Background

David directs the Communications Office at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), College of William and Mary. VIMS Communications includes the Public Relations Office as well as the Publications Center and Print Shop. David has been at VIMS since 2001. He has a Ph.D. in Earth Science from the University of California and began his career in science journalism with a AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellowship at the Dallas Morning News. Before coming to VIMS, David was Science Communications Manager for the Risk Prediction Initiative at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Science. Before that he was a curriculum software developer for Paramount's Computer Curriculum Corporation, now Pearson, Inc.