"Mad Science" columnist and UCSB grad alum Rachelle Oldmixon. Credit: Al JazeeraA 2013 UCSB master’s alum who is the science columnist for the Santa Barbara Sentinel wants to hear about grad students’ great work. Rachelle Oldmixon, who writes the Sentinel’s “Mad Science” column, says: “I would like to encourage graduate students with interesting work, recent publications, or upcoming dissertations in the science fields to contact me if they would like news coverage of their work.”
Rachelle received her master’s degree in Psychological and Brain Sciences at UCSB in 2013. “During my time with the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, I was a member of the Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology area,” she said. “I worked under Alan Fridlund researching how the personalities of jury members might affect their decisions in a criminal case. Were I to continue with the Ph.D., I likely would have begun integrating more of my personal interest: hormonal influences on cognition. However, I felt that my calling was in science outreach and communication rather than research.”
Rachelle also works with Al Jazeera America as an on air co-contributor to its science and innovation show “TechKNOW.”
The Sentinel columnist said she is looking to highlight research by UCSB grad students that is “local, interesting, and engaging.”
The Sentinel publishes “every other week from pier to peak.” Grad students who wish to share their research with Rachelle can reach her at r.oldmixon@gmail.com.
