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The Editorial Team

Editorial Team

Center for Biology and Society

Jane Maienschein

Jane Maienschein

Director and Principal Investigator

Jessica Ranney

Jessica Ranney

Administrator

Abel Peña

Abel Peña

Managing Editor, Editing Instructor

Matthew Tontonoz

Matthew Tontonoz

Editor-in-Chief, Writing Instructor

Zawilak

Tea Zawilak

Writing Instructor and Editor

Federico Mellani

Federico Mellani

Editor

Selma Krantz

Selma Krantz

Editor

Former Editors and Developers

  • Manfred Laubichler, Co-Principal Investigator
  • Dina Ziganshina Lienhard, Former Editor-in-Chief
  • Anna Guerrero, Illustrator and Illustration Instructor
  • Federica Colona Turriziana, Former Editor-in-Chief
  • Steve Elliott, First Editor-in-Chief
  • Mary Sunderland, First Program Manager/Editor
  • Grant Yamashita, Postdoc and Developer
  • Aubrey Pinteric, Student Editor
  • Emily Santora, Editor
  • Cole Nichols, Editing Instructor and Writing Instructor
  • Megha Pillai, Editor
  • Devangana Shah, Editor and Social Media Editor

Former Instructors

  • Karen Wellner
  • Carolina Abboud
  • Alexis Abboud
  • Erica O’Neil
  • Valerie Racine
  • Kelle Dhein
  • Christian Ross
  • Risa Schnebly
  • Baylee Edwards
  • Nolina Doud

Graduate Researchers

  • Dorothy Haskett, Senior Editor

NSF Visiting Scholars

  • Katie Hammond (2014), Cambridge University
  • Cheryl Lancaster (2014), Durham University
  • Lucie Laplane (2014), University of Paris
  • James Lowe (2014), University of Exeter
  • Karine Prévot (2014), University of Paris
  • Florian Huber (2013), University of Vienna
  • Jill Briggs (2012), University of California-Santa Barbara
  • Shawn Miller (2012), University of California, Davis
  • Valerie Racine (2012), University of Western Ontario

Postdoctoral Researchers

  • Mary Sunderland, University of California, Berkeley
  • Karen Wellner, Center for Biology and Society
  • Grant Yamashita, Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Erica O'Neil

Barrett Honors Fellows

  • Tanmayi Nemani (2026-2027)
  • Emma Kathol (2026-2027)
  • Saruyi Hewage (2026-2027)
  • Meghana Kaluva Sale (2025-2027)
  • Summer Goodman (2025-2026)
  • Edie Gobel (2025-2026)
  • Tea Zawilak (2023-2024)
  • Cole Nichols (2021-2023)
  • Megha Pillai (2021-2022)
  • Carrie Keller (2017-2018)
  • Victoria Hernandez (2016-2018)
  • Lexi Darby (2015-2020)
  • Rainey Horwitz (2015-2018)