Community Conversations: A Look Inside the Annual March Mammal Madness Tournament
March Mammal Madness is an annual bracket-based science tournament that reaches hundreds of thousands of students during a month-long science communication extravaganza. Join MMM editor-in-chief Katie Hinde and scholarly communication librarian Anali Maughan Perry to kick off the 10th annual tournament with information on how to play, a round up of resources available to fans, teachers and students and a return of the lightning round.
Anali Maughan Perry is the scholarly communication librarian at ASU Library. In this role, she leads efforts to provide outreach and education to the ASU community regarding scholarly publishing and copyright, with particular emphasis on fair use, open access to scholarly information and open education. She also manages the March Mammal Madness library guide, and has only successfully chosen the MMM champion once (go #TeamRedKangaroo!).
Katie Hinde is an associate professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change and the Center for Evolution and Medicine at Arizona State University. She studies maternal and infant health with a focus on lactation in humans, monkeys and other mammal species. In 2013, she created the March Mammal Madness science outreach campaign and has continued to serve as editor-in-chief as it has grown to an incredible team of scientists, illustrators, conservationists, educators, librarians, designers and performers to reach hundreds of thousands of players every year.