Triangle SkeptiCamp 2025 Speakers

The following speakers are confirmed for Triangle SkeptiCamp 2025. We thank them for helping make this event a success.

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Susan Gerbic

Affectionately called the Wikipediatrician, Susan Gerbic is the founder of Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia (GSoW), Monterey County Skeptics and is a self-proclaimed skeptical junkie. A Skeptical Inquirer contributor Gerbic is a fellow of CSI and of GWUP and winner of the 2012 In the Trenches award from the Skeptic’s Toolbox and the James Randi Foundation award for 2017. In 2019, the Center for Inquiry awarded her the Balles Award for Critical Thinking and the National Capital Area Skeptics (NCAS) in 2022 awarded her the Philip J. Klass award.

In 2018, Susan founded and manages About Time a non-profit organization focusing on scientific skepticism and activism. While her particular focus has been “Grief Vampires” (psychics), her activism encompasses all areas of skepticism. In 2019 the New York Times featured Gerbic and her Guerilla Skeptics involvement in two psychic stings, one of which captured the psychic reading Facebook pages who was claiming that he was getting the information from the dead. Her stings have rememberable names starting with Operation Bumblebee in 2014 and the most recent Operation Onion Ring. Information about her investigations into Grief Vampires can be found here.

She has published over 170 articles for Skeptical Inquirer which can be accessed on the magazine’s web site.

In 2022 Gerbic became the CFI Ambassador with the goal of growing the community.

You can find out more at AboutTimeProject.org.

Adrienne Hill

Adrienne Hill is a retired high school mathematics teacher who fills her time as a Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia editor, board member of Susan Gerbic’s About Time non-profit organization, Skeptic Zone reporter, and co-chair of the Western Canadian Reason Conference (WeCanReason) which is held in Calgary, Canada at the beginning of May each year. She has written articles for AITP Comics, The Skeptic (Australia) and Skeptical Inquirer magazines. In addition, Adrienne is a board member and speaker for the Tourette OCD Alberta Network and a wannabe photographer, capturing one blurry bird picture at a time.

Jon Michael

Jon Michael is an Investigator of paranormal claims who helps believers examine alleged supernatural phenomena through scientific methodology. Drawing from his background in philosophy and his current role as a Server Engineer, he deconstructs popular ghost hunting practices based on his experience with the North American Paranormal Society and Ghost Guild. His journey from believer to skeptic, including investigations at abandoned sites along the East Coast, uniquely positions him to promote skepticism and scientific reasoning within the paranormal community.