JOSHUA A. BRAUN
336 KENNEDY HALL • CORNELL UNIVERSITY • ITHACA, NY 14853
PHONE (607) 379-1226 • E-MAIL JOSHUA.A.BRAUN@GMAIL.COM
Education
2006 - Present Cornell University Ithaca, NY
Master of Science: Communication, emphasis in health and science, expected 2008
2004 - 2005 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Master of Bioethics
1999 - 2003 UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA
Bachelor of Science: Sciences in the Media (Individual Concentration)
• Appointed to the Provost’s Honors Council 2002, served ‘til graduation.
• College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences (L&S) Honors Program for four years
• Commencement with Distinction, Academic Excellence and with Honors
• Student Liaison for the L&S Honors Program’s only student-led class, Spring 2003
• Office of Residential Life Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement 1999-2000
• Dean’s Honors in Fall 1999, Winter 2000, Spring 2000, Fall 2002, Spring 2003
• Accepted to the LS&S Individual Studies Program in 2000
Work Experience
2005 - Present
Freelance Producer for Radio Lab on WNYC New York Public Radio and NPR.
2005—2006
Writer and Editorial Assistant for Seed Magazine, a popular science magazine.
2005
Production Intern for ABC News Nightline
2003
Production Associate for Morningstar Entertainment, a company which produces
programming for the Discovery Health Channel.
2002—2003
Producer/Director/Writer for a feature-length documentary on in vitro fertilization, distributed
by Chip Taylor Communications.
2001-2003
Science Editor and Staff Writer for the Daily Nexus, UC Santa Barbara’s campus paper
• Awards: Best Investigative Reporting from the California Intercollegiate Press
Association in 2003
Fellowships and Awards
2007
Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow, National Academy of
Sciences
Professional Societies
National Association of Science Writers (2001—2005 student member, professional
membership pending)
National Communication Association
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
Conference Presentations
Braun, J. A. (November 16, 2007). Trust Me, I'm a Doctor: Media Claims of Deficiencies in
Skill and Knowledge on the Part of Physicians. Paper presented at presented at the National
Communication Association Annual Conference in Chicago.
Academic Publications
Braun, J. A. (2007). The Imperatives of Narrative: Health Interest Groups and Morality in
Network News. American Journal of Bioethics, 7(8), 6-14. Access the free version at
bioethics.net (omits footnotes and references).
Braun, J. A. (2007). A Response to Commentators on "The Imperatives of Narrative: Health
Interest Groups and Morality in Network News." American Journal of Bioethics, 7(8), W1-W2.
Braun, J. A. (Producer/Director/Writer). (2004). In vitro fertilization: The children show
[Motion Picture]. Derry, NH: Chip Taylor Communications
Selected Non-Academic Publications
Braun, J.A. (2005). Crime and penitence. In Radio Lab [Radio Broadcast]. New York:
WNYC.
Braun, J.A. (2005). We’re from the government, we’re here to help: Can the U.S.
government fix its top nuclear weapons lab? Seed Magazine, 1, 39.
Braun, J. A. (2005). The new federalism: Is the United States government unburdening itself
of the big science issues and handing those responsibilities to individual states? Seed
Magazine, 2, 38-39.
Braun, J. A. (2006). 20,000 leagues under the sea: NOAA has begun construction on
Okeanos, a deep-sea research vessel that promises to change oceanography forever. Seed
Magazine, 4, 24-25.
Braun, J.A. (2006, August 30). Triangulating Tehran: Russia, the West, and Iran’s nuclear
future. Seed Online. Retrieved December 20th, 2006, from http://www.seedmagazine.com/
news/2006/08/triangulating_tehran.php
Braun, J.A. (2005). Cribsheet #2: Climate change. Seed Magazine, 2, pullout section.
Braun, J.A. (2006). Cribsheet #5: Nuclear power. Seed Magazine, 5, pullout section.
Braun, J.A. (2006). Cribsheet #6: Hurricanes. Seed Magazine, 6, pullout section.