Welcome to Alexandreana Cocroft, incoming Arizona State University ASU School of Life Sciences graduate student and ASU Graduate College fellowship recipient! Alexandreana Cocroft will be joining our U.S. National Science Foundation MacroBio team to study and improve people-wildlife interactions in cities. bit.ly/2xSJI78

ASU, where is your statement or acknowledgement of racism and what we can do to support our colleagues and students? If we are to be uniquely defined by who we include and how they succeed, we are falling short with our silence. Arizona State University ASU News The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences ASU School of Life Sciences

Stop expecting your Black graduate students to shoulder the burden of reforming/educating your entire graduate program for free. Normalize paying them for their labor, or hiring an expert on diversity & education

So thankful for this group. I wish I had black twitter as an undergrad. Not sure about a potential career, and feeling very confused and out of place as the only black girl in my wildlife classes. Representation is SO important.

Our new paper is out!! "Decoloniality and anti-oppressive practises for a more ethical ecology" 👉 rdcu.be/clcZ3 What is the legacy of colonialism for ecology today? AND how can ecology become more inclusive, creative and ethical? @leafwarbler Jess_Auerbach A🧵

We are very excited to share the latest Urban Wildlife Information Network paper led by Seth Magle and Mason Fidino, PhD, out today in Global Change Biology, where we conducted what is likely the most comprehensive assessment of the luxury effect. 🧵 1/9 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

How does the local landscape shape our perception of nuisance wildlife? Investigating residents' perceptions of mosquitoes reveals the perception of the local landscape may be more important than mosquito abundance in predicting perception of problems mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/2…