About
Liz Weinberg is a science communicator, storyteller, and community builder based in Portland, Oregon.
She is the author of Unsettling: Surviving Extinction Together, which reimagines an environmentalism that is queer, anti-racist, feminist, and woven into every aspect of our lives.
She currently serves as the Engagement Director for the U.S. Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee, and is an affiliate board member for the U.S. branch of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists. She previously served as the Writer and Digital Outreach Coordinator for NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. She has served as a consultant for multiple science and communications organizations, including TreePeople and West Wing Writers.
Her writing has appeared in Identity Theory, The Rumpus, PANK Magazine, The Toast, Scuba Diver Life, SEVENSEAS Magazine, American Wild Magazine, and other publications.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology from Williams College and a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of Washington.