User:Christine Bush

I'm an independent writer and researcher living in Mountain View, California. I have a B.A. in Liberal Arts with a focus in Philosophy and Cognitive Science. I spent one year in graduate school at San Jose State University where I studied Geography and History. I have training and work experience in geographic information systems and continue to enjoy creating maps for various projects using open source GIS tools. I have over 15 years of experience as a web developer. I am currently a student of the Institute for Children's Literature learning the craft of writing for young people. I am also researching and writing a book about epistemology. I have a blog called "Spartan Historical Discourse" (see below).

I have been awarded two "barnstars" for my contributions to Wikipedia. I am the primary contributor to the article on "Encyclopedic knowledge" and a major, recent contributor to the article on "Open educational resources." I find the online culture at Wikipedia to be toxic. I would like to work on articles for Citizendium relating to both of these topics as well as on various biographical entries.