Charlotte Stevenson

Ms. Stevenson is a senior science writer with a graduate-level foundation in research science and writing and a strong background in environmental policy and politics. She has been a science writer for USC Sea Grant for 14 years. She has a broad portfolio in writing, ranging from highly technical research papers to programmatic writing such as strategic planning and grant reporting. She also works in creative forms such as articles, blogs, op-eds, essays, and documentary scripts. Ms. Stevenson has an M.S. and B.S. in Biology from Stanford University, and an M.A. in Science Writing from Johns Hopkins University. She was a 2006 John A. Knauss Legislative Marine Policy Fellow and subsequently a staffer in the House of Representatives, Natural Resources Committee. Over the last decade, she has also written for Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the California Ocean Science Trust and published freelance pieces in publications such as UNDARK, The Chestnut Review, American Literary Review, Under the Gum Tree, The Center for Humans and Nature, The Institute for Science and Policy, and The New York Times Online. 

• M.A. Science Writing, Johns Hopkins University, 12/2024
• M.S. Biological Sciences, Stanford University, 2005
• B.S. Biological Sciences, Stanford University, 2003