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Deborah Rudacille (born July 1958) is an American journalist and science writer.〔Tucker, Abigail. ("''The Riddle of Gender'': Masculine and feminine roles don't seem so fixed anymore, as author Deborah Rudacille finds in her study of the world of transgendered people" ), ''Baltimore Sun'', 9 February 2005.〕 She has worked as a news editor for the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative in New York, and in May 2012 became a visiting professor in journalism at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.〔("Deborah Rudacille Joins English Faculty" ), University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 31 May 2012.〕 Rudacille is the author of ''The Scalpel and the Butterfly'' (2000), a history of the practice and politics of animal testing, ''The Riddle of Gender'' (2004), which examines scientists' attempts to define gender and the effect that had on transgender people, and ''Roots of Steel'' (2010), about the closure of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation steelworks in Sparrows Point, Maryland.〔Skloot, Rebecca. ("A balanced account of the battle over animal research and animal rights" ), ''Chicago Tribune'', 10 September 2000. *Byrne, Michael. ("The Steel World" ), ''City Paper'', 28 April 2010.〕 ''The Scalpel and the Butterfly'' was chosen by the ''Los Angeles Times'' as one of the year's best non-fiction books, and ''The Riddle of Gender'' was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award.〔("About" ), deborahrudacille.com, accessed 11 June 2012.〕 ==Background== Rudacille was born in Dundalk, Maryland into a family with a long history of working for the local steelmill, including her father and his brothers, her grandfather and her great-grandfather. Her mother worked for the United Steel Workers labor union.〔Shen, Fern. ("An interview with "Roots of Steel" author Deborah Rudacille" ), ''Baltimore Brew'', 19 April 2010.〕 She attended Our Lady of Hope elementary school and The Catholic High School of Baltimore.〔Cassie, Ron. ("Getting to the Point" ), ''Dundalk Patch'', 15 November 2010.〕 She obtained her BA in 1980 from Loyola College and her MA in 1998 from the Writing Seminars program at Johns Hopkins University, where she specialized in science writing. In May 2012, she joined the English department at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, as a visiting professor. She will teach courses on science and medical writing, community journalism in the digital age, and the history of medical attempts to define gender.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Deborah Rudacille」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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