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!...
by hageyt | Jul 31, 2025 | Outreach
Earlier this month, we held our 3rd annual summer STEM camp for 9-14 year old local students at Plymouth Bluff. We again had support from donations for the course. This year, the course was spearheaded by fellow MUW faculty Michael Dodson, with an emphasis on...
by hageyt | Jul 31, 2025 | Research
I was very excited to attend and present at this year’s Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in St. Paul, Minnesota. I was invited to give a presentation as part of the “Science in 3D” symposium. I talked about my trials and...
by hageyt | Jul 30, 2025 | Research
This summer I visited the Paris Natural History Museum to continue broadening my lizard morphology dataset. Thank you very much to the curators and staff for their assistance! I was also lucky enough to check out the public exhibit!...
