Amanda Harvey (she/her)
@harveyyamanda.bsky.social
PhD Student in the Mason Lab at LSUMNS 🐅, TAMU alumni 👍🏻, and bird enthusiast 😍🐦. Interested in pop gen, coastal birds and ecotoxicology in the Gulf Coast!
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The GRFP announcement from NSF cuts out an entire cohort of 2nd year students from consideration, without warning. This is so deeply unfair that it warrants a formal protest from the scientific community. If someone wants to work with me to craft an open letter and solicit signatures, LMK.
New: After a long wait, the GRFP solicitation is live! Deadlines have been extended to early November, so applicants have a bit over a month to submit. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The GRFP announcement from NSF cuts out an entire cohort of 2nd year students from consideration, without warning. This is so deeply unfair that it warrants a formal protest from the scientific community. If someone wants to work with me to craft an open letter and solicit signatures, LMK.
Like birds? Hate ecotoxins? If you answered yes, you may be interested in my #AOS2025 poster! Come find me during Wednesday’s poster session at poster #184.
August 12, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Like birds? Hate ecotoxins? If you answered yes, you may be interested in my #AOS2025 poster! Come find me during Wednesday’s poster session at poster #184.
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"This campaign wasn't written by biologists...I have to come up on the fly with a reason why it makes sense to somebody who knows about genetics." @lsumns.bsky.social PhD student @harveyyamanda.bsky.social interviews Quinn McCallum about his RPG & miniatures hobbies: thelattinlab.com/beyond-the-b...
July 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"This campaign wasn't written by biologists...I have to come up on the fly with a reason why it makes sense to somebody who knows about genetics." @lsumns.bsky.social PhD student @harveyyamanda.bsky.social interviews Quinn McCallum about his RPG & miniatures hobbies: thelattinlab.com/beyond-the-b...
I was awarded the Louisiana Ornithological Society's Steve W. Cardiff and Donna L. Dittmann Scholarship! I am honored to have received this funding, and I am excited to use it to continue my research on coastal birds and the Mississippi Delta. Thank you LOS!
May 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I was awarded the Louisiana Ornithological Society's Steve W. Cardiff and Donna L. Dittmann Scholarship! I am honored to have received this funding, and I am excited to use it to continue my research on coastal birds and the Mississippi Delta. Thank you LOS!
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Less than two weeks left to order one of the shirts I designed for this year's LSUMNS Big Day, featuring the most magnificent bird, Fregata magnificens!
lsuornithology2025.itemorder.com/shop/home/
Also please donate to our Big Day Fundraiser to support our Ornithology research! givelsu.org/bigday
lsuornithology2025.itemorder.com/shop/home/
Also please donate to our Big Day Fundraiser to support our Ornithology research! givelsu.org/bigday
May 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Less than two weeks left to order one of the shirts I designed for this year's LSUMNS Big Day, featuring the most magnificent bird, Fregata magnificens!
lsuornithology2025.itemorder.com/shop/home/
Also please donate to our Big Day Fundraiser to support our Ornithology research! givelsu.org/bigday
lsuornithology2025.itemorder.com/shop/home/
Also please donate to our Big Day Fundraiser to support our Ornithology research! givelsu.org/bigday
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Job opportunity! Excited to share that we have an opening for a research technician position to help with our research on phenological shifts & species interactions in amphibian communities. (please help spread the word!)
More details here:
emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
More details here:
emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Research Technician II
Dr. Volker Rudolf’s research groups in the Department of BioSciences are looking to hire a Research Technician II in the field of biology/ecology. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working outdo...
emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Job opportunity! Excited to share that we have an opening for a research technician position to help with our research on phenological shifts & species interactions in amphibian communities. (please help spread the word!)
More details here:
emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
More details here:
emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Donald Trump spent $23M on golf (up to mid march).
Over 56 days, he spent $410k of our tax dollars each day at his own clubs.
That is one 3-year NSF grant per day.
Waste and abuse, my ass.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over 56 days, he spent $410k of our tax dollars each day at his own clubs.
That is one 3-year NSF grant per day.
Waste and abuse, my ass.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
May 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Donald Trump spent $23M on golf (up to mid march).
Over 56 days, he spent $410k of our tax dollars each day at his own clubs.
That is one 3-year NSF grant per day.
Waste and abuse, my ass.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over 56 days, he spent $410k of our tax dollars each day at his own clubs.
That is one 3-year NSF grant per day.
Waste and abuse, my ass.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Genomic data support interspecific divergence but reveal limited population structure and cryptic hybridization in Rallus elegans (King Rail) and R. crepitans (Clapper Rail) | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶
April 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Genomic data support interspecific divergence but reveal limited population structure and cryptic hybridization in Rallus elegans (King Rail) and R. crepitans (Clapper Rail) | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶
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This is a fun one!!! We talk about the amazing American Dipper this week, it's an episode that you won't want to miss!! Here is a link to hear the whole episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9...
#americandipper #dipper #bird #amazing #birds #podcast #nature
#americandipper #dipper #bird #amazing #birds #podcast #nature
April 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This is a fun one!!! We talk about the amazing American Dipper this week, it's an episode that you won't want to miss!! Here is a link to hear the whole episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9...
#americandipper #dipper #bird #amazing #birds #podcast #nature
#americandipper #dipper #bird #amazing #birds #podcast #nature
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This week 3 of my NSF grants were terminated illegally. apnews.com/article/nsf-...
Trump science cuts target bird feeder research, AI literacy work and more
Hundreds of university researchers in the U.S. have had their National Science Foundation funding abruptly canceled to comply with President Donald Trump’s directive to end support of research on dive...
apnews.com
April 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This week 3 of my NSF grants were terminated illegally. apnews.com/article/nsf-...
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Success! We tagged one LeConte’s Thrasher today. It will be so interesting to see where he goes over the next few weeks, months, and hopefully years.
🪶#ornithology @greatbasinbirds.bsky.social
All handling and marking is being conducted with all appropriate state and federal permits.
🪶#ornithology @greatbasinbirds.bsky.social
All handling and marking is being conducted with all appropriate state and federal permits.
April 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Success! We tagged one LeConte’s Thrasher today. It will be so interesting to see where he goes over the next few weeks, months, and hopefully years.
🪶#ornithology @greatbasinbirds.bsky.social
All handling and marking is being conducted with all appropriate state and federal permits.
🪶#ornithology @greatbasinbirds.bsky.social
All handling and marking is being conducted with all appropriate state and federal permits.
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The Trump administration is sabotaging your scientific data
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Trump administration is sabotaging your scientific data | Jonathan Gilmour
Burying our heads in the sand won’t stop the climate crisis or pandemics. We’re taking action to preserve government tools
www.theguardian.com
April 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The Trump administration is sabotaging your scientific data
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This year we once again have T-shirts designed by yours truly! T-shirts feature the Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens), an iconic bird of the Gulf Coast. These are available through our partners at Red Stick Sports lsuornithology2025.itemorder.com/shop/home/
April 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This year we once again have T-shirts designed by yours truly! T-shirts feature the Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens), an iconic bird of the Gulf Coast. These are available through our partners at Red Stick Sports lsuornithology2025.itemorder.com/shop/home/
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Today four @lsumns.bsky.social Ornithology graduate students are treking across Louisiana trying to see as many bird species as possible for our annual Big Day Birdathon Fundraiser! Donate to support our research here: bbis32491p.sky.blackbaud.com/big-day-fund...
#ornithology #birding
#ornithology #birding
April 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Today four @lsumns.bsky.social Ornithology graduate students are treking across Louisiana trying to see as many bird species as possible for our annual Big Day Birdathon Fundraiser! Donate to support our research here: bbis32491p.sky.blackbaud.com/big-day-fund...
#ornithology #birding
#ornithology #birding
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I got an email yesterday afternoon that my NSF SPRF Postdoctoral Fellowship was terminated. My grant focused on testing interventions to address online misinformation and I was 8 months into a two year appointment.
Friday Night Massacre of accurate information.
A devastating day for the USA as tens of millions of dollars of grants seeking to combat the spread of false information were terminated. We have a federal govenrment that does not consider the verifiable truth a priority. www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
A devastating day for the USA as tens of millions of dollars of grants seeking to combat the spread of false information were terminated. We have a federal govenrment that does not consider the verifiable truth a priority. www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
Updates on NSF Priorities
www.nsf.gov
April 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I got an email yesterday afternoon that my NSF SPRF Postdoctoral Fellowship was terminated. My grant focused on testing interventions to address online misinformation and I was 8 months into a two year appointment.
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Let this sink in: the Trump Administration has characterized fighting misinformation/disinformation as "not a priority" for our taxpayer-funded research agency.
Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale
NSF has posted an “update on priorities.”
They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants.
And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent.
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants.
And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent.
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
April 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Let this sink in: the Trump Administration has characterized fighting misinformation/disinformation as "not a priority" for our taxpayer-funded research agency.
A pup cup for the dog who got called “one of the best good boys” by the vet this morning!!
April 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A pup cup for the dog who got called “one of the best good boys” by the vet this morning!!
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The erosion of trust in science & scientists — sometimes due to complex social/historical factors but often deliberately perpetrated by charlatans — has tragic, deadly consequences, and, if unchecked, is an existential threat to society.
"The vaccination has stuff we don't trust," said the father of the 6-year-old girl who died from measles at the end of last month. Tom Bartlett visited with a family confronting an unthinkable tragedy:
The Texas Girl Who Died From Measles
Her father tells her story.
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The erosion of trust in science & scientists — sometimes due to complex social/historical factors but often deliberately perpetrated by charlatans — has tragic, deadly consequences, and, if unchecked, is an existential threat to society.
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Proud of what @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social is doing to support ornithologists affected by the Trump administration's attack on science. Those suffering hardship related to the EOs, layoffs, etc. can get free membership and registration to the upcoming meeting here: tinyurl.com/vf34sh93
2025 Emergency Support for Federal Employees
If you have suffered undue professional hardship from the US Executive Branch's assault on Federal agencies, please use this form to indicate the form of assistance from the Wilson Ornithological Soci...
tinyurl.com
March 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Proud of what @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social is doing to support ornithologists affected by the Trump administration's attack on science. Those suffering hardship related to the EOs, layoffs, etc. can get free membership and registration to the upcoming meeting here: tinyurl.com/vf34sh93
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Forty-seven scientific societies have signed a letter organized by the @ucsusa.bsky.social urging Congress to protect federally funded research and federal scientists:
www.ucsusa.org/about/news/s...
www.ucsusa.org/about/news/s...
48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science
48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science
www.ucsusa.org
March 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Forty-seven scientific societies have signed a letter organized by the @ucsusa.bsky.social urging Congress to protect federally funded research and federal scientists:
www.ucsusa.org/about/news/s...
www.ucsusa.org/about/news/s...
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Tissue and DNA samples at the LSU Museum of Natural Science stored at -187°C (-305°F)! This is the largest collection of genetic resources in the world! 🧬 @lsuscience.bsky.social @lsu.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Tissue and DNA samples at the LSU Museum of Natural Science stored at -187°C (-305°F)! This is the largest collection of genetic resources in the world! 🧬 @lsuscience.bsky.social @lsu.bsky.social
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