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PhD student in at Texas A&M University. Researches desert paleoethnobotany and indigenous studies.
A disabled transgender person navigating life as a paleo/ethnobotanist.
I realize it's been a while since I posted something constructive on here. Let's see: since April 2022, I've graduated with my MA, and am shooting to be ABD by Spring 2024! Always hoping to meet more neat folks willing to talk plants with me, so here's to networking!
Mimosa pudica gif for tax :3
06/23/2023
Almost done with a workshop preparing for the fall 2023 semester with my fellow mentors and our high school teacher compatriots! If you love plants, you should totally get involved with the funded program! Educational for the kiddos, and fun for you!
In the meantime, enjoy some of the sights from 'round here!
https://plantingscience.org/
06/23/2023
Back several weeks ago from the joint conference of the and the and had a blast! I was awarded the 2023 Barbara Lawrence award for grad student research, much to my surprise by SoE! Enjoy the lil treats from in and around Atlanta, at Emory's Lullwater Preserve, Arabia Mountain, and the Atlanta Botanical Garden!
04/28/2022
It's been a looooooong semester, but here's a neat project we got to work on, that may end up with a publication! I was studying the effects of fire on anthropogenic acorn harvest in central Texas, so I got to help conduct a prescribed burn (or several 😎)!
12/12/2021
Went rockhounding before break, and picked up a bunch of Brazos Valley petrified wood! Lots of fossils can be found in the Brazos Valley, including megafauna like mammoth bones!We're in the process of tumbling and polishing up the wood now! Results in about 4 weeks!
11/25/2021
Some petrified wood, quartzite, and jasper from Brazos and Bastrop counties. Just on the first tumble round, but they're coming along nicely!
09/26/2021
I went on a field trip for my class, and ended up doing a little rockhounding along the way! Some petrified wood from the Brazos river, and a little piece of dendritic opal that I inexplicably found on the surface in our back yard! The Brazos river is known for its fossils, including but not limited to: petrified wood, molluscs, crustaceans, and even megafauna, like mammoth bones and teeth, and archaeological sites!
09/12/2021
I took a trip this weekend to the coast, and found some neat stuff! A shark, a BUNCH of hermit crabs, some neat dune and coastal plant species, and BONES!!!
08/28/2021
A peek into where my research this summer was done. Eagle Nest Canyon in Val Verde County, Texas. A beautiful mix of canyon wetlands and Chihuahuan desert lowlands!
08/26/2021
It's been a while, but here is what I've been working on! Identifying and analyzing archaeobotanical remains from a rock shelter out in west Texas! This was all made possible by the wonderful Dr. Leslie Bush, and my late professor, Dr. Alston Thoms. Additionally, it was facilitated by Dr. Steve Black and Charles Koenig. I'm so pleased with the collaborative project it's become!
Some bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) I met in Port O'Connor too!
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