Support the University that Supports Me

I have something a little different today. Please know how much I appreciate your support as readers.

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For the past four years, I’ve been sharing science-based content on social media—driven by a belief in the importance of making real, reliable information accessible to everyone. While I occasionally promote my books and the paid version of my Substack, the vast majority of what I do online is entirely uncompensated, and I intend to keep it that way.

I’m not asking for payment. I do this work because I believe in it. But I’m only able to do it because of the support I receive from my institution: the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Dean’s Office: Sawa Senzaki (left), Ryan Martin (me), Jennie Young, Rachel Sankey, and Amanda Wildenberg (front)

UW-Green Bay embraces an access mission—a commitment to educating anyone and everyone who wants to learn. What I do online is an extension of that mission. It’s about bringing science out from behind paywalls and making it available to the public, where it can do some good.

This kind of public scholarship matters—and I’m grateful to be in a place that values it.

But today, I am asking for something.

If you’ve found value in the work I do, I hope you’ll consider supporting the university that supports me. Today, April 3rd, is UW-Green Bay’s Giving Day, and I would love if you would support the university that’s been supporting me all these years (see here).

Your donation—no matter how big—will do two important things:

1. Help students who are working hard to earn their education and make a difference during a challenging time.

2. Signal that this kind of public-facing work matters—that it’s valued, and that it should continue.

One last thing… if you’re not in a position to give, please don’t. Your support in the form of comments, questions, likes, and shares already means a great deal to me. This is purely an ask of those who are able and moved to give.

Thanks for being here. And thanks for believing in the value of making science available to everyone (donate here: UW-Green Bay Giving).

Take care.

Dr. Ryan Martin, UW-Green Bay

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Ryan Martin (me), Jennie Young, Beau (the CAHSS Dog), Amanda Wildenberg, and Sawa Senzaki

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