Cornelia Dean

Cornelia Dean was the science editor of the New York Times from January 1997 through June 2003. She was responsible for coverage of science, health and medical news in the daily paper and in the weekly Science Times section. She also writes occasionally for the paper, usually on environmental issues. Before becoming science editor, she worked in the newspaper’s Washington bureau as deputy Washington editor. Her portfolio was domestic policy. She began her newspaper career at the Providence Journal. Her book Against the Tide: The Battle for America’s Beaches was published in 1999 by Columbia University Press. Ms. Dean has taught seminars and courses at the University of Rhode Island, Vassar, and the Columbia School of Journalism, and has spoken to a wide variety of student, journalism and scientific organizations. She is a member of the advisory board of the Metcalf Institute for Environmental and Marine Reporting and in July 2003, will join the corporation of Brown University, her alma mater. While a Shorenstein Fellow, Ms. Dean will work on a book about the misuse of scientific information in American life.