Born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, I have deep Midwestern roots (and the accent to match). I studied physics, astronomy, mathematics, linguistics, and anthropology at UW-Madison, for which I set a record for the number of majors. I lived in the Netherlands during my Master’s certificate at Universiteit Utrecht. I am now again home in Milwaukee for my PhD at UW-Milwaukee.

I am a cinéaste, and contend that were things different, I might have become a filmmaker. I enjoy collecting books as much as reading them, and attempt science fiction and fantasy creative writing every now and again. Much of my time is spent in a bookstore, a café, or a bookstore café.

I believe that technical expertise without translation is lost knowledge. Or, pretentiously:

• Scientia technica sine translatione perit
• Technisches Fachwissen ohne Übersetzung ist verlorenes Wissen
• L’expertise technique sans traduction est un savoir perdu

Every effort should be made to practice good scientific communication, making knowledge accessible and available. I believe in openness and in free and open access to education and educational materials. All work presented here, unless specified otherwise, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. © Daniel Quigley, 2024.

For my artist’s page, please see: Academic. Worldbuilder. Artist.