Carrie Clower
Assistant Editor
Carrie Clower is a science communication intern with North Carolina Sea Grant and is pursuing her Ph.D. in communication, rhetoric, and digital media, focusing on risk and science communication. For the first two years in her program, she was an NSF-funded AgBioFEWS Fellow through NC State’s Genetic Engineering and Society Center. She now instructs a Quantitative Communication Research Methods course as a teaching assistant.
Dan DiNicola
Science Editor
Dan DiNicola is the new science writer and digital content producer for North Carolina Sea Grant. He began his career in marine policy and species conservation before transitioning to science communication with an emphasis on visual storytelling. He has previously worked for the University of Washington, University of Miami, and The Billfish Foundation, developing research-based content for recruitment and public engagement. He holds a master of science degree in marine affairs and policy from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.
Katie Mosher
Communication Director, North Carolina Sea Grant
A former reporter, newspaper editor, television assignment manager, and freelance writer, Katie Mosher brings a wealth of experience to the communications team at North Carolina Sea Grant. She also is now a science writer and editor for a range of outreach products. In addition to her responsibilities for the overall planning and direction of the communications department, she serves on the North Carolina Sea Grant management team. She also serves on the NOAA-U.S. Lifesaving Association Task Force on Rip Current Safety and is a former chair of the National Sea Grant Communications Network.
Linda J. Noble
Designer
Linda J. Noble has worked as a graphic designer and illustrator for 40 years. She specializes in print and online publications including magazines, books, and annual reports. Her projects for local, state, national, and global clients involve work for institutional and educational organizations as well as businesses and nonprofits. She has designed Coastwatch magazine since 1987.
Lauren D. Pharr
Contributing Editor
Lauren D. Pharr is pursuing her Ph.D. in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology at NC State University. She also a science communicator, having written and contributed to pieces for The Cincinnati Zoo, BBC Wildlife, Wired Magazine, and eBird, and she currently serves as an editorial advisory board member for The Wildlife Society’s magazine, The Wildlife Professional. Lauren recently won NC State’s Forestry and Environmental Resources Fellowship for Excellence in Graduate Education and is a 2021-2022 Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center Global Change Fellow.
Dave Shaw
Editor
Dave Shaw serves on North Carolina Sea Grant’s team for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, and Accessibility. For a dozen years, he was executive editor of Southern Cultures, the UNC Center for the Study of the American South’s award-winning quarterly, and for five years he was editor of Early Developments, the flagship publication from Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. His first book won the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction, and his writing has appeared in magazines and anthologies internationally, as well as on education, science, and news sites.