I grew up in Huntsville, AL and now live in Nashville, TN. My motivation to found Galactic Polymath Education Studio (GP) was born from years of frustration as a graduate student and postdoctoral scholar trying to make academic knowledge available to the public. I tried a lot of outreach formats—I wrote fieldwork blogs, started and ran the Lincoln, Nebraska chapter of Nerd Nite for over a year, gave guest lectures at public science outreach events, and founded the No Coast SciComm conference at the University of Nebraska. Though I personally had a lot of fun and gained a lot from these experiences, it became clear that I was mostly connecting with folks who were already pretty science-engaged.

Galactic Polymath is an effort to break out of the bubble and to build long-term capacity to mobilize knowledge that is increasingly trapped and commodified in pay-walled academic journals that the broader public can’t access or understand. GP is built around the idea that:

1. Publicly-funded research findings should be made available to everyone for free, and in a way that’s relevant to people’s lives.
2. Every student has a right to high quality education materials.

I want to live in a world where critical thinking and curiosity are as essential as breathing. I also love creative writing, cooking, and making people laugh.

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