Casey Haines '19 (BIOL) interviewed by Anthropocene Magazine
Casey Haines '19, biological sciences, was interviewed by Anthropocene Magazine: https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2020/09/when-bringing-in-more-diverse-researchers-broadens-the-scope-of-science/.
As an undergrad, Casey was the lead author of the Omland Lab's paper recently published in Animal Behaviour. She showed that author gender influenced the research being done on on female bird song, and that women created a new paradigm for thinking about the original evolution of bird song. The article emphasizes the crucial importance of faculty diversity.
Further reading about Casey's exciting research can be found on The Conversation and UMBC News.
Posted: September 24, 2020, 3:03 PM
