About the Service

Arielle Emmett, Ph.D., is a writer, visual journalist and traveling scholar specialising in East Asia, science writing and human interest. She has been a Contributing Editor to Smithsonian Air & Space magazine and a Fulbright Scholar and Specialist in Kenya (2018-2019) and Indonesia (2015). Her work has appeared in Technological Leapfrogging and Innovation in Africa (Edward Elgar, pub., 2023), Mother Jones, Smithsonian.com, The Scientist, OMNI, Ms., Parents, Saturday Review, American Journalism Review, Boston Globe, Visual Communications Quarterly, Washington Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Detroit Free Press, Caixin (Beijing), Los Angeles Times Book Review and Globe & Mail (Canada), among many others.