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...
by hageyt | May 29, 2019 | Research
One of the most fun parts of doing biology research, in my opinion, is designing equipment to take the kinds of measurements and gather the kind of data that you need. I designed a couple pieces of lab and field equipment in grad school and have continued using those...