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...
by hageyt | Jun 14, 2019 | Research
Finally got a chance to try out the new Olympus lab camera! I’m definitely not a photographer and am uncomfortable even pretending to be one, so I’m really proud of how these turned out! The macro lens made a huge difference. Here you can see how rough...
by hageyt | Jun 10, 2019 | Research
Check our the MUW online profiles featuring our research! MUW’s office of undergraduate research puts together profiles on students and faculty doing research. Not only was I featured in a “Spotlight on Faculty Researchers” profile, but three of my...
by hageyt | Jun 2, 2019 | Outreach, Research
The two Hemidactylus turcicus in the lab got a refreshed enclosure today. After a quick visit to a local plant nursery, $30 worth of broken slate pieces, and a couple tubes of JB weld epoxy, they now have their very own rocket outcrop. It should give them lots of warm...
by hageyt | Jun 2, 2019 | Research
I am excited to share (albeit a little late) that MUW undergrad Bailey Howell was awarded a travel grant through the Undergraduate Diversity at Evolution award program to present her research working with Dr. Kristin Winchell looking at urban and forest anole toe pads...
by hageyt | Jun 1, 2019 | Education, Research
In addition to wrapping up may first year as a new faculty, I also celebrated a couple of awards! Both of these awards I was nominated for, either by my department chair or by students. I received a MUW Alumni Association New Faculty Award, which recognizes the hard...
by hageyt | Jun 1, 2019 | Education, Research
This spring I had a great time presenting research and education material at a handful of venues. I presented some of my summer research investigating Hawaiian lizards as part of the MUW Science and Mathematics seminar (SM100) How Lizards Use Their Habitat: Rough vs...
