Dr. Michaela Null completed undergraduate studies at Wright State and spent a year as an Americorps VISTA volunteer at TOP (The Other Place, now Homefull), a daytime homeless shelter in Dayton, before getting her Phd. in Sociology and Women's Studies from Purdue University in 2012. She has taught classes in sociology and women's studies at the University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac, Sinclair, Wright State, and Wittenberg University. Dr. Null is a member of SURJ-OH (Showing Up for Racial Justice) and currently works as a makerspace specialist.