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RESUME FOR JOSHUA A. BRAUN
336 KENNEDY HALL • CORNELL UNIVERSITY • ITHACA, NY 14853
PHONE (607) 379-1226 • E-MAIL JOSHUA.A.BRAUN@GMAIL.COM

Education

2006 - Present Cornell University Ithaca, NY
Doctorate: Communication, emphasis in health and science, expected 2011
Master of Science: Communication, emphasis in health and science, expected 2008

2004 - 2005 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Master of Bioethics

1999 - 2003 UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA
Bachelor of Science: Sciences in the Media (Individual Concentration)

• Appointed to the Provost’s Honors Council 2002, served ‘til graduation.
• College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences (L&S) Honors Program for four years
• Commencement with Distinction, Academic Excellence and with Honors
• Student Liaison for the L&S Honors Program’s only student-led class, Spring 2003
• Office of Residential Life Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement 1999-2000
• Dean’s Honors in Fall 1999, Winter 2000, Spring 2000, Fall 2002, Spring 2003
• Accepted to the LS&S Individual Studies Program in 2000

Work Experience

2008
Blogger for Scientific American’s new website, 60 Second Science.

2005 - Present
Freelance Producer for Radio Lab on WNYC New York Public Radio and NPR.

2005—2006
Writer and Editorial Assistant for Seed Magazine, a popular science magazine.

2005
Production Intern for ABC News Nightline

2003
Production Associate for Morningstar Entertainment, a company which produces programming for the Discovery Health Channel.

2002—2003
Producer/Director/Writer for a feature-length documentary on in vitro fertilization, distributed by Chip Taylor Communications.

2001-2003
Science Editor and Staff Writer for the Daily Nexus, UC Santa Barbara’s campus paper

Awards: Best Investigative Reporting from the California Intercollegiate Press Association in 2003

Fellowships and Awards

2008
Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student Award, International Communication Association

2007
Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow, National Academy of Sciences

Professional Societies

National Communication Association

International Communication Association

Conference Presentations

Braun, J. A. (November 16, 2007). Trust Me, I’m a Doctor: Media Claims of Deficiencies in Skill and Knowledge on the Part of Physicians. Paper presented at presented at the National Communication Association Annual Conference in Chicago.

Gillespie, T., Epstein, D., & Braun, J.A. (April 17, 2008). WikiCandidate: Technology, Participation, and Political Discourse. Panel to be presented at Politics: Web 2.0: An International Conference, hosted by the New Political Communication Unit, Royal Holloway, University of London.

Gillespie, T., Cosley, D., Black, L., Welser, H., Epstein, D., & Braun, J.A. (May 26, 2008). Wikis For Politics. Panel to be presented at the Annual International Communication Association Conference in Montreal.

Academic Publications

Braun, J. A. (2007). The Imperatives of Narrative: Health Interest Groups and Morality in Network News. American Journal of Bioethics, 7(8), 6-14. Access the free version at bioethics.net (omits footnotes and references).

Braun, J. A. (2007). A Response to Commentators on “The Imperatives of Narrative: Health Interest Groups and Morality in Network News.” American Journal of Bioethics, 7(8), W1-W2.

Braun, J. A. (2007). Front end evaluation of Global Warming Facts and Our Future. Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences: internal publication.

Braun, J. A. (Producer/Director/Writer). (2004). In vitro fertilization: The children show [Motion Picture]. Derry, NH: Chip Taylor Communications

Selected Non-Academic Publications

Braun, J.A. (2005). Crime and penitence. In Radio Lab [Radio Broadcast]. New York: WNYC.

Braun, J.A. (2005). We’re from the government, we’re here to help: Can the U.S. government fix its top nuclear weapons lab? Seed Magazine, 1, 39.

Braun, J. A. (2005). The new federalism: Is the United States government unburdening itself of the big science issues and handing those responsibilities to individual states? Seed Magazine, 2, 38-39.

Braun, J. A. (2006). 20,000 leagues under the sea: NOAA has begun construction on Okeanos, a deep-sea research vessel that promises to change oceanography forever. Seed Magazine, 4, 24-25.

Braun, J.A. (2006, August 30). Triangulating Tehran: Russia, the West, and Iran’s nuclear future. Seed Online. Retrieved December 20th, 2006, from http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2006/08/triangulating_tehran.php

Braun, J.A. (2005). Cribsheet #2: Climate change. Seed Magazine, 2, pullout section.

Braun, J.A. (2006). Cribsheet #5: Nuclear power. Seed Magazine, 5, pullout section.

Braun, J.A. (2006). Cribsheet #6: Hurricanes. Seed Magazine, 6, pullout section.