Caroline Edwards
OSGF
Interdisciplinary Residency, Two-Week, Session II
Caroline Edwards is a PhD candidate at Indiana University whose research explores how environmental and geographic factors shape plant diversity, with a focus on native violets (Viola). Caroline’s work bridges field ecology, evolutionary biology, and science communication, while also emphasizing collaboration and community-building through teaching, mentoring, and leading a plant evolution and ecology journal club.
Outside of academia, they are an active member of a community dance studio, where practices centered on reflection, shared values, and authentic expression inform their approach to both science and creative exchange.