Panelist
Kat is a Political Science Ph.D. student and teaching assistant at The University of Alabama. She obtained her M.A. from Youngstown State University in American Studies and her B.A. from The University of Arizona in Anthropology and Near Eastern Studies. Kat focuses on the intersections of religion, politics, and science, and the use of rhetorical strategies on social media. Her research includes projects that have examined such topics as NASA’s use of social media, the effect of religious fundamentalists on American science policy, and how Islamic fundamentalists are appropriating “creation science” from fundamentalist American institutions to craft an Islamic creationist narrative. Kat, along with CraftLass, is a founding member of the Geek Girls Night Out team and is also a poet.