Principal Investigators
Lee Gutkind
Read MoreLee Gutkind, recognized by Vanity Fair as “the Godfather behind creative nonfiction,” is the author and editor of more than 25 books and founder and editor of Creative Nonfiction, the first and largest literary magazine to publish narrative nonfiction exclusively. He is Distinguished Writer-in-Residence in the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes at Arizona State University and a professor in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication.
David Guston
Read MoreDavid H. Guston is Professor of Politics and Global Studies and Co-Director of the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes at Arizona State University. He is also the Principal Investigator and Director of the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at ASU. CNS-ASU, funded by the National Science Foundation for roughly $13 million over ten years (2005-2015), is dedicated to studying the societal implications of nano-scale science and engineering research and improving the societal outcomes of nanotechnologies through enhancing the societal capacity to understand and make informed choices.
The Mentors
Gwen Ottinger
Read MoreGwen Ottinger is an assistant professor in the Center for Science, Technology, and Society at Drexel University. She is author of Refining Expertise and recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER award for her project, “Environmental Justice and the Ethics of Science and Technology.”
Jason Bittel
Read MoreJason Bittel is a worshipper of the calamine gods. When he’s not fighting off poison ivy, he’s trying to get people riled up about slugs and opossums on his TTTWTP-inspired website, BittelMeThis.com.
Adam Briggle
Read MoreAdam Briggle is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies and Faculty Fellow in the Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity at the University of North Texas.
Ross Carper
Read MoreRoss Carper is a writer based in Washington state whose publications include fiction, poetry, and narrative nonfiction.
Leslie Rubinkowski
Read MoreLeslie Rubinkowski is working on a memoir about training to run her first marathon, despite the fact that she’d never run a mile in her life.
Rachel Zurer
Read MoreAs an associate editor at Backpacker magazine, Rachel spends her days dreaming up fantastic places to go hiking.
Project Administrator
Michael Zirulnik
Read MoreMichael Zirulnik is a research associate at CSPO (The Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes) and a doctoral candidate at Arizona State University’s Hugh Downs School of Human Communication. He also is a lecturer at Fairleigh Dickinson University and works on labor resolution as well as national security initiatives in New York and Washington D.C.