Introduction

"A citizen scientist is anyone who is curious about the world and eager to help explore and understand it,” explains National Science Foundation director, Sethuraman Panchanathan. Caroline Nickerson advises SciStarter, one of the allied network of organizations promoting citizen science and April as Citizen Science Month. Her citizen science enthusiasm is infectious! Learn more about SciStarter and Citizen Science Month: https://scistarter.org We mentioned these studies in our conversation. Check them out! Crowd the Tap: https://scistarter.org/crowd-the-tap Land Loss Lookout: https://cartosco.pe/kioskProject.html#/hubPage/landloss2016 Stream Selfie: https://scistarter.org/stream-selfie All of Us: https://allofus.nih.gov Yale Music Lab: https://www.themusiclab.org Theme music by Sean Balick. "Waterborne" by Algae Fields, via Blue Dot Sessions.