New school, new blog

I've been pondering having a "work" blog for some time now, probably since I started tinkering around with my main website last summer. Earlier this week I was at a conference on Inclusive Science, and someone gave a presentation on blogs. Many of the others in attendance were intrigued by the idea, and having seen other people's blogs about their graduate work, I thought I'd go for it and set one up. After several hours of tweaking color schemes and page designs, I think I might be satisfied. Well, not really, but it will due for now. The color scheme matches my website for the most part, at least.

Since this is a "work" blog, I should probably mention work. The Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis) season is nearing its end, but before it does I'm squeezing in my first real experiment as a grad student. We only just got things going today, and the kinks aren't all worked out (definitely not...), but so far our few results look intriguing. I won't say anymore for now, in case I jinx something.

Other than that, I think I might have a new interest, or at least a semi-new interest. I've always enjoyed teaching, and part of my undergrad Senior Honors Project involved discussion and suggestions for teaching d/Deaf students in a hearing classroom and making sure they are included. The Inclusive Science conference touched on many aspects of inclusion (including gender and race), although deafness was not one of those topics. Between my interest in gender and my work on including deaf students in mainstream classrooms, I'm now quite intrigued about Inclusive Science as a whole. More research definitely needed!