Sarah McAnulty

Sarah McAnulty is an American squid biologist and science communicator.[1] She is the founder and executive director of Skype a Scientist, a non-profit organization that connects scientists and teachers around the world for live video calls. She is an expert in cephalopods[2][3] and social media.[1]

Sarah McAnulty

Education

McAnulty earned a bachelor's degree in marine science at Boston University in 2011.[4] McAnulty got her PhD from the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Connecticut, graduating in 2019.[3] She studied immunology in cephalopods, focusing on Hawaiian bobtail squid.[5][6]

Career

McAnulty founded Skype a Scientist in 2017 as a way to increase both trust in scientists and science literacy.[7]

In 2019, McAnulty went on a road trip in the southeastern US, called the "Squids Across America Tour," where she spoke about cephalopods and science communication.[8][9] She has also led trips for Atlas Obscura in Hawaii.[10]

In April 2019, Sarah McAnulty led a video effort by a team of women who criticised Discovery's response to science through song.[11][12] Their response was a lip-synched music video set to Let Me Blow Ya Mind, and portrayed a diverse bunch of women doing science, demonstrating that science is for everyone. The team produced another video a couple of months later in response to a Wired Science video, with new lyrics and vocals to the tune of Oops!... I Did It Again, demonstrating that misrepresentation of women and diversity in science is a persistent issue in the media.[13]

After graduating from UConn, McAnulty became a Research Assistant Professor in the same department.[2] She is simultaneously continuing to run Skype a Scientist.

McAnulty published a squid coloring book in 2018.[14][15]

References
  1. Leman, Jennifer (2020-02-11). "These 10 Women Are Changing the Way We Talk About Science". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  2. "Sarah McAnulty". Science Friday. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  3. "Squid Expert on Apple's Tortured Squid Emoji: It's Like 'Having a Butt on Your Forehead'". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  4. ORCID. "Sarah McAnulty (0000-0002-1289-6823)". orcid.org. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  5. Galvin, Claire (2017-12-18). "UConn scientist uses Skype to teach". The Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  6. Frost, Natasha (2018-03-14). "How to Wake Up a Geriatric Squid". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  7. Poppick, Laura (2018-09-20). "The squid biologist connecting schools and scientists worldwide". Nature. doi:10.1038/d41586-018-06772-9.
  8. "How Biologist Sarah McAnulty is Making Research Accessible to All (And How to Make Your Research Accessible to All)". Graduate School. 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  9. "Upcoming Events". Sarah McAnulty. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  10. "Dive Into the World of Squid Biology". Atlas Obscura Trips Blog. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  11. "Female Scientists Respond to Discovery's New Campaign in The Best Way". Science Alert. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  12. "Women scientists call out Discovery's dude-fest advertising". c|net. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  13. "Science is for EVERYONE". Twitter. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  14. McAnulty, Sarah. "The Ink-credible cephalopod coloring book". Amazon. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  15. "Sarah McAnulty on SciComm, Squids, and her Cephalopod Coloring Book". Read More Science. 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
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