As one of the leading young voices for atheism in Australia, Jason Ball completed his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Melbourne in 2010, majoring in Political Science. He served as President of the University of Melbourne Secular Society from 2008-2010, and is President and co-founder of the Freethought Student Alliance, a coalition of atheist, skeptic, secular, humanist and rationalist campus groups in Australia. He also currently serves on the board of the Rationalist Society of Australia.
In 2009 Jason spoke on a student panel at the Centre For Inquiry’s World Congress in Washington DC. In 2010 he presented at TAM Australia in Sydney as part of a workshop on skeptical activism.
Jason is a contributor to the Young Australian Skeptics blog and produces their official podcast, The Pseudo Scientists.
As Media Spokesperson for the Atheist Foundation of Australia, Jason has made numerous appearances on both radio and television, including The Project, A Current Affair, ABC News as well as triple j’s Hack, Sunday Night Safran, and Breakfast with Red Symons on ABC Radio Melbourne.
Jason served on the committee of the 2010 Global Atheist Convention, and is currently part of the committee for the 2012 Global Atheist Convention.
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