The American Discovery Tour
Tell Your Story
Take part in the official American Story Study! This academic survey (10-15 minutes) is part of research being conducted at The Ohio State University and it provides you with a guided opportunity to reflect on your personal life story and the story of America. Your participation in this survey will help us better understand America through its people. Every Story Matters! For more information on the study, email Mark at [email protected]
Listen to interviews from the American Discovery Tour on The Perspectivity Podcast!
Mark Matthews
My mission in life is to empower people to actualize their potential so that they can contribute to the betterment of the world around them. As a social psychologist, I am dedicated to progressing our understanding of how, when, and why people change their mind, as well as how different methods of change yield better or worse long-term outcomes for oneself and others. I also aim to go beyond the laboratory by testing out all kinds of different methods of changing my own life—self experiments if you will—so that I can actualize as much of my potential as possible to contribute to the world around me. Currently, I’m dedicated to providing people with research-backed ways of cultivating self-awareness and self-improvement by understanding and developing their life story.
Movement
The American Discovery Tour is a movement that will last a life time. The first step of making meaningful, impactful change involves a deep and comprehensive understanding of where we are at currently. If you deeply care about improving our country in a way that provides a beautiful home to everyone, please consider sponsoring our tour at whatever level feels right to you! You can make a difference by just helping us get across the country, help provide a Moments experience for a community who desperately needs it, and more!
Donnovan Mount
My mission in life is to help people live life in an adventurous and inspiring way, be it as a stay-at-home parent, an extreme athlete or world traveler. I integrate my skills as a magician, speaker, photographer, and videographer to create experiences that allow people to open their mind to new possibilities for reinventing and reconnecting with their life. Currently, I’m developing my flagship program, Moments, as a workshop for helping people reimagine their life story in a way that facilitates meaning, purpose, self-growth, and a whole lot more joy!