Susan Gerbic was born on 1962 and is an American studio photographer who became known as a scientific skepticism activist, mostly for exposing people claiming to be mediums.
11 Facts About Susan Gerbic
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The youngest of three children, Gerbic was raised as a Southern Baptist in Salinas, California.
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Susan Gerbic's father was born in 1918 in Euclid, Ohio, to parents from Slovenia; he served during World War II and after the war went to live in Salinas.
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Susan Gerbic attended Freemont Elementary, El Sausal Junior High School, and Alisal High School in Salinas, graduating in 1980.
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Susan Gerbic worked at Lifetouch, a portrait studio in JC Penney in the Northridge Mall in Salinas, from 1982 for 34 years, including as manager.
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Susan Gerbic first read Skeptical Inquirer when she was 33, and in 2000, she attended the Skeptic's Toolbox workshop in Eugene, Oregon.
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Much of Susan Gerbic's activism has consisted of organizing sting operations against people claiming to be mediums.
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In 2010, Susan Gerbic founded "Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia", a group of editors who create and improve Wikipedia articles that reflect scientific skepticism.
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In 2013, Susan Gerbic discovered she had breast cancer after she and a colleague at Lifetouch studios scheduled mammograms in response to Angelina Jolie undergoing a preventive mastectomy.
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Susan Gerbic continued to work throughout the treatment, and her follow-up mammogram revealed no cancer.
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James Randi announcing Susan Gerbic has won the JREF prize for 2017.