Jenara Nerenberg

Jenara Nerenberg is a journalist with the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley, at the Garrison Institute, and elsewhere. She is also the founder and lead interviewer of The Neurodiversity Project, which seeks to reframe mental differences through events, writing, research, conferences, and more. Nerenberg’s interdisciplinary news coverage spans mental health, neuroscience, design, travel, and innovation. She has contributed her expertise to CNN, Fast Company, TIME magazine, Healthline, Elaine Aron’s HSP, KQED, Susan Cain’s Quiet Revolution, and others. Nerenberg is the author of the forthcoming book, Divergent Mind, which addresses empathy and gender bias in mental health. She is a graduate of UC Berkeley and the Harvard School of Public Health.