Teddi Ann Galligan

Teddi Ann Galligan has shared her knowledge of and enthusiasm for the natural sciences in a wide variety of settings, from high school classrooms to museum programs, public festivals to open-air community science lessons in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Ms. Galligan earned her graduate certificate in Water Resource Management at the College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability, and Environmental Sciences at the University of the District of Columbia. She holds a B.Sc. in Chemistry from McGill University in Montréal, Québec, Canada and an M.A. in Liberal Education from St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Annapolis, Maryland.

Ms. Galligan has taught chemistry, physics, and environmental science to a range of students from teens to mid-career professionals. In addition, she consulted at the Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences throughout its 13 year history. At the museum, she led groups in structured educational programs connecting real world choices with the science behind topics such as global warming, community resilience, and infectious diseases. Ms. Galligan’s laboratory experience includes wastewater analysis for a sustainable sanitation digestion technology, water quality analysis, and clinical laboratory work in the developing world.

Ms. Galligan is currently helping develop a safe drinking water curriculum for a fellowship program at universities in East Africa. 

Having had the opportunity to live, study or work in Brazil, Guatemala, Haiti, and Ireland, Ms. Galligan brings an awareness of the challenges communities face around safe drinking water and sanitation. Ms. Galligan speaks English, Portuguese, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and French and is located in Washington, D.C.