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...
by hageyt | Mar 15, 2020 | Outreach, Research
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...
by hageyt | Jan 21, 2020 | Research
December and January were busy months! Late December, I went to New Zealand to attend the World Congress of Herpetology conference, an international conference that only happens every four years. Traveling with Maggie Haines, we rented a camper van and “tramped”...
by hageyt | Dec 15, 2019 | Education
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...
by hageyt | Dec 6, 2019 | Research
As part of her senior honors project, undergraduate Bailey Howell presented the beginnings of her honors project tonight investigating how crested anoles in Puerto Rico are adapting to urban habitats! This is a project she has been working for a while already, working...
by hageyt | Oct 20, 2019 | Education, Outreach, Research
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...
by hageyt | Oct 7, 2019 | 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....
by hageyt | Sep 19, 2019 | Education, Outreach
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...
by hageyt | Jul 9, 2019 | Research
I arrived home this week from Providence, RI after attending this year’s Evolution conference. It was a really great time! After taking last year off to move to Mississippi, it was really nostalgic seeing all of my old Idaho friends, with each one having moved...