Sheril Kirshenbaum

{{Short description|American science writer and scientist}}

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| name = Sheril Kirshenbaum

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1980|5|24}}

| alma_mater = Tufts University, Michigan State University, University of Maine

| occupation = Scientist, author, science policy advocate

| known_for = Unscientific America, The Science of Kissing

| website = http://www.sherilkirshenbaum.com

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Sheril Kirshenbaum (born May 24, 1980) is an American science writer and scientist. She co-authored Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future{{cite book |url=http://unscientificamerica.com/|title= Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future |date= 2009 }} with Chris Mooney, and wrote The Science of Kissing. She also co-founded and led Science Debate, a nonprofit organization with a stated goal of restoring science to its rightful place in politics.

Kirshenbaum currently works at Michigan State University and hosts Serving Up Science on PBS. Her research focuses on scientific decision-making in Congress. She is Jewish.{{cite news |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/What+does+it+mean+to+be+Jewish+today%3f+What+do+Jews+bring+to+the+world%3f-a0257677752|title= What Does It Mean To Be Jewish Today? What Do Jews Bring To The World? |work= Moment |first= Daphna |last= Berman |date= May–June 2011 }}