Science Notes is written and illustrated by the students in the Science Communication Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Kate and DeeAnna were interviewed for a podcast by Kayvon Sharghi,  student and Science Journalist.

The podcast is now available along with a very interesting accompanying article, I Am My Avatar. The podcast by the same title, I Am My Avatar is described as follows:

Kayvon Sharghi enters the virtual reality realm of Second Life to interview two “online therapists.” These specialists discuss how to treat traumas or psychological problems by working with their clients’ avatars—their online characters.

These links will take you to the article and the full list of available 2009 podcasts:

http://scicom.ucsc.edu/SciNotes/0901/pages/avatar/avatar.html

http://scicom.ucsc.edu/SciNotes/0901/pages/podcasts.html

Kayvon, thank you for your work!

Kate and DeeAnna