Shanna Farrell is...

...an interviewer, writer, and audio producer. 

She is an interviewer at UC Berkeley's Oral History Center, where she works on a wide variety of projects and specializes in cultural and environmental history. She served as the co-chair for the 2020 Oral History Association Conference.

She is the author of A Good Drink: In Pursuit of Sustainable Spirits and Bay Area Cocktails: A History of Culture, Community and Craft. Her writing has appeared in Imbibe, Life & Thyme, PUNCH, Eater, Epicurious, The San Francisco Chronicle, the Oral History Review and other publications. She produces the Oral History Center’s podcast, The Berkeley Remix.

She holds master’s degrees from both New York University and Columbia University.