Manager, Media Relations Office

SHELLEY M. DAWICKI Director of Media Relations Manager, Media Relations Office Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

B.A. English and Journalism (double major with high honors) University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1974

National Student Exchange Program, University of Hawaii, 1973

M.A. Journalism (highest honors, media/public relations/marketing) The Ohio State University, 1976

Graduate Teaching Assistant (Journalism), 1975-1976 Kappa Alpha Tau (National Journalism Honor Society)

Professional Memberships (current and former): Member, National Association of Science Writers 1983 - present Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science Member, American Geophysical Union Public Information Committee 1994 – 2002 Walter Sullivan and David Perlman Awards for Excellence in Science Writing, committee member and chair Member, National Media Advisory Committee, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sea Grant Program Member, Rhode Island Sea Grant Senior Advisory Committee Member, Marine Outreach Guidance Group (Woods Hole Sea Grant) (2006-present) Co-founder (1988) and vice chair of Science Communicators and Marine Public Information officers (SCAMPI) Member, Falmouth Business and Professional Women's Organization 1979 - 1995 Board of Directors, Cape and Islands Community Public Radio (charter member, Clerk of the Corporation) Advisory Board, Falmouth Community Public Television

Special WHOI activities: Co-Chairman (with WHOI Director), United Way Campaign (1991 to present) Past Member and Chairman, The Work and Family Life Committee Past Member, Web Advisory Committee Member, Employee Capital Campaign Committee (1993-1996) Past Member, Women’s Committee JASON Project Team (1989-1993); chair and member of National PR/Media Team

Honors: Massachusetts Marine Educators Informal Educator of the Year 2001 Vetlesen Award (WHOI employee award) 2003