by hageyt | Nov 12, 2021 | Education, Research
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...
by hageyt | Jun 17, 2021 | Education, Outreach
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...
by hageyt | Jan 4, 2021 | Outreach, Research
For this year’s virtual Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology conference (2021), the organizers asked me to record a video introducing myself and giving some advice for new scientists! I think the video turned out great! It was originally uploaded to...
by hageyt | Nov 14, 2020 | Education
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,...
by hageyt | Oct 2, 2020 | Outreach, Research
I am very excited to share that I was lucky enough to help out the folks at EarthDate.org with two of their science episodes. EarthDate.org are a public service radio program from Austin, Texas and they write and record short science articles/episodes for the public....
by hageyt | Sep 8, 2020 | Outreach, Research
I had the great pleasure of giving a seminar as part of the Headwaters Science Institute Lunch with a Scientist seminar series today! The talk with live-streamed on Facebook and YouTube. I think the talk went really well and we had some great questions getting into...
by hageyt | Aug 22, 2020 | Outreach, Research
Today I was an invited guest speaker for the MUW’s Alumni Associations annual fundraising auction Facebook Live steam! Since I had received both a MUWAA New Faculty Award and a Faculty Enhancement award, they invited me to speak as part of their live steam to...
by hageyt | May 15, 2020 | Outreach
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...
by hageyt | May 3, 2020 | Research
Last week Bailey Howell wrapped up her honors project on urban and forest anoles, presenting her project over zoom to her peers and committee members! Check out the video of...
by hageyt | Apr 11, 2020 | Research
As this chaotic semester winds to a close, I hope everyone has figured out how to adjust to their new routines. I am excited to report some exciting updates for my student Bailey Howell! Her NSF GRFP project (written in conduction with Josef Uyeda) received an...