Jedidiah Gibson is from Miami, Oklahoma. He graduated with a B.S. in Political Science from Oklahoma State University, magna cum laude. During his undergraduate studies, Jed served as a teaching assistant for the Department of Political Science and was named a Lew Wentz Research Scholar. His research focused on the decisions of judges of the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals. Additionally, Jed spent three years working for the OSU Family Resource Center where he organized community and educational programs for international graduate students and their families. Jed has been married to his best friend, Hannah, for three years.