by hageyt | May 9, 2026 | Education, Research
At this spring 2026 graduation ceremony, I was surprised to receive this year’s Kossen Faculty Excellence Award! According to MUW’s announcement Dr. Travis Hagey, associate professor of biology, was announced as the Kossen Faculty Excellence Award...
by hageyt | May 4, 2026 | Education
As part of our MUW spring 2025 courses, my Comparative Biomechanics students and Ms. Brady’s Soundscape independent research students all presented research posters. The soundscape students presented preliminary results of the data collected in the course. My...
by hageyt | Mar 31, 2026 | Research
I am very excited and proud to announce that I was nominated and awarded the 2026 MUW Distinguished Leadership in Research and Creative Activity Award! This award is designed to recognize faculty who have maintained a research or creative program for at least five...
by hageyt | Feb 23, 2026 | Outreach
This weekend was Mississippi State University’s 2026 Science Night at the Museums! Many different groups have science themed activities for the public to check out. I brought two MUW students (Kane Petty and Zarin Raya) along with Dr. Onyeagucha. We had a...
by hageyt | Feb 4, 2026 | Outreach
This February we participated in the annual STEAM night at New Hope Middle School. Three MUW undergraduates, Brooklyn Ward, Kane Petty, and Maddie Guerin helped share biology themed activities with children and parents that stopped by our booth. We also had help from...
by hageyt | Jan 12, 2026 | Research
This was an exciting year for the SICB conference. I brought three MUW undergraduates to Portland, OR. One student, Maddie Guerin, presented a poster on a long term project in my lab, looking at ontogenetic changes in toe pad morphology and performance in crested...
by hageyt | Nov 3, 2025 | Research
In October, I brought two students, Maddie Guerin and Kane Petty, to visit Dr. Stu Nielsen’s gecko lab at LSU Shreveport. We got to check out his live animal breeding facility, and measure a handful of live geckos. and help preserve specimens! ...
by hageyt | Nov 3, 2025 | Education
This year the MUW science and math department held a halloween costume contest! There were lots of great costumes. I dressed up as a tenured professor. Bio major Maddie Guerin dressed up as another faculty in the department and won second...
by hageyt | Oct 21, 2025 | Outreach
This week I was invited to give the annual Hazard Lecture at Heritage Academy. The Hazard Lecture Series was established in 1992 by George Hazard Jr. and his sisters, Florence and Eulalie, to honor their father, George Hazard. I talked about my research with geckos,...
by hageyt | Aug 16, 2025 | Outreach
To celebrate World Lizard Day this week, I was invited to be a guest on the Mississippi Public Broadcasting radio show “Creature Comforts”! Check out the recording of the show!...
