Editor Biography - Patricia Decker


Name:	Patricia Decker
Undergraduate Degree:	Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering
Undergraduate University:	Manhattan College, New York City
Graduate Degree:	Master of Science, Civil Engineering
Graduate University:	University of California, Berkeley
Editing Experience: 3 Years

Moving to California for graduate studies in structural engineering, Patricia always aimed to use her technical education in unorthodox ways. While still a graduate student, Patricia led discussion sections for graduate-level engineering courses and tutored students in technical subjects in her spare time. Although she originally aspired to become a university professor, Patricia entered the workforce in 2008 and joined a prestigious architectural firm before the economy soured.

Unemployed but not disillusioned, Patricia seized the opportunity to apply her passion for storytelling by re-inventing herself as a journalist. After writing the cover story for the San Francisco Panorama, a literary experiment by Dave Eggers and his McSweeney's team for which she won a Freedom of Information award from the Northern California Society of Professional Journalists, Patricia began working at the local wire service. She worked tirelessly as a journalistic vampire — or overnight editor — for six months, and now serves as the swing shift editor, managing content covering the nine-county Bay Area.

Patricia's hobbies include solving New York Times crossword puzzles, bicycling, long-distance running, and transportation journalism.

Favorite Books (alphabetical order by title):

Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Anything by Harumi Murakami or Nicholson Baker

Favorite Periodicals

On Language column, New York Times Magazine.
Esquire (long-format journalism features)
Harpers
Mother Jones
The New Yorker
SF Weekly

Special Interests/Strengths

Science
Mathematics
Engineering
Transportation
Urban Planning
Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety
Architecture (especially bridges)

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