Shellie Richards
Research Assistant Professor of Communication of Science and Technology
Lecturer of Communication of Science and Technology
Shellie Fajardo Richards is a Research Assistant Professor in the Communication of Science and Technology Program at Vanderbilt University. She has an MA in English (writing) and an MFA in creative Writing. Her research interests include the language used by mainstream news media, health and medical communication. She currently has a Buchanan Fellowship to study language used by journalists during the pandemic.
In 2021, she won The Covid-19 Innovation Teaching Award for special attention to Student Inclusivity, Engagement and Well-Being. Her creative writing has appeared in The Coachella Review, The Cream City Review, bioStories, Blue Lake Review, Oatmeal Magazine, Bending Genres, Bartleby Snopes (Story of the Month), JONAH Magazine, and The Chaffey Review, among others. Her novel, The November Molecule was the recipient of two Bookfest awards including 1st. place and was featured on the billboard in Times Square in August 2023. She is a member of the Porch Writers' Collective in Nashville, TN and a member of Association of Writers & Writing Programs.
Specializations
Her specializations include technical writing, scientific writing, grant writing, creative writing, and food/nutrition science.
Representative Publications
October Hill Magazine, “Cruz”, Summer 2022, Fiction
The Meadow, “Something’s Bugging Me”, Summer 2022, Fiction
Waxing and Waning, “In the Seven Years Before She Knew”, Winter 2022, Fiction
Jonah Magazine, “Second Life”, Winter 2021, Fiction
The Blue Lake Review, “Things I’d Waited to Say”, Spring 2020, Fiction
The Coachella Review, “No Good Place to Die”, Spring 2020, Fiction
bioStories, “Click Here to Chat with an Online Therapist”, Spring 2020, Creative nonfiction
Bending Genres, Summer 2019, “Skin”, Lyric Essay
The Cream City Review, Spring 2014, “The Strike”, Creative nonfiction
The Oatmeal Magazine, Winter 2014, “Lunatic Fringe”, Fiction
Literary Juice, Fall 2013, “World Without End”, Fiction
The 2012 Best of Anthology: Storm Cycle, Spring 2013, “Errands”, Poetry
The Belmont Literary Journal, Spring 2012, “The Price of Doubt”, Fiction, “South Carolina in July”, Poetry
Tabula Rasa, Spring 2012, Volume 6, “The Diagnosis”, Nonfiction
The Chaffey Review, Spring 2012, Volume 8, “Primetime”, Creative nonfiction
B, Fall 2012, “Malibu Dreamer”, Poetry
Bartleby Snopes, January 2012, Issue 8, “Quick and Painless” (Winner, story of the month), Fiction
Pyrokinection, Summer 2012, “On the Way to Gautreau’s” Poetry
Mindless Muse, Summer 2012, “One Horse Town Life”, “Errands”, “Academia Unraveled”, Poetry
Jellyfish Whispers, Summer 2012, “Dusk”, “The Hundred Year Flood”, Poetry
The Belmont Literary Journal, Spring 2010, “Pass the Abuse”, Poetry