{"id":301,"date":"2025-12-21T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T15:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/?page_id=301"},"modified":"2026-06-29T13:46:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:46:59","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/?page_id=301","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgb9GDK9zTtp90p-CxQ7y5YJSisvOOo2hWKEikUKUzPAkkdy00dWZZNzfzj-6v7dNBE8MXL8ZFN5Xbt_wBCnU8s7mOfgOnifrN4B0WQAfgXT2fu9rtICDlR0VLeYbyrh9bsnD1xiWndKLNzsg-_6iwIklyckcu5sCnIHto5uZfm-nbPztp7tR0WBtQHCNA\/w640-h192\/Blog%20About%20Me%20banner.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Decorative image of a hooded explorer standing in mountains looking towards a bright light in the clouds\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"2000\" height=\"192\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgb9GDK9zTtp90p-CxQ7y5YJSisvOOo2hWKEikUKUzPAkkdy00dWZZNzfzj-6v7dNBE8MXL8ZFN5Xbt_wBCnU8s7mOfgOnifrN4B0WQAfgXT2fu9rtICDlR0VLeYbyrh9bsnD1xiWndKLNzsg-_6iwIklyckcu5sCnIHto5uZfm-nbPztp7tR0WBtQHCNA\/w640-h192\/Blog%20About%20Me%20banner.png\" width=\"640\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/192;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve debated what to put here.&nbsp;On one hand, if you are reading this, you are asking who I am.&nbsp;On the other hand, the main reason I&#8217;m pulling back from social media is to protect my privacy.<\/p>\n<p>If you need my resume or CV, just <a href=\"mailto:watch-pep-patience@duck.com\" target=\"_blank\">email me<\/a> directly.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left\">Heather Dodds, Ph.D.<\/h1>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li>XR Learning Experience Researcher and Designer<\/li>\n<li>Instructional Design<\/li>\n<li>UX &amp; Implementation<\/li>\n<li>Freelance<\/li>\n<li>Follower of Jesus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left\">Summary<\/h1>\n<p>I help educational institutions and companies adopt wise XR solutions.<\/p>\n<p>To see my XR projects, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCOohU1x0WAsJ0lhybYpoPKQ\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\">my YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To see my academic writing, see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Heather-Dodds-2\" target=\"_blank\">my ResearchGate listings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Note: None of my publication channels are monetized. None.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you see ads, it&#8217;s not me doing it, nor me benefiting from them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am keeping one eye out for moving my blog to a less-privacy invasive platform than Google.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nI&#8217;ve debated what to put here.&nbsp;On one hand, if you are reading this, you are asking who I am.&nbsp;On the&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/?page_id=301\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;About Me&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":302,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-301","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303,"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/301\/revisions\/303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cogitateandpercolate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}