I think I'm being told that work should be done for the day 😂
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Dr. Kassandra Ford
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NSF Postdoc at GW • Fish nerd for cichlids & electric fish • Black Birder • Cat Herder • Wisconsinite • BLM • she/her • 🏳️🌈 ♠️💜🤍 •
When you have a Christmas tree but no ornaments....
You make an OsTREEoglossiform tree with a mormyrid stuffed animal. I also added my gymnotiform stuffies as well (Sternarchorhynchus and Electrophorus).
🎶It's beginning to look a lot like FISHmas! 🎶
A note: I went through some family stuff over the past 2 months and it's affected my social media presence in a big way.
I'm back home, things are different but returning to some sort of normal.
I just want to give a reminder that it's okay to not be okay, and to get help ❤️
Trying my hand over here as I try to replicate my lovely social media network I've amassed over the years. Can't wait to see y'all on here!
I'm here for a community who's all about:
#science
#scicomm
#biology
#ecology
#evolution
#EvolutionaryBiology
#fishes
#fish
#ichthyology
#electricfish
#morphology
#CTscanning
#naturalhistorymuseums
#BLM
#racialjustice
#climatechange
#LGBTQIA+
#acespec
#BlackinSTEM
#academia
#phdchat
#PhDone
#tenuretrack
Beth Osia PhDVery important read that recognizes the difficulties of being a caregiver while working in scientific research, and offers insightful solutions.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.1837
Sticky steps and the gender gap: how thoughtful practices could help keep caregivers in science | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Many fewer women than men hold senior academic positions, a widely recognized and increasing problem. Our goal is to identify effective and feasible solutions. We begin by providing an in-depth assessment of the drivers of this gender inequity. In our ...
I *will* get more active on here... it's on my laundry list of things to do 🥰
Hi folks! Welcome to the place I share my love for science!
I study electric fish from S. America and Africa, & my main research questions:
How are fish skulls different? How did these skulls evolve? & how do those differences affect what/how they eat?