Katrina Voss
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Katrina Voss worked as a bilingual broadcast meteorologist for The Weather Channel Latin America
and AccuWeather
and holds the AMS Seal.
She is known for being a regular columnist for the secular humanist journal Free Inquiry
magazine. Her work has also appeared in New Scientist
, The Humanist, and Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
where she wrote about sharing a name with a devastating hurricane. After Hurricane Katrina
's impact in 2005, her comments on hurricane naming and its psychological consequences were cited in the media. She has also questioned the merits of the American Meteorological Society
's phasing out of their Seal of Approval and replacement with the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist
(CBM) Seal.
In an August 2009 issue of New Scientist
, she took a controversial position on DNA privacy.
She is a science education video contributor to SciVee
and is married to population geneticist Mark D. Shriver
.
The Weather Channel Latin America
The Weather Channel Latin America was a version of The Weather Channel founded in 1996 in some Latin American Spanish language countries like Mexico and Argentina; a Portuguese language version was created two years later, in 1998. The channel operated until December 20, 2002, when TWC closed it to...
and AccuWeather
AccuWeather
AccuWeather is an American media company that provides for-profit weather forecasting services worldwide.AccuWeather was founded in 1962 by Joel N. Myers, then a Penn State graduate student working on degrees in meteorology. His first customer was a gas company in Pennsylvania. While running the...
and holds the AMS Seal.
She is known for being a regular columnist for the secular humanist journal Free Inquiry
Free Inquiry
Free Inquiry is a bi-monthly journal of secular humanist opinion and commentary published by the Council for Secular Humanism, which is part of the Center for Inquiry. Philosopher Paul Kurtz is the editor-in-chief and Thomas W. Flynn the editor. Feature articles cover a wide range of topics from a...
magazine. Her work has also appeared in New Scientist
New Scientist
New Scientist is a weekly non-peer-reviewed English-language international science magazine, which since 1996 has also run a website, covering recent developments in science and technology for a general audience. Founded in 1956, it is published by Reed Business Information Ltd, a subsidiary of...
, The Humanist, and Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
The Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society is a scientific journal published by the American Meteorological Society.The official organ of the society, it is devoted to editorials, topical reports to members, articles, professional and membership news, conference announcements, programs and...
where she wrote about sharing a name with a devastating hurricane. After Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
's impact in 2005, her comments on hurricane naming and its psychological consequences were cited in the media. She has also questioned the merits of the American Meteorological Society
American Meteorological Society
The American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...
's phasing out of their Seal of Approval and replacement with the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist
Certified Broadcast Meteorologist
Certified Broadcast Meteorologist is a rating for meteorologists given by the American Meteorological Society.The Certified Broadcast Meteorologist program was established to raise the professional standard in broadcast meteorology and encourage a broader range of scientific understanding,...
(CBM) Seal.
In an August 2009 issue of New Scientist
New Scientist
New Scientist is a weekly non-peer-reviewed English-language international science magazine, which since 1996 has also run a website, covering recent developments in science and technology for a general audience. Founded in 1956, it is published by Reed Business Information Ltd, a subsidiary of...
, she took a controversial position on DNA privacy.
She is a science education video contributor to SciVee
SciVee
SciVee is a science video sharing website where researchers can upload, view and share science video clips and connect them to scientific literature, posters and slides...
and is married to population geneticist Mark D. Shriver
Mark D. Shriver
Mark D. Shriver is an American population geneticist. His research is focused on admixture mapping, signatures of natural selection, and phenotypic variability in common trait variation. A major goal of his work is to apply these methods and understanding of genomic variation to studies of common...
.