Sarah Derouin

About

I grew up on a farm on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. I spent much of my childhood in quiet wonder growing tomatoes, uncovering crawfish, and collecting the prettiest rocks. In college and grad school, geology felt like the perfect fit. I received her Ph.D. in glacial geology and geomorphology, completing research right down the road from my family farm. After a few years analyzing seismic hazards and a stint in a Community College classroom, I realized that I really loved talking about science and sharing that information with everyone I met. I enrolled in the Science Communication program at UC Santa Cruz, where I interned at the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Eos, Stanford News, and EARTH Magazine. Recently, I joined EARTH Magazine again, where I experienced the other side of science journalism as an Acting Associate Editor. Now a GSA Communication Fellow, assistant producer at Big Picture Science radio show, and freelance science writer/editor, I writes about changing climate, new technology, volatile volcanoes.