Ellen Ruppel Shell

Ellen Ruppel Shell is an American journalist, a correspondent for the "Atlantic Monthly", and professor of science journalism at Boston University. Her work tends to focus on the intersection of science and society with a special emphasis on medical policy, and she also writes on the politics of science, science and the media, and environmental policy. She is the author of two books, "A Child's Place" (Little, Brown, 1992); and "The Hungry Gene" (2002).