S. Holly Stocking has taught science writing at the graduate and undergraduate levels for more than two decades. Before earning her Ph.D. in mass communication from Indiana University with an emphasis on the public communication of science, she worked as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, the Associated Press, and the Minneapolis Tribune, and as coordinator of science writing projects for the Boys Town Center for the Study of Youth Development. She has co-edited or co-authored three science-based books, and has been honored as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for her teaching and research on the public communication of science, and for her service to… the public's understanding of science.