Skepticonics, We’re proud to announce our next speaker for Skepticon 9: Rebecca Watson! Rebecca Watson is the founder of the Skepchick Network, a collection of sites focused on science and critical thinking. She has written for outlets such as Slate, Popular Science, and the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. In addition Read more
Skepticonpeople, We’re proud to announce our next speaker for Skepticon 9: Bria Crutchfield! Born and raised in Los Angeles, Bridgett (known as ‘Bria’) was raised, baptized and disfellowshipped from Jehovah’s Witness faith. She segued to Pentecostal Christianity and assumed leadership roles as Prophetess, Intercessory Prayer Warrior and Evangelist. After careful Read more
Skepticonses, We’re proud to announce our next speaker for Skepticon 9: Victor Harris Jr.! Victor Harris Jr. was a staple on the Bay Area poetry scene beginning in 1999, he featured at various venues in Oakland and Berkeley, and was on the slam finals stage for team Oakland in 2003. Read more
Skepticoners, We’re proud to announce our next speaker for Skepticon 9: Jerry DeWitt! Jerry DeWitt is an author, public speaker, secular minister, life coach, and business consultant who has been interviewed by the major news organizations numerous times in his few years of secular activism, including The New York Times Read more
Skepticonanzas, We’re proud to announce our next speaker for Skepticon 9: Alix Jules! Alix is a secular activist in the Dallas – Ft. Worth area commonly involved in issues and topics regarding the role of diversity in the atheist community as well as atheism in diverse communities. He’s the chair of Read more
Skepticonzillas, We’re proud to announce our next speaker for Skepticon 9: Dr. Jennifer Raff! Jennifer Raff is an Assistant Professor of Physical Anthropology at the University of Kansas, and director and Principal Investigator of the KU Laboratory of Human Population Genomics. She has a dual Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular, and Read more
Skepticonders, We’re proud to announce our next speaker for Skepticon 9: Carrie Poppy! Carrie Poppy is a journalist, performer, and cohost of “Oh No, Ross and Carrie,” the podcast, a show about fringe science, spirituality, and claims of the paranormal. Carrie and her co-host Ross have joined Scientology, the Raelians, Read more
Skepticonvilla, We’re proud to announce our next speaker for Skepticon 9: Benny Vimes! Benny is a proud Social Justice Cleric, skeptic, atheist, and transman. He lives in Chicago with his spouse, bunny, and slightly radioactive cat who yells a lot. Currently a student completing a degree in Science Stuff, Benny Read more
Skepticoners, We’re proud to announce our next speaker for Skepticon 9: Laura Thomas! Laura Thomas is the deputy state director of the Drug Policy Institute, California, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She oversees the Institute’s municipal drug strategy work in San Francisco and leads DPA’s California harm reduction and Read more
Skepticontown, We’re proud to announce our next speaker for Skepticon 9: Margee Kerr! Margee Kerr has a PhD in sociology from the University of Pittsburgh, where she currently teaches and conducts research on fear, with a focus on how and why people engage with frightening or thrilling material and activities Read more