NTE2cg934.xml Guide to the Eric Sorensen Science News Interviews 2006-2019 Sorensen (Eric) Science News Interviews Finding aid prepared by Mark O’English Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2019 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2019 Finding aid written in English. English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd Edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections Cage 934 Sorensen, Eric, 1957- Eric Sorensen Science News Interviews 2006-2019 33.3 GB 395 Interview files 1052 Total files Audio interviews on science research topics, conducted between 2006 and 2019 with Washington State University faculty, staff, or students. All materials are digital only, and are retained in WSU MASC’s digital archives. There is no physical component to this collection. Collection materials are in English

Eric Sorensen was employed as a WSU science writer in one format or another from November 2009 to his June 2019 retirement. For his first five or so years at WSU he wrote for Washington State Magazine and the University news service. The second half of his tenure was almost entirely devoted to writing science news stories, primarily to generate media interest.

He first came to Pullman in 1989 as the Spokesman-Review Palouse bureau chief, leaving in 1998 to be a science writer for The Seattle Times, and then returning in 2009 to work for WSU.

395 audio interviews created primarily during Eric Sorensen’s work as a writer and science writer for various WSU news and promotional departments. With very few exceptions, the interviews are all with WSU faculty, staff, or students. A few of the interviews were conducted by Sorensen’s predecessor, Tim Steury. The majority of the interviews were intended either for use in the WSU alumni magazine, Washington State Magazine, or for use as press releases or short articles intended to raise awareness of WSU’s research.

Sorensen conducted all these interviews while employed at WSU. Subjects were made aware that they were being recorded. While he did not use permission forms, he did get their verbal consent. In cases where they spoke “off the record,” he stopped or paused the recording.

Files range in length from nine seconds to two hours and 36 minutes; the median file is about 35 minutes in length.

The 395 audio files (1 3ga, 3 amr, 284 dss, 41 m4a, 48 mp3, 19 wma) and their access and archival copies have been renamed by the interviewee’s names. Where Eric Sorensen had additional information in the filename, that information has been retained.

The majority of the files have the interview dates noted below, as taken from the digital files. Just under one hundred of them were recorded using a device which did not have the date programmed; as those appear to all be between 2014 and 2016, we simply left that range as their date.

One additional file, original file structure.txt, has been created and added to the materials; as that name implies, that documents the original file and folder structure. Two pieces of software necessary for accessing the original dss files, DSSJobNo.Dat and DssPlay.zip, have also been retained in the collection.

This collection is open and available for research use.

Copyright restrictions apply.

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Eric Sorensen Science News Interviews, 2006-2019 (Cage 934)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

The materials were transferred on flash drive to the Washington State University Libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) by Eric Sorensen of WSU News on May 28, 2019. They were retained as MS2019-09, and processed by University Archivist Mark O’English in October of 2019.

The files were copied to MASC’s archival digital storage, and the original flash drive they came on was returned to the donor at their request. 1 docx, 3 pdfs, 29 jpegs, and an html file were all deleted during accessioning, as were 160 mp3s from a commercial language instruction program. This left 505 interviews. Using automated software, wav and mp3 files were created for each file where either did not exist, and housed next to them in the original file structure. Files created at this time can be identified both by date of creation (May 2019 and after) and by their naming suffixes (-access.mp3 and –normalized.wav).

The original digital files were a combination of individual files and folders (sets) of individual files. Where possible, files were renamed to begin with the first and last name of the interviewees while also retaining whatever subject information was in the file name, and files were removed from folders to the top level (and those now-empty folders were deleted). Duplicate copies of files were deleted at this time, dropping us from 505 interviews to 395.

As the majority of the interviews found here were recorded as part of research either for Washington State Magazine articles or for WSU news releases, in many cases those articles can be found through the Washington State University website.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Steury, Tim. Washington State University -- Faculty -- Interviews. Washington State University -- Students -- Interviews. Washington State University -- Officials and employees -- Interviews. Scientists -- Interviews. Communication in science. Science Science Colleges and Universities Washington (State) Adnan Morshed. 10/17/2018 Alan Goodman. 5/23/2018 Alejandro Prieto. 7/24/2012 Alex Kigerl. 2014-2016 Allison Coffin on salmon. 1/31/2018 Alyssa Norris. 2014-2016 Amit Bandyopadhyay and Susmita Bose. 6/7/2013 Amit Dhingra. 7/18/2012 Amit Dhingra on pears. 3/31/2013 Andrew Robinson. 7/18/2012 Andrew Young. 2014-2016 Anita Vasavada. 7/2/2013 Aysin Tekindor. 4/3/2012 Barbara Rasco. 1/16/2014 Barbara Rasco and Xiaonan Lu. 2014-2016 Barbara Sorg and Megan Slaker. 2014-2016 Barry Hewlett and Aka teaching. 2014-2016 Barry Hewlett and faces. 9/22/2014 Barry Hewlett faces for magazine. 2014-2016 Ben Smith and Jadrian Wooten - pundit economists. 4/7/2013 Bethany Econopouly for short moment. 2014-2016 Bill Gardner. 2/13/2019 Bill Young. 1/5/2014 Birgitte Ahring. 7/11/2012 Bob Ritter. 7/20/2010 Bob Ritter and Sue Ritter. 7/29/2010 BoonChew. 2/28/2014 Brad Winters. 9/6/2012 Brian Sharpless. 2014-2016 Brian Tissot. 1/25/2012 Brian Tissot 2. 1/29/2012 Brian Tissot 3 - Snorkel Bob. 1/28/2012 Bryan Vila 1. 3/24/2013 Bryan Vila 2. 3/24/2013 Bryan Vila 3. 3/24/2013 Buddy Levy. 6/25/2018 Carl Gustafson. 2/21/2012 Carl Gustafson and Clare Manis Hatler. 2/18/2012 Carol Anelli. 11/4/2011 Carol Anelli 2. 11/4/2011 Carol Anelli 3. 11/4/2011 Carol Turse and Dirk Schulze-Makuch on life on Titan and Mars. 3/18/2012 Carolyn Ross 1. 3/5/2008 Carolyn Ross 2. 3/5/2008 Carolyn Ross 3. 3/5/2008 Carolyn Ross 4. 3/5/2008 Carolyn Ross 5. 3/5/2008 Carolyn Ross 6. 3/5/2008 Carolyn Ross 7. 3/5/2008 Carolyn Ross 8. 3/5/2008 Cathy Simon and Charlie Simon. 2014-2016 Charles Robbins. 2014-2016 Cheryl Schultz. 10/5/2010 Choong-Shik Yoo. 11/5/2014 Choong-Shik Yoo longer. 11/5/2014 Chris Hundhausen. 12/21/2009 Chris Keane. 4/22/2015 Chris Pannkuk alone. 2014-2016 Chris Pannkuk cut short. 4/22/2013 Chris Pannkuk Tom Byers Ralph Coolman Colleen Taugher Oumar Badini. 1/29/2011 Christian Mailhiot condo computing. 2014-2016 Christine Portfors. 4/16/2018 Christine Portfors mouse vocalization. 3/15/2013 Claudio Mello on hummingbirds. 5/4/2018 Colleen Taugher. 2014-2016 Colville State Fish and Wildlife wolf hearing - Chance Gowan. 10/7/2014 Colville State Fish and Wildlife wolf hearing - Coyote dig ins. 10/7/2014 Colville State Fish and Wildlife wolf hearing - Dave DeShield. 10/7/2014 Colville State Fish and Wildlife wolf hearing - Europeans and third world countries. 10/7/2014 Colville State Fish and Wildlife wolf hearing - Justin Hedrick. 10/7/2014 Colville State Fish and Wildlife wolf hearing - Missing elk. 10/7/2014 Colville State Fish and Wildlife wolf hearing - Nate Pamplin. 10/7/2014 Colville State Fish and Wildlife wolf hearing - Phil Anderson. 10/7/2014 Colville State Fish and Wildlife wolf hearing - Phil Anderson 2. 10/7/2014 Colville State Fish and Wildlife wolf hearing - Slaughter McEwan. 10/7/2014 Colville State Fish and Wildlife wolf hearing - Woman worked. 10/7/2014 Cori Kane. 8/15/2014 Craig Parks. 2014-2016 Craig Parks 1 2010. 8/10/2010 Craig Parks 2 2010. 8/17/2010 Craig Parks 3 2010. 8/17/2010 Craig Parks 4 2010. 8/17/2010 Craig Parks 5 2010. 8/17/2010 Craig Parks 6 2010. 8/17/2010 Craig Parks 7 2010. 8/17/2010 Craig Parks 8 2010. 8/17/2010 Craig Parks and Moneyball. 2014-2016 Craig Parks and public goods. 9/28/2013 Dale Evans and global warming. 2014-2016 Dan Rottler. 7/22/2013 Daniel Wagner. 8/18/2014 Dave Bahr. 7/17/2012 Dave Crowder PLOS One West Nile paper. 12/11/2012 Dave Evans and Mojave Nature paper. 2/13/2014 Dave Fields Grand Challenges. 2014-2016 David Lin and Anita Vasavada. 6/8/2013 David Makin. 7/20/2018 David Marcus interview. 2/14/2014 David Simon and William Julius Wilson. 2014-2016 David Simon at CUB auditorium. 2014-2016 Debbie Inglis and Carol Miles 1. 2014-2016 Debbie Inglis and Carol Miles 2. 2014-2016 Dennis Garcia. 3/22/2014 Dennis Reynolds and green hotels. 10/10/2011 Derek Nevins and Lloyd Smith. 6/12/2013 Diane Cook Smart Homes in Science. 2/26/2012 Dirk Schulze-Makuch water droplets. 7/31/2014 Doug Call NSF grant. 10/19/2012 Doug Thomas. 1/15/2014 Ed Hagen. 2014-2016 Ed Hagen 1. 10/4/2010 Ed Hagen in zoo. 10/5/2010 Ed Hagen lunch. 10/5/2010 Ed Hagen lunch 2. 10/5/2010 Ed Hagen lunch 3. 10/5/2010 Elissa Schwartz on flu of 2009. 1/10/2014 Ellen Dissanayake. 11/5/2010 Elson Floyd on George Pettit. 9/20/2012 Eric Shelden 1. 2014-2016 Eric Shelden 2. 2014-2016 Eric Spangenberg. 10/25/2012 Erica Austin. 2014-2016 Erik Johnson. 1/16/2019 Fred Gittes. 2014-2016 Fred Gittes and blood. 2014-2016 Gary Chastagner. 7/23/2013 Gary Meadows - food and disease feature. 2/24/2014 Gary Meadows and metastasis. 2014-2016 Gary Thorgaard 1. 12/22/2010 Gary Thorgaard 2. 1/2/2011 Gary Thorgaard 3. 1/6/2011 Gary Thorgaard 4. 1/7/2011 Gary Thorgaard 5. 1/8/2011 George Pettit 1. 9/20/2012 George Pettit 2. 9/20/2012 George Pettit 3. 9/20/2012 Giuliana Noratto. 4/16/2014 Giuliana Noratto - food and disease feature 1. 2/23/2014 Giuliana Noratto - food and disease feature 2. 2/23/2014 Giuliana Noratto - peaches interview for news release. 1/31/2014 Glen Duncan. 6/15/2017 Greg Belenky 1. 4/15/2013 Greg Belenky 2. 4/7/2013 Greg Belenky and Lora Wu. 1/14/2011 Greg Blanchard. 1/29/2013 Greg Blanchard - 01. 7/25/2008 Greg Blanchard - 02. 7/25/2008 Greg Blanchard - 03. 7/25/2008 Greg Blanchard - 04. 7/25/2008 Greg Blanchard - 05. 7/25/2008 Greg Blanchard - 06. 7/25/2008 Greg Blanchard - 07. 7/25/2008 Greg Blanchard - 08. 7/25/2008 Greg Blanchard - 09. 7/25/2008 Greg Blanchard - 10. 7/25/2008 Greg Blanchard - 11. 7/25/2008 Greg Blanchard - 12. 7/25/2008 Greg Blanchard - 13. 7/25/2008 Greg Blanchard - 14. 7/25/2008 Guy Gregory. 8/29/2013 Hans Van Dongen. 3/24/2013 Hans Van Dongen in lab. 3/24/2013 Heather Baxter Laurel Graves Sarah Waldo. 7/13/2012 Ilia Karotsoreos. 2014-2016 Ioannis Kareklas. 8/20/2013 Jaak Panksepp. 6/29/2010 Jaak Panksepp 1. 12/31/2012 Jaak Panksepp 2. 1/2/2013 Jaak Panksepp 3. 1/8/2013 Jaak Panksepp 4. 1/14/2013 Jaak Panksepp on music. 10/18/2010 Jae Kennedy. 10/14/2014 Jae Kennedy 1. 2014-2016 Jae Kennedy 2. 2014-2016 Jae Kennedy 2015. 2014-2016 Jahi Chappell. 2014-2016 James Cloern. 7/18/2014 James Dolan and earthquake remediation. 3/24/2012 James Krueger sleep chemical. 9/10/2010 James Li. 7/24/2013 James Short. 5/21/2012 Janessa Graves. 10/18/2018 Jason Gerstner. 3/29/2017 Jason Wu. 3/8/2017 Jean Sabin. 7/26/2017 Jeb Owen 1. 10/20/2010 Jeb Owen 2. 10/28/2010 Jeb Owen on disease detective west nile work. 12/22/2013 Jeff Vervoort. 1/8/2014 Jeff Vervoort slide show. 2014-2016 Jeffrey LaFrance. 2014-2016 Jenni Zambriski. 4/7/2017 Jenni Zambriski (2). 4/7/2017 Jeronda Hunt 1. 7/25/2012 Jeronda Hunt 2. 7/25/2012 Jerry Glover1. 12/16/2010 Jesse Brunner. 2014-2016 Jim Moyer Grand Challenges. 2014-2016 Jim Parsons 1. 1/19/2011 Jim Parsons 2. 1/19/2011 Joanna Kelley and extremophile fish. 2014-2016 Joanna Kelley and the Antarctic midge. 8/5/2014 Joe Harding. 9/13/2012 Joe Harding Innovator. 2014-2016 Joe Harding smell test. 10/17/2012 Joel Anaya and Customer Sabotage. 3/21/2012 John Alderete. 8/20/2012 John Gay. 2014-2016 John Matthews. 1/12/2014 John Reganold. 2014-2016 John Reganold on sustainability. 10/20/2010 John Roll and pain. 2014-2016 John Stark. 2/19/2012 John Wolff - analytics lab. 9/2/2013 John Wolff and Rick Conrey at the pahoehoe. 8/29/2013 John Wolff and Rick Conrey dike visit. 8/29/2013 John Wolff and Rick Conrey in office. 8/27/2013 John Wolff and Rick Conrey talk of Wapshilla. 8/29/2013 John Wolff and Rick Conrey top of Lewiston grade. 8/29/2013 John Wolff and Rick Conrey why geology. 8/29/2013 John Wyrick 2016. 2014-2016 Jon Oatley. 3/31/2017 Jon Oatley 2019. 1/9/2019 Jonathan Jones wound repair. 2014-2016 Jordan Frost. 8/21/2018 Joyce Ehrlinger. 2014-2016 Judy Morrison 1. 2014-2016 Judy Morrison 2. 2014-2016 Judy Morrison 3. 2014-2016 Jutta Tobias and Colleen Taugher. 2014-2016 Kamiak HPC seminar 2016 - Tony Opheim, Nick Maggio, Aurora Clark, Jean-Sabin McEwen, Bert Tanner, Kirk Peterson, Dorrie Main. 2014-2016 Kathleen Ryan. 2014-2016 Kathryn Meier on Omega 3s and prostate. 2014-2016 Katrina Spade. 9/10/2018 Keith Chen. 5/25/2018 Keith Petersen 1. 11/30/2013 Keith Petersen 2. 12/4/2013 Keith Petersen 3. 12/4/2013 Keith Petersen 4. 12/4/2013 Keith Petersen on public history. 12/7/2013 Kellie Wall. 9/30/2014 Ken Kardong. 10/8/2012 Ken Raffa. 7/24/2014 Kent Keller and root biofilms. 1/29/2011 Kent Keller quick follow. 1/29/2011 Kenton Rod. 11/1/2012 Kerry Hipps. 2014-2016 Kevin Murphy. 2014-2016 Kevin Murphy 2013. 8/5/2013 Kimberly Houser 2. 9/6/2017 Kristy Bellinger. 10/18/2013 Kristy Bellinger and Patrick Carter 1. 1/23/2011 Kristy Bellinger and Patrick Carter 2. 1/23/2011 Krzysztof Czaja. 11/5/2012 Kulvinder Gill. 2014-2016 Kulvinder Gill - 1. 9/10/2008 Kulvinder Gill - 2. 4/9/2013 Kulvinder Gill - 3. 4/9/2013 Kulvinder Gill - 4. 4/9/2013 Kulvinder Gill - 5. 4/9/2013 Kulvinder Gill - 6. 4/9/2013 Kulvinder Gill - Ph1 gene. 9/11/2014 Kyle Bocinsky. 11/10/2014 Kyle Bocinsky and Tim Kohler. 2014-2016 Laura Lavine 1. 7/19/2012 Laura Lavine 2. 7/19/2012 Laura Sample. 2014-2016 Leah Sheppard. 3/4/2019 Lisa Fournier. 2014-2016 Lisa Fournier 2. 2014-2016 Lloyd Smith baseball. 2014-2016 Lois James. 8/27/2014 Lois James 2013. 4/15/2013 Maddy Fuchs. 7/17/2012 Mahmoudreza Ovissipour. 8/12/2014 Mahmoudreza Ovissipour 2. 8/18/2014 Marc Kramer. 4/16/2018 Mariah Caballero. 2/28/2019 Marian Wilson. 2014-2016 Marian Wilson pain study. 2014-2016 Marianne Elliott 1. 2014-2016 Marianne Elliott 2. 2014-2016 Marianne Elliott 3. 2014-2016 Mark Kuzyk. 8/17/2017 Mark Trevisan Grand Challenges. 2014-2016 Mark Wildung. 2/11/2013 Mary Olson and Emily Martin. 11/23/2013 Matt Carroll. 3/16/2014 Matt McCluskey. 6/21/2017 Michael Forbes. 3/14/2017 Michael Knoblauch 1. 2014-2016 Michael Knoblauch 2016. 2014-2016 Michael Knoblauch 2017. 3/7/2017 Michael Knoblauch 2a. 10/17/2011 Michael Knoblauch 2b. 10/17/2011 Michael Webster. 7/17/2014 Mike Wolcott 1. 8/16/2012 Mike Wolcott 2. 8/20/2012 Mike Wolcott before Paris Air Show. 5/29/2013 Misa Winters and Brian Kemp. 2014-2016 Naeh Klages-Mundt. 7/19/2012 Nancy Bell. 8/22/2013 Naomi James. 4/14/2013 Nicole Braux Taflinger - 01. 7/6/2006 Nicole Braux Taflinger - 02. 7/6/2006 Nicole Braux Taflinger - 03. 7/6/2006 Nicole Braux Taflinger - 04. 7/6/2006 Nicole Braux Taflinger - 05. 7/6/2006 Nicole Braux Taflinger - 06. 7/6/2006 Nicole Braux Taflinger - 07. 7/6/2006 Nicole Braux Taflinger - 08. 7/6/2006 Nicole Braux Taflinger - 09. 7/6/2006 Nicole Braux Taflinger - 10. 7/6/2006 Nicole Braux Taflinger - 11. 7/6/2006 Nicole Braux Taflinger - 12. 7/6/2006 Nicole Braux Taflinger - 13. 7/6/2006 Nicole Braux Taflinger - 14. 7/6/2006 Nicole Braux Taflinger - 15. 7/6/2006 Nicole Braux Taflinger - 16. 7/6/2006 Nicole Braux Taflinger - 17. 7/6/2006 Nicole Braux Taflinger - 18. 7/6/2006 Nicole Braux Taflinger - 19. 7/6/2006 Nicole Braux Taflinger - 20. 7/13/2006 Nuan Wen. 2/1/2013 Olusola Adesope. 2014-2016 Omar Cornejo. 3/30/2017 Omar Cornejo 2018. 10/16/2018 Oumarou Badini. 2014-2016 Pat Hunt 1. 2014-2016 Pat Hunt 2. 9/17/2010 Pat Hunt on primates. 9/18/2012 Pat Hunt Science letter. 2014-2016 Pat Hunt spindle paper. 2014-2016 Paul Bolls. 2014-2016 Peter Engels. 3/31/2014 Phil Lapsley. 5/8/2013 Phil Marston. 4/25/2013 Philip Lazarus. 8/3/2018 Pius Ndegwa. 10/11/2012 Richard York - Gene Rosa obit. 5/14/2013 Rob Wielgus. 2/9/2014 Rob Wielgus and Gabe Ellensburg. 7/29/2014 Rob Wielgus PLOS 1 of 3. 2014-2016 Rob Wielgus PLOS 2 of 3. 2014-2016 Rob Wielgus PLOS 3 of 3. 2014-2016 Rod Sayler. 7/18/2014 Ross Rowsey and Terry Hassold 1. 2014-2016 Ross Rowsey and Terry Hassold 2. 2014-2016 Ryan McLaughlin. 10/30/2018 Ryne Rohla. 5/23/2018 Sachin Rustgi. 2/10/2013 Samantha Gizerian. 10/4/2012 Scott Creamer. 2014-2016 Scott Creamer 2. 2014-2016 Scott Hatteberg. 2014-2016 Sheila Converse. 10/13/2010 Shelley Pressley 1. 5/19/2012 Shelley Pressley 2. 5/19/2012 Stefani Crabtree and Kyle Bocinsky. 2014-2016 STEM workshop q-a. 3/25/2016 Stephanie Hampton and warming lakes. 2014-2016 Steve James. 3/28/2013 Steve Jones. 2014-2016 Steve Katz. 9/16/2015 Steve Lakatos. 10/6/2010 Steve Reidel - Columbia and Yakima rivers. 8/30/2013 Steve Reidel - Frenchman Coulee. 8/30/2013 Steve Reidel - Gingko flow. 8/30/2013 Steve Reidel - largest flow. 8/30/2013 Steve Reidel - powerful flows. 8/30/2013 Steve Reidel - Seattle fault. 8/30/2013 Steve Reidel at small volcano. 8/30/2013 Steve Reidel at Twin Sisters. 8/30/2013 Steve Reidel talking about water. 8/30/2013 Steve Roberts. 2014-2016 Sue Ritter. 7/20/2010 Sue Ritter 2. 7/21/2010 Suzan DelBene (US Rep). 2014-2016 Tim Kohler. 2014-2016 Tim Kohler 3. 2014-2016 Tim Kohler on gentle commerce. 2014-2016 Tom Besser and sheep pneumonia. 4/25/2013 Tom Jobson. 10/5/2012 Tom Power. 2014-2016 Tracy Skaer. 2014-2016 Tracy Skaer 2. 2014-2016 Travis Denton. 8/7/2018 Travis Paveglio. 9/20/2013 Val Lynch-Holm and microscope center. 10/11/2011 Vince Jones. 10/22/2012 Viveka Vadyvaloo. 8/19/2010 Viveka Vadyvaloo - The Plague. 6/30/2010 Xiao Zhang. 7/11/2012 Zenjia Wang. 5/1/2017 Zwide Jere. 5/15/2013