[Geoldept] FW: Upcoming event, Building Better Worlds - Dr. Moiya McTier

[Geology Department]

Hi all,

Check out the event below!

Thank you,

Hye In Park | She/Her
Program Coordinator | Geology
Western Washington University
(360) 650-6516



Dr. Moiya McTier
Building Better Worlds
Thursday, February 3, 2021, 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.

Register for the Zoom here<https://wwu-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYsc--qrDojE9w5ERhZvoNFlzDRXq_tcMKS>; use your username at wwu.edu<mailto:username at wwu.edu> email to register.

>From Avatar The Last Airbender to Steven Universe, our favorite stories are set in fictional worlds, but worldbuilding isn't just for the screen or page. We can use worldbuilding to dream of and shape a better reality for us. In this interactive workshop, Dr. Moiya McTier will teach you her process for building a fictional world based on facts, and we'll start to imagine a world built for and by queer people, were we can feel safe and whole. Dr. Moiya McTier's talk is co-sponsored by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the College of Science and Engineering.

Dr. Moiya McTier is an astrophysicist, folklorist, and science communicator based in NYC. She's written a science fiction novel, given hundreds of talks about science around the world, helped design exhibits for the New York Hall of Science, and is currently working on a popular science book about the history of the Milky Way galaxy for Grand Central Publishing. Moiya's favorite way to combine her unique set of expertise is to build fictional worlds based on facts and science, which she does through workshops, classes, and her podcast Exolore.


Litav K. Langley, J.D.
LGBTQ+ Director
Pronouns: they/them/theirs<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mypronouns.org%2Fthey-them&data=04%7C01%7Cparkh23%40wwu.edu%7Cf30ae3c7ed2343064fec08d9e0ee443b%7Cdc46140ce26f43efb0ae00f257f478ff%7C0%7C0%7C637788136567624623%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=tQu6dsnHjumrAmhLyJ1Ge1Wg%2Fepgfz18PkSsHYcY99s%3D&reserved=0>

Multicultural Center, Viking Union 753
516 High Street, MS 9106 | Bellingham, WA 98225-9001
Phone:  (360) 650-7500 | 711 (WA Relay)
https://lgbtq.wwu.edu<https://lgbtq.wwu.edu/>
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