As the Education and Outreach Coordinator, Polly Sturgeon oversees the Survey's public services, outreach programming, social media, and exhibits. She frequently presents and writes on topics related to Indiana geology to schools, emergency managers, industry professionals, and the general public. Her professional interests include interpretive writing, program and curriculum development, collections management, and object-based learning.

She holds a Master of Science with a specialization in Geoscience Education from Indiana University Bloomington. Polly earned her Bachelor of Science from Olivet Nazarene University and a Certificate in Museum Studies from Northwestern University.

Earth science communication, K-12 education, public outreach programs, earthquake response planning, interpretive planning, teaching with collections

• Marketing efforts
• Statewide Subsurface Energy Project
• Water Educational Mobile Unit Planning
• IWBN for Eclipse Monitoring
• 1:500,000 scale earthquake epicenter and fault map