The Seattle Times. Seattle, WA. 2010. Kaiser media health fellow.
The Scientist Magazine. Philadelphia, PA. 2010. Science writing intern.
Pacific Coast Science and Learning Center, Point Reyes National Seashore. Point Reyes Station, CA. 2009 - 2010. Science communication intern.
Children's Hospital Boston. Boston, MA. 2009. Science writing intern for the hospital's public affairs office.
Stanford University News Service. Stanford, CA. 2009. Science writing intern for The Stanford Report and The Woods Institute for the Environment.
Santa Cruz Sentinel. Santa Cruz, CA. 2008. Intern for daily newspaper.
Winds of Change magazine. 2007 – 2010. Contributing writer and editor for Winds of Change, a publication of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society.
San Francisco Exploratorium. San Francisco, CA. 2008. Published online science dispatches from Antarctica for the San Francisco Exploratorium Ice Stories.
Additional freelance and contract work with The Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, ScienceNOW, Orion Magazine, The Monterey County Weekly and others.
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories. Moss Landing, CA. Apr. 2004 – Sept. 2008. Fisheries biology research technician.
Antarctic Marine Living Resources. Antarctic Peninsula. Jan. – Mar. 2006 and Feb. – Mar. 2008 field seasons. Research Technician at-sea.
National Marine Fisheries Service. Woods Hole, MA. Sept. 2002 - June 2003. Fisheries Observer.
Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Gloucester Point, VA. Summer 2000. REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates).
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory. Salisbury Cove, Maine. Summer 1999. REU.
New England Aquarium. Boston, MA. Summer 1998. Environmental Education Intern.
Education
University of California, Santa Cruz
Graduate Certificate, Science Communication, 2009.
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, California. M.S., Marine Science, 2008.
Thesis: Radiometric age validation and spatial distribution of the Antarctic toothfish: Implications for a deep-sea Antarctic fishery.
Bates College, Lewiston, Maine. B.S., Biology, 2001.
Thesis: Missing Link: Absence of Native American Presence in the Cod fishery history.
School for Field Studies. Bamfield, British Columbia. Spring 2000.
Shoals Marine Laboratory. Appledore Island, ME. Summer 1998.
Meetings and Fellowships
National Academies Keck Future Initiative. Irvine, CA. 2008 and 2009. Wrote summary for annual meeting.
Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science. Dallas, TX. 2009 and Anaheim, CA 2010. Invited speaker for annual meeting.
Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources. Wisconsin. 2009. Fellow with the Lake Country Institute.
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Initiative for Macular Degeneration. Irvine, CA. 2009. Crafted report for meeting
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. Saint Petersburg, Russia. 2008. Presented at annual meeting. Age validation and spatial distribution of the Antarctic toothfish: Implications for a deep-sea fishery.
American Fisheries Society. San Francisco, CA. 2007. Presented at annual meeting. Age estimation and lead-radium dating of Antarctic toothfish. Awarded Best Student Presentation.
Peer Review Science Publications
Brooks, C., A.Andrews, J.Ashford, G. Cailliet, N. Ramanna, C. Jones, C. Lundstrom. In Prep. Age estimation and lead-radium dating of Antarctic toothfish, Dissostichus mawsoni. Polar Biology.
Brooks, L. and C. Brooks. In Press. The Reciprocity Principle and ITEK: Understanding the Significance of Indigenous Protest on the Presumpscot. World Futures Journal.
A.Andrews, Brooks, C., J.Ashford, K. Krusic-Golub, G. Duhamel, M. Belchier, C Lundstrom and G. Cailliet. In Prep. Lead-radium dating of Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) reveals spatial variation in ageing bias on the Kerguelen Plateau.
Gehnrich, S. and Brooks, C. (2000). Carbonic Anhydrase in gene expression in the gills of the shore crab during acclimation to low salinity. American Zoologist. 8(35):65A
Outdoor Education Experience
Between acquiring my undergraduate and graduate degrees, I worked for a variety of outdoor education and wilderness therapy organizations throughout the United States including Outward Bound, Student Conservation Association, Summit Achievement, and Naturalists at Large.
Native American Journalists Association, member
Society for Environmental Journalists, member
National Association of Science Writers, member
American Association for the Advancement of Science, member
