About Steve-o

I am currently a grad at Ohio State University, previously in the physics department as a member of the OSU Physics Education Research group, and now in the school of education.

I grew up in the town of Indiana, PA with my parents and older brother. I then went off to college at Ohio Wesleyan University or OWU (pronounced "oh'-woo"), where I did a double major in physics and astronomy. After graduating I went straight on to graduate school, choosing the astronomy department at Boston University. I spent three years there, having originally intended to get an astro PhD and then try to find a cushy teaching job at some small, tree-lined liberal arts university. I eventually realized that doing pure science research didn't appeal to me -- a requisite for writing a PhD thesis -- so I took a Master's degree as a consolation prize and moved back to Ohio to join the PER group at OSU, thinking that teaching-related research was more my cup of tea. And, it was, but... still not enough. Research is research, and after spinning my wheels for several years I finally realized that I was wasting time and am now on the route to becoming a high school physics teacher.

I am a geek through-and-through. My hobbies are things like comic books, cartoons, toy robots, and of course the internet. I am idealistic and introverted. I am also staunchly devoted to rationalism while still considering myself to be a romantic. Politically I am very liberal on social issues, and slightly socialist/pro-control on economic issues. I'm an atheist, and as a scientist I am big on skepticism in general. I have little patience for people who use irrational or arbitrary beliefs and traditions to justify their actions or attitudes instead of making an analytical argument.

I am not that guy from Jackass.

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