MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing
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Katharine Gammon

GPSW 2007

Katharine Gammon

Child development, environmental sciences, technology, wildlife


Katharine Gammon is a freelance science writer in Santa Monica, California. She’s written for The Atlantic, The New York Times, Wired, National Geographic, The Guardian, and other outlets. Her work was featured in The Best American Science and Nature Writing of 2020 anthology and she currently serves as an adjunct professor at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California. You can find her on Twitter at @kategammon.

Thesis: Changing Her Tune: How a Transsexual Woman Claims a New Identity through Voice

Recent Publications Include: