Mariglynn is a questioner by nature, a researcher by training, and an artist by practice.
Hi, I’m Mariglynn Edlins, PhD!
I am a maker, researcher/writer, and college professor in human services and public administration. For over a decade, I’ve been researching and teaching about how we interact together and what we take away from our interactions.
But my first love is making stuff. It doesn’t really matter what; I’ve made everything from baked goods to furniture to quilts. I make responsively- it’s my most consistent way of processing what is happening in my life and how I am feeling.
Researcher | Maker | Educator | Advocate
The Garden
My digital garden is a collection of ideas, imperfect notes, connections, half-baked creations, and essays I'm tending and growing slowly over time. The seeds come from the books I’m reading, research I’m doing, questions I’m wrestling with, and ideas I’m unraveling.
They follow a growth path from seed to sprout to shoots to a full bloom.
Sprouts
Sprouts are individual ideas that might at some point contribute to the growth of something else. These typically result as I work with the individual seeds I’ve collected—in reading on the internet or books, as well as in my day to day—and thrown onto my “compost pile.” My action with sprouts is akin to “turning the compost heap” to transform quotes, observations, and other ideas into useable components that I can work with in my own process.
Shoots
Shoot posts are mini-research projects; they are intersections where my inquiries and research begin to gather and interact. These are where I connect various sprouting ideas until it becomes a growing study.
Blooms
Blooms are the output of my gardening process, including long-form narrative writing, research findings, and bigger projects.
A collection of books I’ve read and want to share about.
