Allison Mills is the associate director of research news at Michigan Technological University where she writes news releases, research-focused blog posts and social media, and helps faculty learn to communicate their work to non-technical audiences. Mills developed the website Unscripted — a creative, behind-the-scenes exploration of Michigan Tech research. She studied geoscience as an undergrad at Northland College before getting a master's in environmental science and natural resource journalism at the University of Montana; she has also studied dance most of her life and has been a modern, ballet, and fusion dance instructor for 14 years.

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Email: awmills@mtu.edu