An associate professor at North Carolina State University, Cat Warren teaches science journalism, editing, and reporting. She has a Ph.D. in communication from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, M.A.s in French literature and in journalism, and was a former newspaper reporter.

She is author of What the Dog Knows: The Science and Wonder of Working Dogs

She lives with her husband, David, and two German shepherds, Solo and Coda, in Durham, North Carolina. Visit www.catwarren.com.