LAURA HOME | RESEARCH | PRESENTATIONS | EDUCATION
Building Bridges:
A Polymath’s Path Across Disciplines
I have always loved everything. As a child, I was equally fascinated by stars and stories, numbers and nature. People told me I had to choose — pick one subject, one career, one identity. But I never did. I am a polymathic scientist, and to me, a true polymath is someone who actively contributes to all four major domains of knowledge: the humanities, the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the arts.
I have honored this in my own work. In the humanities, I write and teach on philosophy, history, and cultural wisdom. In the natural sciences, I conduct research that explores patterns in the living world and the cosmos. In the social sciences, I study human behavior, community, and the structures that shape society. And in the arts, I create — through painting, hula dancing, photography, and other forms that give voice to intuition and beauty.
My research lives at the intersections of these fields, weaving methods, insights, and ways of knowing that too often stay divided. I draw from both formal knowledge systems and those left outside academic walls — indigenous wisdom, embodied experience, and creative expression.
At heart, I am a synthesizer. I believe the most transformative ideas come not from staying in one lane but from moving across them, connecting dots others do not yet see. My work is an invitation to imagine a more integrated understanding of reality, one that honors complexity, intuition, and the full spectrum of human insight.
EDUCATION
2014 Pepperdine University: BA Psychology, Applied Mathematics minor
2018 University of San Diego: MEd Curriculum and Instruction
2026 Claremont Graduate University: PhD Education Reform, Evaluation, and Policy
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2014 A Coin from Caesarea Philippi: Julia Domna at Pepperdine University
2018 STEMWoW and Academic Achievement at Stanford University (pictured above)
2020 The Purpose of Education: Cultivating Racial Justice for Latinx Students at Westmont College
UPCOMING BOOKS
2026 The Ornelian Framework: A Multidimensional Map of the Human Experience
2026 Freedom, Love, Knowledge: An Analysis on Positive Freedom through the Examination and Exploration of Love and Knowledge in the Works of Gabrielle Suchon and Taylor Swift
2026 The Ornelian Ontology: Integrating the Soul’s Journey with the Universe’s Design
2026 Through the Branches: Light and Life
