Amy Mayer Writes


	Samples of Print Work
	(scroll down for audio work)

		Growing produce to give to those in need (Boston Globe, October 13, 2011)
		Community Potluck (Relish, July 2011)
		Cool job: computer animator brings video games to life (Schools.com August 12, 2011; one in a series.)
		We love science (Kiwi, May 2011)
		How to Prevent Money Troubles After a Disaster (Real Simple, March 2011)
		My Recession (Wellesley, Winter 2011)
		They're serious about their smoking habit (Boston Globe, February 9, 2011)
		Easing the Transition (BioScience, January 2011)
		The anthology Fits, Starts & Matters of the Heart: 28 True Stories of Love, Loss & Everything in Between includes my essay "Julian Steele, My Grandmother and Me."
		Charitable Chefs (American Profile, October 3-9, 2010)
		Getting to 100 on the taste test (Boston Globe, August 4, 2010)
		After the Earth Quakes: A Way Forward for Haiti (Wellesley, Summer 2010)
		What Makes the Earth Rumble: Alumnae geologists explain the forces that shake our world (Wellesley, Summer 2010)
		The Grand Challenges: Where Engineering, Business, and the Liberal Arts Meet (Wellesley, Summer 2010)
		Phenology and Citizen Science (BioScience, March 2010)
		Spider Silk Muscles (Conservation, Jan-March 2010)
		From simple butter cookies, a family heirloom (Boston Globe, December 16, 2009)
		Sweet Home Alabama: Hot Spot for Phylogeography (BioScience, April 2009)


		Offering the Best Price for Learning Supplies: Free (New York Times, March 16, 2009)
		Partner to the World's Poor (Wellesley, Spring 2008)
		On Antarctic Ice: Life at Low Diversity (BioScience, July/August 2008)
		Permafrost in Flux: Tracking Carbon in the Alaskan Tundra (BioScience, February 2008)
		Semester Away (abstract) (New York Times, Education Life November 5, 2006)

	Samples of Audio Work
		The mud ship (Earth Beat, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, August 19, 2011)
		A Trans-Continental Island (The World, July 11, 2011)
		Bird Lovers Build Database (Living on Earth, July 3, 2009)
		Thawing Tundra Speeds Up Warming (The Environment Report May 28, 2009)
		A Lucrative Niche in Disabled Pets (NPR's Day to Day July 22, 2008)
		Saddling Up for a Cause (Only a Game June 21, 2008 [fifth story])
		Not Your Average Band Camp (Only a Game September 1, 2007 [fourth story])
		Slaughterhouse shortage hits natural beef industry (NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday, April 14, 2007)
		Listening To Alaska (Living On Earth, April 21, 2006)
		Nuances of Graphics, in Braille (Weekend Edition Sunday, August 29, 2004)
		Meditative Music from Alaska (All Things Considered, September 26, 2004)
		Preserving Icky (NPR's Morning Edition, July 30, 2002)

last updated October 13, 2011 all rights reserved (c) 2007-2011 Amy Mayer

Samples of Print Work