About
Kristin Shaw has been writing about cars for Popular Science since 2022. She accrued extensive experience in the telecommunications, tech, and aviation sectors before she became an automotive journalist specializing in anything with wheels.
Experience
Kristin’s career started with marketing and public relations on the telecommunications side, and she progressed to tech and aviation. She traveled to dozens of countries while heading up North American marketing for a Swiss aviation tech firm and developed a fondness for Belgian street waffles and Spanish ham. After her son was born more than a decade ago, she started her dream job: Driving cars and writing about them. As former president of the Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA), Kristin headed up the Texas Truck Rodeo and built relationships across the industry, and in 2022, her work was chosen for TAWA’s top Excellence in Craft award. Also in 2022, she competed in her first motorsports event—the 8-day, 1,500-mile Rebelle Rally—in a Hyundai Santa Cruz.
Education
Kristin earned a bachelor’s degree with honors in communication arts from the University of Cincinnati.
