Ellen Ruppel Shell (born 1952
[Pearson Education (2008). Shell, Ellen Ruppel. Retrieved on 2009-08-10 from http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_kirszner_blairreader_5/24/6255/1601495.cw/index.html .]) is a correspondent for ''
The Atlantic Monthly
''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science.
It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...
'', and professor of science journalism.
Biography
Shell was born in
Auburn,
New York, United States.
In 1974, Shell received a B.A. degree from the
University of Rochester
The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private university, private research university in Rochester, New York. The university grants Undergraduate education, undergraduate and graduate degrees, including Doctorate, do ...
.
Shell's work tends to focus on the intersection of
science
Science is a systematic endeavor that Scientific method, builds and organizes knowledge in the form of Testability, testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earli ...
and society with a special emphasis on medical policy, and she also writes on the politics of science, science and the media, and environmental policy.
Works
Shell is the author of four books:
Ellen Ruppel Shell: author's biography
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*'' A Child's Place: a year in the life of a day care center '' (Little, Brown
Little, Brown and Company is an American publishing company founded in 1837 by Charles Coffin Little and James Brown (publisher), James Brown in Boston. For close to two centuries it has published fiction and nonfiction by American authors. Ear ...
, 1992)
*'' The Hungry Gene: the science of fat and the future of thin'' (New York : Atlantic Monthly Press
Grove Atlantic, Inc. is an American independent publisher, based in New York City. Formerly styled "Grove/Atlantic, Inc.", it was created in 1993 by the merger of Grove Press and Atlantic Monthly Press. As of 2018 Grove Atlantic calls itself "A ...
, 2002)
*''Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture'' (New York : Penguin Books
Penguin Books is a British publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Allen Lane with his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers The Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the following year.[Crown Publishing Group
The Crown Publishing Group is a subsidiary of Penguin Random House that publishes across several fiction and non-fiction categories. Originally founded in 1933 as a remaindered books wholesaler called Outlet Book Company, the firm expanded int ...]
, 2018)
References
External links
Faculty of Boston University's Master's Degree Program in Science and Medical Journalism
Official site
American women journalists
1952 births
Living people
University of Rochester alumni
Boston University faculty
People from Auburn, New York
Journalists from New York (state)
20th-century American journalists
20th-century American women
American women academics
21st-century American women
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