- Senior Lecturer of Rhetoric, Boston University
Joelle has a wide breadth of experience writing, teaching, and speaking about robots and AI. She writes science/tech pieces for the Daily Beast, Slate, Undark, Aeon, New Scientist, Washington Post, and others, and she maintains an award-winning blog, Could This Happen, about the relationship between science and science fiction. She teaches writing and research at Boston University.
Experience
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2013–2020lecturer of rhetoric, Boston University
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2017–2020science writer, Astrobiology Magazine
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2011–2020science/tech freelancer, Slate
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2016–2018science writer, Daily Beast
Grants and Contracts
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2019Journalism fellowship in aging
- Role:
- journalist
- Funding Source:
- The Gerontological Society of America
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2018Artist fellowship
- Role:
- writer
- Funding Source:
- Somerville Arts Council
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2015Artist fellowship
- Role:
- writer
- Funding Source:
- Somerville Arts Council
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2012Artist fellowship
- Role:
- writer
- Funding Source:
- Somerville Arts Council
Professional Memberships
- National Association of Science Writers
- New England Science Writers
Contact Joelle for
- General
- Media request
- Speaking request
- Consulting / Advising
- Research collaboration
- Research supervision
- Location: Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Website
- X (formerly Twitter): @couldthishappen
- Article Feed
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