My name is Pamela L. Gay, and I am an astronomer, a teacher, a researcher, and I am a woman.

There is an element of schizophrenia inherent in the life of any astronomer. Torn between the light and darkness, we must be the thoughtful instructor to our day weary students, and the nocturnal voyeur, diligently stalking the heavens. To the public we must be eloquent in our elocution of true wisdom, while among ourselves we stumble to find possible explanations for that which we don’t understand. We are researchers who think logically and live by reason, yet we are humans and are bound to our emotions. We are torn in every direction: research, family, teaching, learning, community and academic isolation. We are always driven to do more than we can possibly do and I personally always feel that there is something left undone

Why do I fight to wend my way through so many mazes and masks? Because astronomers are also free to learn and to discover the truths that no one has yet realized, and while we can never fully know all the answers, the pursuit of that next piece of the universal puzzle drives me to drive myself to meet the challenges of all the characters I am asked to play.

I am often asked about my belief system. I have created a page to answer that question here.

Online Interviews of me
Technorama (May 23, 2008), [mp3]
Idea Festival (February 21, 2008)
Skeptacality (October 2, 2007), [mp3]
Skepticality (August 21, 2007), [mp3]
Skepticality (July 10, 2007), [mp3]
Skeptics Guide to the Universe (May 16, 2007), [mp3]
G’Day World (April 25, 07), [mp3]
Slackapedia Galactica (January 9, 2007), [mp3]
Chuck Chat (July 18, 2005) [mp3]
Lolife Podcast (June 2, 05) [mp3]

Places you can find me online

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