Megan K. Halpern is an associate professor of science and society at Lyman Briggs College and the founder and director of MSU’s Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Collaboration, Learning, and Engagement (CIRCLE). Her research interests include art-science studies, interdisciplinary collaboration, public engagement with science, feminist approaches to science communication, and research through design. She teaches science communication, science and technology studies, and courses that blend arts practice with science in society themes, including a comics course as well as a nature journaling course. She earned her PhD in Science Communication at Cornell University and completed a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Arizona State University’s Center for Nanotechnology and Society and Center for Science and the Imagination. Before earning her PhD, Dr. Halpern received a BA in studio art from Smith College. She worked as a set designer and scenic artist in New York City from 1997 to 2004 and in 1999, she co-founded Redshift Productions, a company that created performances inspired by science in collaboration with scientists. Her work with Redshift inspired her interest in researching science communication as well as art-science studies.