Sarah Olson (she/her/hers) is a nonfiction writer specializing in science writing and communication. She was a recipient of the National Association of Science Writer’s prestigious undergraduate science journalism fellowship in 2018, and has received awards from the New York Academy of Sciences and the California Internship and Work Experience Association. Sarah has experience freelancing for a variety of outlets and previously interned as a science writer for Purdue University. She currently attends Oregon State University, where she is pursuing a professional certificate in science and technical writing. She has over 11,000 followers on Twitter and runs a blog for nonfiction book reviews called readmorescience.com. She lives in Oregon with her partner Matthew, their two cats, and a whole lot of books.
Sarah is excited to help you accomplish your writing goals. Here are some of her publications for your perusal:
- Gods and Robots by Adrienne Mayor, book review for Science Magazine
- Communicating Vaccine Science with Empathy, PLOS SciComm
- Sorry, But Male Geniuses Are Replaceable, Medium
- An Unnecessary War? How Science and Christianity Conflict and Cooperate, Righting America blog
- Why Conservatives Aren’t Wrong to Fear Evolution, Righting America blog
- Feminism Isn’t Harmful for Millennial Women, Women You Should Know essay
- Why I Left the Pro-Life Movement, Human Parts, Medium feature
- The Cult of the Good Christian Woman, Human Parts, Medium feature
- Why Christianity Needs a Feminist Movement, Human Parts, Medium feature
- My Parents Raised Me to be a Science Denier, So I Educated Myself, personal essay for Leaps Magazine
- Losing the doubt: How scientists can make the change from “aspiring” to actual, guest post for Shenova Science Fashion
- Mapping the Brain with Data Science, Purdue University press release
- Forecasting model could predict which bills get passed, Purdue University press release
- California models regulations on high-emission industries, NASW travel fellow coverage of 2018 AAAS Meeting
- Imagining the Next 100 Years of Science and Technology, New York Academy of Sciences Magazine, Fall 2017 Issue
