Howdy!

I’m Sally McCracken.

I’m passionate about creating accessible, engaging exhibits that inspire wonder and appreciation for nature.

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I’ve been writing about science and working in museums and higher education for over 10 years.

I’m a native Tennessee mountain girl, and my love for nature sprung on the shores of Fort Loudon Lake and the high hills of southern Appalachia. My journey was fostered by my wonderful parents, both ecologists and educators.

I studied biology and museum ethics at Earlham College, and I am a graduate of the University of Tennessee (BA) and the University of Iowa (MA) anthropology programs. I use my experience and my enthusiasm for conservation and science education to teach the public about our incredible natural world.

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  • "Ideas excite me, and as soon as I get excited, the adrenaline gets going and the next thing I know I'm borrowing energy from the ideas themselves."

    —Ray Bradbury

  • "Science is you! It's your head, it's your dog, it's your iPhone - it's the world. How do you see that as boring? If it's boring, it's because you're learning it from a textbook."

    —Mary Roach

  • "An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment."

    —Sir David Attenborough

  • “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”

    —Benjamin Franklin

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