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 | 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 | 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 | 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!...