Tag Archives: Alabama
A World Famous African-American Scientist Puts the Presidential Election in Perspective: “I Am Not Surprised At All”
On Wednesday, the day after our 2017 presidential election, I dreaded having to put on my host face to go out to dinner with Dr. Joseph Graves, our ALLELE speaker for Thursday. I couldn’t really stand the thought of talking … Continue reading
EvoS Will Lead to (Good) Transformative, Lifelong Experiences
Maybe that’s a stretch, but I don’t think so. I just had to share this tweet the president of the UA EvoS Club sent out last week during the Sarah Tishkoff lecture. She just turned 21 last week, so maybe … Continue reading
Flattery Will Get You Everywhere: E.O. Wilson’s Social Conquest of Earth
Edward O. Wilson was the first speaker for this year’s ALLELE series at the University of Alabama. I began a post on his talk soon after but found it so boring I didn’t come back to it. Then Max Stein … Continue reading
Becoming a Lightning Rod for Controversy by Starting an Evolutionary Studies Program in Alabama, Part 2: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Long overdue, this was the first post I wrote for this blog but shelved it to start with something zippier, more spontaneous, something with more je ne sais quoi (see Part 1). However, I still want to post this as … Continue reading
Becoming a Lightning Rod for Controversy by Starting an Evolutionary Studies Program in Alabama: Part 1
When I let slip that I got my job when I was still ABD during a recession, people still marvel at the dumb luck (or so my low self-esteem still interprets their obvious stupefaction). Similarly incongruous is that I would … Continue reading
