral student in human geography and research assistant, CUNY.
Amanda Urban, nurse practitioner, SAIC-Frederick.
Clementine Wallace, science writer.
SERP 19 (2000-01)
Julia Karow, editor, In Sequence and Clinical Sequencing News at GenomeWeb.
Sara Kuzmarov, associate producer, CBS News.
Diane Lanigan, strategies applications director, National Kidney Foundation.
Aude Lecrubier, medical and science Writer.
Alison McCook, science writer and editor.
J.R. Minkel. (deceased)
Heather Sparks, freelance copywriter and medical writer.
Kirsten Weir, science writer.
SERP 18 (1999-2000)
Christen Brownlee, medical writer, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Whitney Clavin, science writer, NASA-Spitzer Science Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Meredith Fisher, producer, The Biggest Loser.
Laurie Ann Goldman, science writer and artist.
Patricia Hemminger, science and environmental writer.
Agnes Kolor, writer.
Diane Martindale.
Suzanne Mengel.
Keely Savoie, writer; science writer, American Thoracic Society.
Trevor William Thieme, senior editor, Men's Health; science writer.
SERP 17 (1998-99)
Holger Matthias Breithaupt, news editor, EMBO Reports, European Molecular Biology Organization.
Thomas James Clarke, science reporter, Channel 4 News (U.K.).
Lisa Drayer, nutritional counselor; health reporter; columnist, Women's Health.
Rene Ebersole, features editor, Audubon.
Amy Erickson, senior science writer, The Translational Genomics Research Institute.
Tien-Shun Lee, founder, Earth to City, Ecuador.
Apoorva Mandavilli, director and executive editor, SFARI.org, The Simons Foundation.
Marci Mikesell, senior medical writer, Embryon.
Reetpaul Rana (deceased)
Jenette Restivo, producer, Camp Gardner Films.
Nada Mangialetti Rose, clinical psychologist; science and health writer.
Joanna Rudnick, documentary filmmaker; development director, Kartemquin Films.
Hope Vanderberg, editor.
SERP 16 (1997-98)
Michael Albano, associate producer, Fox Business Network
Sophia Cariati, writer.
Yu-tzu Chiu, Taipei correspondent, Bureau of National Affairs.
Karina Chobanyan, line producer, CNN Headline News.
Chad Cohen, producer, National Geographic Television.
Andrew Paul Gannon, scientific program director, Gardiner-Caldwell London.
Sharon Guynup, science and environmental writer and photographer.
Martha Jordan Heil, news director, Association for Psychological Science.
Cat Lazaroff, associate director, Resource Media.
David S. Levin, financial editor, The Capital Group Companies.
Samuel Moore, senior associate editor, IEEE Spectrum.
Christopher Morrison, editor-in-chief, biopharmaceuticals and consumer products, Elsevier Business Intelligence.
Margaret Ann Quigley, writer.
Bijal Trivedi, science writer and editor.
SERP 15 (1996-97)
Charles Bergquist, producer/director, Science Friday.
Christopher Dickey, entrepreneur.
Odette Frey, science editor, Swiss Public Radio.
Unmesh Kher, science writer.
Carol Kopf, health writer.
Ken Macdonald, writer.
Kathleen (Kat) McGowan, special projects editor, Discover; editor and writer.
Kathleen O'Reilly, writer.
Barry Seidman, science writer.
Debra Summers Goldstein, medical writer.
SERP 14 (1995-96)
Barbara Bischof, ocean researcher and photographer.
Germaine Clark.
Erica Garcia Rualo, website manager and vice president of integrated marketing, Oppenheimer Funds.
Alison Ginsberg, producer, CNN.
Cheryl Harris, analyst, Government Accountability Office.
Annette Heist, senior producer, Science Friday.
Lucia Huelamo, Marisol Ares, Spain.
Mary Sidney Kelly-Harbert, investigator, Southern Center for Human Rights.
Peter Modica, vice president and medical writer, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide.
Gretel Schueller, environmental writer and associate professor of journalism, SUNY-Plattsburgh.
Gunjan Sinha, science writer.
Dan Vergano, science correspondent, USA Today.
Suzanne Zolfo, director of planned giving and major gifts, Braille Instutute.
SERP 13 (1994-95)
Esther Buterman, senior vice president of editorial services, Edelman.
Brenda DeKoker Goodman, medical writer and editor.
Yaelle Meyer.
Chaz Godwin, national account manager, healthcare group, Multivu.
Troy Goodman, director of public relations, Wilbanks Agency.
Kal Szigeti, documentation manager, SunGard Energy Solutions.
Alison Levine, director, planned gifts, Earthjustice.
Cynthia Pereira, executive editor, Ogilvy Healthworld.
Steven Vames, reporter, DowJones Newswires.
Karin Vergoth, producer, Science Friday.
Bob Wallace, master teacher of science, general studies program, New York University.
William Winkler, Car Stereo Review.
SERP 12 (1993-94)
Estee Lee Dardik-Lichter, science writer.
Gloribel Esquilin Delgado, writer, screenwriter, Puerto Rico.
Karen de Seve, science writer and exhibition developer.
Peter Doskoch, senior editor, Guttmacher Institute.
Daniel Drollette Jr., science writer; editor, International Science Grid This Week.
Peter R. Fairley, energy, environment and technology writer.
Thomas Ferraro, senior planning editor, NBC News.
Pam Frost Gorder, assistant director of research communications, Ohio State University; science writer.
Julia (Ferraro) Kozakova, writer.
Hui-Chen Lin, science writer.
Antonio Regalado, science writer, contributing Latin America correspondent, Science.
Jacqueline Stanfill (Olsen), communications director, GeoTrans.
William Wills, science writer.
SERP 11 (1992-93)
Damaris Christensen, post-graduate fellow, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; health writer.
Kristin Choo, science writer.
Josie Glausiusz-Kluger, author, writer and editor.
Yvonne (Miller) Halee, producer, CBS News.
John Kincaid, director of scientific and editorial services, Parexel Medical Communications.
Theres Luthi, science editor, NZZ am Sonntag, Switzerland.
Judy (Pantel) Silverman, science producer, NBC News.
Peter Svensson, owner, Baltic Spot, Sweden.
Theresa Tamkins, executive editor, Health.com.
SERP 10 (1991-92)
Grace Begany, technology project consultant.
Sean Christopher Duke, editor and co-founder, Science Spin, Ireland.
Sunja (Sunny) Edmunds, internet strategy consultant.
Nancy Finton, content editor, Core K12 Education; educational consultant.
Jason Kahn, news editor, tctmd.com; manager of academic content, Cardiovascular Research Foundation.
Beth Ann Meehan, senior account executive, Bank of America.
Suzuki Noriko Takezaki, director of Japan operations, Basis Technology.
SERP 9 (1990-91)
Elizabeth Azar, writer, American Psychological Association.
Laura Carter, managing editor, NIH Catalyst.
David Davis, writer; contributor, Hudson Valley Magazine.
Donald B. Marti Jr., backend lead, teampatent.com.
Jane Newman, health care content strategist and project manager.
Robert Service, northwest correspondent, Science.
Ben Stein, editorial manager, Inside Science News Service, American Institute of Physics.
Melissa Stewart, children's book author.
Chana Freiman Stiefel, children's book author and freelance writer.
Fleur Templeton, writer and public relations consultant, New Zealand.
Kathryn Kittridge Bush White, associate producer, The Chedd-Angier Production Co.
Nira Worcman, corporate communications, Brazil.
SERP 8 (1989-90)
Debra Brinson, senior technical writer, OSIsoft.
Kristine Caggiano Garland, public affairs officer, Plum Island Animal Disease Center.
Vernon Church, writer/filmmaker.
Regina Fitzsimmons, associate editor, Scientific American.
Elisabeth Kirschner, writer, drugstore.com.
Guillermo Metz, green building and renewable energy coordinator, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County.
Mary Raffalli, producer, CBS News.
Kathy Svitil, co-director of news and lead science writer, California Institute of Technology.
Andrea Lynne Taylor, public information coordinator, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Center.
Bruno Tedeschi, principal, Jaffe Communications.
Laura Worsham, photographer.
SERP 7 (1988-89)
Ted Allen, cookbook author and television host.
Meg Campbell, science writer.
Maria T. Crocitto, CEO, Advantage Communications.
David Fishman, principal consultant, Downshift Media.
Rosie Zaloum Foster, medical writer and editor, Foster Medical Editorial.
Elizabeth (Betsy) Hanson, writer.
Anita Jacobo, senior sales manager, MEDA Pharmaceuticals.
Gary Klinger, assistant professor, St. Francis College.
Karen (Kay) Locitzer, science writer.
Michele Opanowicz-Brady, director of information design, Information Builders.
David Siegel, science writer.
Stefanie Silverman, artist.
Karen McNulty Walsh, principal media and communications specialist, Brookhaven National Laboratory.
SERP 6 (1987-88)
Jeffrey Brune, director, Campbell Creek Science Center.
Catherine Dold, health and science writer.
Anita Flanagan, science writer.
Timothy Folger, science writer; contributing editor, Discover; series editor, "Best American Science and Nature Writing."
Elizabeth (Beth) Hanson, science writer.
Hildy Rubin, documentary writer and producer.
Brianna Politzer Stevens, health and medical writer; product marketing manager, MokaFive.
Jane Treuhold, attorney.
Marisa Venegas, television producer.
Luba Vikhanski, science writer, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
SERP 5 (1986-87)
Sarah Tilyou Albaneze, senior editor, McMahon Publishing Group.
Jani D. Bergan, senior account manager, WCG.
Kellyn Betts, science, environmental, health and technology writer and editor.
John Carpi, president, Strategic Medical Initiatives.
Christian Coles, assistant professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Doris Day, dermatologist and author; clinical assistant professor, NYU Langone Medical Center.
Richard Lewit, owner and winemaker, Alison Wines & Vineyards.
Zheng Zheng Li.
Eileen A. McCaffrey, medical writer and editor .
Damian McNamara, writer, International Medical News Group.
Lori Oliwenstein, co-director of news and senior science writer, California Institute of Technology.
Diana R. Romero, associate professor, CUNY School of Public Health.
Robin Trohn Sussingham, independent radio producer; partner, IntelliCast Communications.
SERP 4 (1985-86)
Robert Anderson, contributing editor, Natural History.
Shira Birnbaum, writer and educational consultant, emergency medical technician.
Sheryl Burpee Dluginski, fitness consultant.
Karen Fitzgerald, science writer; researcher/writer, University of Illinois at Springfield.
Eva Lynne Greene, section head, medical science liaisons, Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals.
Eric Justice, editorial director, BioScience Communications.
Sally Rose, editor, Provincetown Banner.
Meiyu Song Kaps, patent law clerk.
Lora A. Sporny, lecturer in nutrition and education, Columbia University Teachers College
Kathy Wollard, Newsday columnist, author.
SERP 3 (1984-85)
Maria Borelius, vice chair, Hand in Hand International.
James L. Eng, reporter, Associated Press.
Debra Glicksman, science editor, Prentice Hall.
Joyce Gramza, reporter and producer, WRVO public radio.
James Killgore, writer, Scotland.
Michael Krapin, television and science writer.
Jay Letto, conference coordinator, Society of Environmental Journalists.
Kerry B. McCabe, registered nurse; medical writer.
Elizabeth Mechcatie, writer, International Medical News Group.
Brian Nadel, writer and editor.
Gregory Pope (deceased).
Janet Weinrib, science writer.
SERP 2 (1983-84)
Shirley Cordes, science writer
Elizabeth Hartzell deSimone, environmental writer.
Naomi Freundlich, senior research associate, The Century Foundation.
Michael Friedman, on-air meteorologist, Channel 10 News and WCBS Radio 88.
Samuel Friedman, legislative analyst, New York State Department of Health.
Patrice Heinz Schelkun, artist/stained glass designer.
Karen Heller, sales associate, Halstead Property.
Marianne Hjertstrand, director of communications, Surgical Devices EMEA at Covidien, Switzerland.
Melissa Lee Kim, writer; children's book editor, Islandport Press.
Franca Lebow, medical writer.
Gerry Regan, partner, GAR Media; online media consultant.
Ruth Taswell, medical writer, Park Nicollet Health Services.
Laurel Van Leer, writer.
Patricia Wittig, science writer and editor.
SERP 1 (1982-83)
Rae Bretana, medical writer.
Carole Bullock, medical writer and editor.
Peter Geller, licensed acupuncturist and Chinese herbologist.
Jeanne Herb, research administrator, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University.
Kimberly J. Landes, senior project manager of litigation team, CACI, Inc.
Rita Lazzaroni, writer.
Sean Mulligan, web developer / technical writer, construction manager, StructureTone.
Leslie Wiman Rose, administrator of corporate and foundation relations, West Point Association of Graduates.
Janet Schumacher, science writer
Dawn Stover, science writer.
Cheryl Platzman Weinstock, science writer and speaker.