Sushma Subramanian

Assistant Professor | University of Mary Washington

Fredericksburg, VA, UNITED STATES

Subramanian is a journalist whose topics take her to the far reaches of the world.

Spotlight

Is breastmilk that easy answer to avert the next formula crisis? UMW's expert explains how it could be in National Geographic

2023-02-06

How well do you know your sense of touch? UMW’s Sushma Subramanian explains it all in new book

2021-03-20

Biography

Sushma Subramanian is a journalist whose research focuses on how science can explain phenomena that we face day to day. She has written on topics ranging from the latest in iPad technology, to the under-diagnosis of ADHD in women versus men, to why our skin tingles when we listen to beautiful music. Her work has taken her to a remote Chinese village housing men that are part of the country’s new “bachelor class,” to the research headquarters of Germany’s biggest automaker and to the table of an innovative London restaurant that builds its menu around sensory neuroscience. She teaches news reporting and writing. Her favorite course is magazine journalism, which celebrates the type of work that allows journalists to delve deeply into their subjects and write about the material they collect using the techniques of fiction.

Areas of Expertise (4)

Print Journalism

Blogging

Journalism

Science Journalism

Education (2)

Columbia University: M.A., Journalism 2008

University of Southern California: B.A., Print Journalism, Political Science 2005

Links (2)

Media Appearances (3)

How breast milk banks could avert the next formula crisis

National Geographic online

2023-01-31

Sushma Subramanian, associate professor of journalism, published a story in National Geographic on how Brazil has become the world's leader in breast milk banking, inspiring similar programs in other countries.