I am pleased to announce that Pure Pedantry is being joined by another wonderful, erudite and articulate co-blogger: Kate Seip. Kate formerly ran a blog called Anterior Commissure that many of you have probably read. She is a PhD student at Rutgers, and she also co-organizes the Science Communication Consortium -- a speaking and lecture series about science communication in society. (You can read more about her on our About Page.)
Kate specializes in maternal, sexual, and mating behavior -- subjects that are always good for a burst of traffic. That being said, she regularly exceeds all expectations with the quality of her analysis.
I am happy to have her, and I look forward to reading her always-interesting posts.
Welcome, Kate.
UPDATE: Kate also has an entry in this year's science blog anthology, Open Lab 2007. The book was favorably reviewed in the latest issue of Nature (subscription only).

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Comments
Yeay! One of my favouritest bloggers is joining the family! Welcome!
Posted by: Coturnix | January 23, 2008 1:08 PM
New inputs are always welcome, especially from under-represented female scientists. I got a lot of amusement out of "Young & Contr(e)ary" How on Earth am I going to work a "Seip" into that? It is the palindrome of "pies", but that just doesn't do it somehow....
Posted by: Ian | January 23, 2008 2:22 PM
Kate is the best! So happy she is continuing to stay in the blogosphere!
Posted by: Steph | January 23, 2008 4:00 PM
Hurray! Our piteous cries for her return have been answered!
Posted by: jope | January 23, 2008 5:23 PM
Sneaky, sneaky, Jake. Now you got me to subscribe. Thanks!
Posted by: Steve Matheson | January 23, 2008 5:34 PM
Kate specializes in maternal, sexual, and mating behavior -- subjects that are always good for a burst of traffic. That being said, she regularly exceeds all expectations with the quality of her analysis.
Sounds like you will have to get a bigger hit counter, with more numbers on it! LOL!
Dave Briggs :~)
Posted by: Dave Briggs | January 24, 2008 1:02 PM