English major extraordinaire, Marguax Barrett, will publish a paper titled “Science on Tap: Pouring Knowledge into the Local Community.” It is joint work with Jennifer Santoro (Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment) and Chris Jeffords (Associate Teaching Professor, Economics).
This paper grew out of their collective Science on Tap effort at Root Down Brewing Co. in Phoenixville (taking place on the first Tuesday of every month). The event started in May 2022 and is so successful that it is now booked through September 2025! Margaux joined the research project through the First Year Match program and helped create and administer the survey which is the foundation of the publication. Preliminary survey results were presented at the VSB Research Day in 2023. Margaux also wrote the application to secure funding from Falvey’s Scholarly Open-Access Reserve (SOAR) Fund. As a result, the paper will be published open access.
