Earth science and creative science communication, with Dr. Laura Guertin
This quilt is one of a series of quilts I generated following Election Day 2024. There were so many changes to laws, funding, access – especially related to my discipline and my research – that I used my sewing machine for Processing the Policies from that time and to represent events and actions moving forward. Explore the [ ]
Three years ago, the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) started formal programming for Love Data Week with workshops and panels to highight the critical role data play in teaching, research, and careers. Penn State and the other institutions that make up the Big Ten also host an annual Data Viz Championship for students and faculty/staff. [ ]
This quilt is one of a series of quilts I generated following Election Day 2024. There were so many changes to laws, funding, access – especially related to my discipline and my research – that I used my sewing machine for Processing the Policies. Explore the collection. The Background The President s House Site is part of Independence [ ]
I have been generating science-themed quilts since 2018, and I have thoroughly enjoyed sharing these quilts with audiences ranging from garden clubs to quilting guilds. In recent years, I have brought quilting to my courses at Penn State Brandywine and worked with students to generate collaborative student quilts. This is the most recent addition to [ ]
This quilt has been selected to appear in the Art Quilters Celebrate Independence juried exhibit taking place as part of the America 250 celebrations in Philadelphia. From June 2026-May 2027, the exhibit will travel to four venues in eastern Pennsylvania. The first part of this blog post describes the quilt itself, while the second part [ ]
This quilt is one of a series of quilts I generated following Election Day 2024. There were so many changes to laws, funding, access – especially related to my discipline and my research – that I used my sewing machine for Processing the Policies. Explore the collection. Background When I hear the name Rachel Levine, the first [ ]
This quilt is one of a series of quilts I generated following Election Day 2024. There were so many changes to laws, funding, access – especially related to my discipline and my research – that I used my sewing machine for Processing the Policies. Explore the collection. Back in 2020, Studio E Fabrics released a fabric collection [ ]
What happens when a librarian in her rookie season of quilting gets together with a scientist that quilts data? You end up with a quilted data visualization of book challenges! Associate Reference and Instruction Librarian Annie Jansen, along with Distinguished Professor of Earth Sciences Laura Guertin, have been collaborators for years on information literacy instruction [ ]
Quilt Alliance issued the 2026 Tell Your Story Quilt Challenge, asking quilters to tell our own stories with a quilt. I m always up for a quilt challenge! But I will admit, this one took me some time to figure out what to do. What story would I create, and how would I visualize it? Of [ ]
This quilt is one of a series of quilts I generated following Election Day 2024. There were so many changes to laws, funding, access especially related to my discipline and my research that I used my sewing machine for Processing the Policies. Explore the collection. This quilt has been on my list to make [ ]