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  1. Liz Neeley - Wikipedia

    • Liz Neeley is a science communicator, researcher, and founder of Liminal Creations. She was formerly the Executive Director of The Story Collider, a nonprofit organization that focuses on true, personal stories inspired by science. She began her career in marine biology and conservation and has since become an expert in the use of narrative storytelling for ef… See more

    Education and early career

    Neeley received her Bachelor of Arts in Marine Biology in 2002. She then completed her Master's degree at
    Following … See more

    Alma materUniversity of Maryland, BA, 2002 · Boston University, MA, 2005
    Occupation(s)Founder, Liminal Creations · Lecturer, Yale School of Medicine
    SpouseEd Yong
    Employer(s)SeaWeb, 2005 – 2008 · COMPASS, 2008 – 2015 · The Story Collider, 2015 – 2020
    Science communication career

    Following her tenure at SeaWeb, Neeley focused her career more on efforts around science communication, training scientists on how best to share their knowledge of science with a range of stakeholders. She has served … See more

    Personal life

    Neeley is married to Ed Yong, science journalist at The Atlantic. They occasionally collaborate on speaking engagements. See more

     
  1. Our team — Liminal

    Liz Neeley is a founding partner of Liminal, a science communication collective that focuses on sensemaking. She began her career in ocean conservation, where she learned the hard way that the data don’t speak for …

  2. Liz Neeley

    Liz is the founder of Liminal. She is endlessly fascinated (and sometimes frustrated) by science communication and sensemaking, and is on sabbatical in 2023.

  3. Liz Neeley and Ed Yong - Office of Public Affairs

    Liz Neeley is the Executive Director of The Story Collider. She comes to the field of storytelling after a decade of work in ocean conservation and science communication. In 2018, she commissioned and edited the peer-reviewed …

  4. Liz Neeley - Founding Partner - Liminal Creations LLC

    Feb 1, 2022 · I am the founder of Liminal - science communication collective - and I'm a co-founder of SolvingFor.org and the USC Wrigley Storymakers Fellowship. My work began in...

  5. Liz Neeley - The Atlantic

    Mar 31, 2020 · Liz Neeley is the executive director of the Story Collider. She is also a lecturer at Yale with the National Neuroscience Curriculum Initiative.

  6. When Liz Neeley Thinks About Stories, She Thinks …

    Jul 17, 2022 · This was the story that opened Liz Neeley’s presentation at the inaugural SciComm Collective Symposium. It could have been the introduction to a scientific article about aurora borealis , or perhaps about the sociological …

  7. Your Brain On Storytelling : Short Wave - NPR

    Jan 14, 2020 · We talked to someone who knows all about this - Liz Neeley, the Executive Director of Story Collider, a nonprofit focused on telling "true, personal stories about science."

  8. Liz Neeley: Forgotten in Fiji — The Story Collider

  9. In the Field: Stories about venturing into the wild

    Mar 10, 2017 · Part 1: As a grad student, Liz Neeley falls in love with the order of science, but when she heads into the field, she’s forced to confront messy reality. Liz Neeley is the executive director of The Story Collider. She is a lapsed …