Prof. Marcia Bartusiak

Marcia Bartusiak has been covering the fields of astronomy and physics for three decades and is a member of the editorial board of Astronomy. In 2010, Bartusiak won the Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize for Best Book for a General Audience from the History of Science Society. In 2009 Bartusiak was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, cited for “exceptionally clear communication of the rich history, the intricate nature, and the modern practice of astronomy to the public at large,” and in 2006 was awarded the distinguished Andrew W. Gemant Award from the American Institute of Physics, a prize given annually to recognize "significant contributions to the cultural, artistic, or humanistic dimension of physics." In 1982, she was the first woman to receive the AIP Science Writing Award and won the award again in 2001 for Einstein's Unfinished Symphony. She was also a finalist in NASA's 1987 Journalist-in-Space competition. For the 1994-95 academic year, she was a Knight Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.