Casey Johnston

Joined: Nov 21, 2012

Casey Johnston, born of Albany, NY, is a 22-year old female student at Columbia University majoring in Applied Physics. Weird, right? All the boys in her classes think so too. When not solving Gauss' Law and deriving expressions for luminosity distance, Casey can be found writing for College Humor, TUAW, and Ars Technica, consuming copious amounts of television, and going to comedy shows. She enjoys running, eating cold oatmeal, cooking (things other than oatmeal), and playing video games. http://blog.casey-johnston.com

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