One of the major costs of conducting science in the Bahamas is in technical expertise, the cost of human labor. Essential to the cost of labor is the cost of living. How much can you pay a Bahamian scientist, to... Continue Reading →
If you work with geospatial data and open source code, you have probably been hacking your way through the internet, youtube, stackexchange etc. to find good tutorials with clear well-written examples. This is it. Dr. Endsley does an excellent job... Continue Reading →
As instructors in gate keeping courses, some believe it is their duty to slam that gate in the faces of as many students as possible. Some of us are propping the gate open, cracking Windows and unlocking the back door.... Continue Reading →
I just clicked send. I sent the latest draft of my dissertation to my full committee. I sent it to colleagues who have seen me grow up through science and ornithology. I put it out there. quite honestly, it was... Continue Reading →
So I am inherently the type of person who wants to do something important, and I want my work to be the best I can make. I do take into account time constraints and available materials etc. but I still... Continue Reading →
A student left the university because of the racism they experienced. Hopefully it wasn't you...but if it wasn't you. Have you spoken out directly, explicitly, and publicly against racism? If not, it's too late for one student but there are... Continue Reading →
The Bahamas has about 360 days of sun per year. Yet Solar energy has not been broadly adopted. THere is definitely a significant conversion cost, but if we look at the long term savings to human health and the environment,... Continue Reading →
If you are lying in the gutter, make art with the mud;If you live in a Palace, make Art with the Light. -Leno 10/2018
Class identifies plants in a field. Me: do you see what is different in the following three classifications? Duchesnia indica; Medicago lupulina; Grasses Students: *blank stares* Me: do we recognize that grasses are a large group that includes more than... Continue Reading →
Science and Perspective 