NASA NIFTY space science course

NASA NIFTY space science course

Last week, we completed our 5-day, summer course for middle school kids at Plymouth Bluff! With our funding from the NASA Inspires Futures for Tomorrow’s Youth (NIFTY), program, we were able to make this space science course free for participants! We had a total of 25...
MUW TikTok video on Geico gecko

MUW TikTok video on Geico gecko

Working with our university photographer, I recorded two videos for TikTok and for Facebook! The Geico gecko, which is based on a real life species, the Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma grandis) has three inaccuracies. Can you guess what they are?...
Semester research and BS 400 posters

Semester research and BS 400 posters

Fall 2021 has been a busy semester! As we’re reaching the end, we have fun exciting updates. This semester I’ve had four research students working on various toe pad projects, including Alicia Jefferson, Alaina Dawkins, Jenny McCann, measuring a preserved...
Aberdeen high school summer enrichment program

Aberdeen high school summer enrichment program

This week I had the awesome opportunity to work with the teachers, staff, and principal at Aberdeen High School here in Mississippi as part of their Summer Enrichment Program. To make up for missing out on in-person opportunities Aberdeen high school students...
Student Poster Presentations

Student Poster Presentations

This semester, I collaborated with our comparative vertebrate anatomy faculty Dr. Simmons-Diez, to organize an end of the semester poster session. Students in both her class and my biomechanics course, found published articles related to topics we covered in class,...
Upcoming open source biology 101 course

Upcoming open source biology 101 course

I am excited to learn that my proposal to update our general biology 101 course here at the W to use all open source material was approved by the University of Mississippi Open Education Resource Z-Degree project, which is supported by the William and Flora Hewlett...