SciComm
My mission is to encourage people to be curious about human biological diversity.
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Why Am I Like This? On PBS Terra
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Discussing racism in Academia
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Tiktok Fun with Darwin
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Melanin March facts on Instagram
Why Am I Like This?
The evolutionary biology of stress
Do you feel stressed right now? Have you ever had a panic attack upon remembering a deadline at the last minute? It really gets you thinking— Why DO we experience stress and anxiety? In this episode, I walk us through the evolutionary function of stress, how different stress hormones affect our bodies, and why some people have completely different responses to the same stressors.
Where Does My Skin Color Come From?
Have you ever been convinced that you’re adopted because your parents have a radically different skin color? It really gets you thinking— How DO we inherit skin color in the first place? In this episode, I explain how we genetically inherit traits, how skin color is distributed across the globe, and how the inheritance of skin color is not as straightforward as we might think.