by hageyt | Apr 26, 2019 | Outreach, Research
On April 10th, I had the pleasure of guest posting on the #herpetALLogy twitter account. I wanted to share the awesome diversity seen across gecko toe pads! Please welcome @TravisHagey for today's #herpetALLogy takover. (We hear there will be geckos!!) Travis...
by hageyt | Apr 26, 2019 | Research
Despite a very busy semester teaching, I was able to get my hands on some new (to me) lab equipment! These old magnifying right light stands would be great for lighting while we image toe pads, except for the magnification part and the clunky and warn out springs...
by hageyt | Mar 24, 2019 | Research
This semester I had the great opportunities to present my research as part of the MUW Provost’s Faculty Symposium where I talked about my summer research in Hawaii looking at introduced lizard species. I was also invited to speak as part of the MUW Gordy Honors...
by hageyt | Mar 16, 2019 | Education, Outreach
While I was at Michigan state, I helped organize and run the Darwin Day Roadshow, bringing scientists into K-12 classrooms across the US. Last year, one of the high schools we visited was in Austin, TX. As part of the program, I found local scientists to come speak to...
by hageyt | Mar 16, 2019 | Education, Outreach
It’s that time of year again for Skype a Scientist! This spring so far I’ve chatted with 2nd graders in Tennessee and 3rd graders in Virginia and am scheduled for 3 more classes this spring! These quick Skype sessions are such a great time! Last class I...
by hageyt | Mar 16, 2019 | Outreach
I had the great opportunity this semester to be involved with the Mississippi Regional middle school science bowl as a volunteer judge and the regional High School science bowl as a timekeeper. These were both new outreach experiences for me. The students competing at...
by hageyt | Mar 15, 2019 | Education
We were lucky enough to receive funding from the Mississippi University for Women Fund B Foundation Faculty Development Funds to support classroom materials. With these funds, we purchased a set of whiteboards for students to use in lecture and lab. ...
by hageyt | Mar 15, 2019 | Outreach, Research
This semester we have added some lizards to the lab! We’ll be using these animals mainly as ambassadors during our school science nights or public events. Although we may take some measurements from them along the way. We have two introduced Mediterranean house...
by hageyt | Mar 14, 2019 | Research
I had a great time this year at SICB in Tampa. The gecko symposium was really amazing. It was inspiring and anxiety-induing to see all the awesome work that the rest of the gecko community is doing. I received a lot of great interest and feedback on my poster! Which...
by hageyt | Dec 19, 2018 | Research
I’m excited to let everyone know that we have been awarded funds from the MUW Faculty Research Committee and the Mississippi Space Grant Consortium to support three undergraduate researchers next semester (Arpana Upadhyay, Bailey Howell, and Elizabeth Fain) as...
