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AMANDA CHESWORTH
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Amanda
Chesworth is Educational Director for CSICOP
and creator of the Inquring
Minds and Darwin Day
Program. Her education is in Interdisciplinary Sciences with
a focus on evolutionary biology, geology and astronomy. Amanda
hails from Canada where she gained experience in the public
school system, museums and science centers as well as the educational
non-profit sector. She enjoys researching all things bizarre
and unusual and promoting critical inquiry and scientific literacy...while
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BARRY KARR
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Barry
Karr is the Executive Director of CSICOP
and the Center for
Inquiry International. Mixing his interest in skepticism
with his expertise in business, he has spent a decade leading
the skeptical movement on all fronts. He has overseen the publication
of several Skeptical Inquirer
book collections and has planned science and skeptic conferences
around the world. With two children of his own, Barry recognizes
that the Young Skeptics program is especially important to the
future of CSICOP and society at large. |
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ROB BEESTON
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Rob
Beeston is the Director of the Iowa Community Science Inititiave,
co-director of the International Darwin
Day Program, and manages the Skepticweb.com
website. Rob has had a lifelong interest in science and the
paranormal, and has also worked as a professional magician,
stand up comic, and ballroom dance instructor. Currently Rob
makes his living in the web development field and spends his
spare time working on children's books that teach science and
critical thinking skills. |
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SHARON HILL
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Sharon
Hill is a geologist in the state of Pennsylvania. Sharon is
co-director of the Darwin
Day Program and also co-creator of the Inquiring
Minds Library. Along with various paranormal topics, Sharon's
specific areas of interest are paleontology, evolution, geologic
hazards, cryptozoology, and anomalous natural phenomena. Sharon's
personal objective is to introduce discoveries to the public
who may be unaware; to cut through the jargon and preconceptions
and help them understand the importance of the scientific process.
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LISA GOODLIN
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Lisa
Jong-Soon Goodlin is the president of Central
New York Skeptics. Once a believer in many weird things,
she started reading skeptical literature several years ago.
One thing led to another, and in April she founded a skeptics
group in Central New York. Lisa is also a nationally exhibited
artist working in photo-based digital collage and an editor.
She lives in Syracuse, New York, with husband Mario Saenz and
son Miguel, who is home schooled. |
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VICKI HYDE
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Vicki
Hyde is a science popularizer by choice; a Website development
manager by profession. Vicki has been awarded the Science and
Technology Medal of New Zealand and has been made a Companion
of the Royal Society of New Zealand. The Web-based SciTech
Daily Review edited by Vicki was a nominee in the Sixth
Annual Webby Awards, recognized as one of the top five science
sites in the world. Vicki has been Chair-entity of the New
Zealand Skeptics for ten years. |
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ANDREA STEELE
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Andrea
Lynn Steele is a mother of three with an interest in raising
them to be independent thinkers. She has always been interested
in subjects of the paranormal, and today holds those subjects
in a critical light. With writing as her hobby, she spends much
time composing for her web page on the subject of supporting
other parents with similar interests of raising a family in
reason. Andrea works for the Council for Secular Humanism at
the Center
for Inquiry Florida on the Secular Family Network and the
Families in Reason
program. |
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BRAD SMITH
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Brad
is currently attending school at the University of Waterloo
in Canada, majoring in Computer Science. Brad is the web site
director for the Inquiring
Minds Press and writes fiction and non-fiction of interest
to skeptics of all ages. In his spare time Brad enjoys martial
arts, cycling, and writing. Brad can be contacted at [email protected].
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ERIC KRIEG
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Eric
has a BS EE degree from Lafayette college and works as an engineer
helping to develop high tech fiber optics telecommunications
equipment. He helped found and is president of the Philadelphia
Association for Critical Thinking (PhACT) His investigations
into fringe physics has made him both appreciated and hated
on the internet. Eric has 3 children, likes back packing, roller
blading and mountain biking and is an Assistant Scoutmaster. |
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JEFF SWENSON
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Jeff
Swenson began his cartooning career after graduating from The
Art Institute of Seattle. He worked at Humongous Entertainment
on the children's software game "Spyfox" and eventually he decided
it was time to venture off in pursuit of his real passion--cartooning.
Jeff owns a freelance business developing comic strip features
for the web and wireless markets as well as animating e-cards
in Flash and creating logos and illustrations for a variety
of clients. Currently the artist is working on several animated
cartoons to be shown on the web. Website |
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VAUGHN REES
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Vaughn
has been involved in the skeptical community for many years
and currently works at the Center
for Inquiry-West in Los Angeles. He is the Inquiring Minds
representative at CFI-West and is also involved in numerous
projects to promote critical thinking and science within the
surrounding community. |
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ANDREW FINNIGAN
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Andrew
is currently attending school in Timmins Ontario, Canada, and
is training as an apprentice Aircraft Maintenance Engineer with
the local MNR Fire Crew. Andrew is also trained as a theatre
lighting, sound, and video technician who has designed and ran
dozens of shows and worked with such groups as the Essentials
and The Echo's Of Erin. In his spare time he enjoys biking,
skiing, writting, drawing, acting, and orienteering. |
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BENJAMIN RADFORD
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Benjamin
Radford is a writer and managing editor of the Skeptical
Inquirer magazine and editor of
Skeptical Briefs newsletter. He has visited the sites
of Bigfoot and wildman sightings in North and Central America
and appeared on the Learning Channel's "Ultimate Ten Mysteries,"
commenting on cryptozoological phenomena . He has a strong interest
in mass hysterias and urban legends and has written about such
topics for Fortean
Times and the Southern
Medical Journal, among others. |
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TERRY ROZELLE
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Terry
is a born-again skeptic, having once been a true believer in
the supernatural and New Age ideas. She began to question paranormal
claims after accidentally picking up a copy Skeptical
Inquirer Magazine and discovering the very simple, scientific
reason that we can walk on hot coals without being burned. Terry
graduated from California State University Northridge with a
degree in philosophy. She is currently the office manager and
Director of Internet Services at the Center
for Inquiry-West in Hollywood where she is responsible for
a number of CFI-affiliated web sites. |
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KEVIN CHRISTOPHER
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Kevin
Christopher is Public Relations Director of the Committee for
the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP)
and its official publication, Skeptical
Inquirer magazine, as well as editor of the Skeptical
Briefs newsletter. He earned his bachelor degrees in
Classics and Linguistics at the State University of New York
at Buffalo in 1992. Kevin is also web site creator of the Skeptiseum,
Skeptical Inquirer
index, and the Hoax
Watch site. |
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JAMES UNDERDOWN
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James
Underdown is the Executive Director of the Center
for Inquiry-West in Los Angeles. James has written for
Skeptical Inquirer and Free
Inquiry mgazines. He also leads the Independent
Investigations Group, an organization of individuals that
conducts investigations into paranormal and extraordinary claims
in the Western United States. James has also spent a great deal
of time promoting science and rationalism through television
and radio appearences, as well as giving talks to schools, libraries,
and other institutions. |
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