Podcast and Skype-a-Scientist chat

Podcast and Skype-a-Scientist chat

Back in March I was lucky, enough to be matched through Skype a Scientist with Ali Wilkinson, who with her three kids in Portland, OR produce the Cool Facts About Animals podcast. I had a great time chatting about day geckos from Mauritius with them and today they...
Spring Updates

Spring Updates

Its been a crazy semester so far, and that’s even before all the corona chaos! I’m very excited to announce that we’ve been able to find a couple little pieces of funding to support teaching, outreach, and research! We received a small grant from the Society for the...
October updates

October updates

October has been a busy month! As part of working with the honors college, I have been meeting with a handful of undergrads that need public service hours. We have been working on developing multiple educational booth activities to do at the Boys and Girls club here...
October Outreach

October Outreach

This week I was lucky enough to be involved with two different public engagement activities! Last weekend I gave a public seminar at a local coffee shop in town here in Columbus (Three sisters Pie Company) as part of a monthly public seminar program organized by Dr....
Teaching award for skulls

Teaching award for skulls

After a busy first month of fall semester, we got some very exciting news! I was awarded some funds though a MUW APIL Teaching Innovation Grant. APIL stands for active, problem-based, inquiry-based learning. I’ll be purchasing a set of replica primate and...