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Chelsey Crandall, PhD
@chelseycrandall.bsky.social
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Conservation social scientist exploring the human side of fisheries and wildlife, with a love for wild Florida. Women of Fisheries co-founder. Mom x 2. she/her
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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · Sep 9
Hi new followers! Thought I'd take a second to introduce myself. I’m a Florida-based marine biologist-turned fisheries scientist-turned conservation social scientist, & I study the human side of nature.

How did I go from biology to people science? Here are 3 things that explain my science journey:
Young woman sitting on the edge of a boat in scuba gear with facemask on, smiling at the camera. Behind her is water and in the distance an island shore can be seen. Man and woman on a boat holding a large greater amberjack. The fish is so large it takes two of them to hold it. Woman crouches on the ground in a carpeted room in front of a flip chart, writing on it with a marker. Another woman stands next to her in front of a projector screen.
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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · 22h
Women of Fisheries is running a fundraiser to help out scientists facing unexpected financial difficulties, if you have any $ to share

“We invite you to join our Fish Sisters Unite Campaign and show these fish sisters that they’re not alone.”

womenoffisheries.org/2025-fish-si...
2025 Fish Sisters Unite Campaign - Women of Fisheries
The Women of Fisheries, Inc. Board is pausing the annual fisHER Adventure Classic to give back in a different way this year. Many in our Women of Fisheries community are facing unexpected financial di...
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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · 22h
Women of Fisheries is running a fundraiser to help out scientists facing unexpected financial difficulties, if you have any $ to share

“We invite you to join our Fish Sisters Unite Campaign and show these fish sisters that they’re not alone.”

womenoffisheries.org/2025-fish-si...
2025 Fish Sisters Unite Campaign - Women of Fisheries
The Women of Fisheries, Inc. Board is pausing the annual fisHER Adventure Classic to give back in a different way this year. Many in our Women of Fisheries community are facing unexpected financial di...
womenoffisheries.org
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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · 9d
Really appreciating this paper that thinks about survey respondents as a potentially over-extracted common pool resource.

"It may be time to think about just how many respondents we have eaten and about how we might work together to sustain future populations."

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Where Have the Respondents Gone? Perhaps We Ate Them All
Abstract. Rising rates of nonresponse are one of the most-debated issues in contemporary survey research. While early survey research regularly achieved re
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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · 18d
Getting an early start on the Halloween garden - all decorations homemade by the Crandall fam mostly from repurposed stuff (amazing what you can do with pool noodles and discarded fake flowers!)

We love ourselves a holiday 😄
Three tall black flowers with eyeballs in the center sit in a flower garden A green pool noodle has been split open with the insides painted purple and two thin black and white rods sticking out to remember a creepy plant in a garden Three green and purple Halloween plants sit on the middle of a flower garden
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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · 22d
Once upon a time we used to make science videos of our friends for fun; was reminded today that this year is the 10-year anniversary of Seagrass Savanna, our short film about Savanna Barry’s super cool seagrass research 😄

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Seagrass Savanna
*Best Student Film: 2015 Beneath the Waves Film Festival *Making Waves Award Winner: 2015 Blue Gulf Film Competition “I guess I never really did realize…
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Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel.bsky.social · 23d
Deeply obsessed with this chaotically-written manuscript, featuring Simpsons references, punctuation such as “???”, and a final thoughts section that simply reads: “There is no need to summarize key points in a 2,000-word manuscript. Screw Flanders.”
Size Does Matter and Shorter is Better: It’s Time to Shorten Our Papers - William G. Obenauer, 2025
In The Simpsons episode “Guess Who’s Coming to Criticize Dinner” (S11E3), Homer becomes a food critic and is tasked with writing reviews for the local paper. It...
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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · 25d
Did I fill my office plants with tree spirits this week cuz it brings me joy and we all need a little more whimsy in our lives?

Why yes, yes I did.
A small tree spirit figure peeks out of a pot behind green leaves Two small tree spirits peak out from under leaves, resting in potted plants sitting on a desk
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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · 25d
Did know know that there are autism superpowers? My own diagnosis journey has helped me understand why some things are so challenging for me, but also why I’m really good at some things that have helped me in life & work. We often focus on challenges; it’s important to highlight strengths too!
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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · 29d
We spotted this in our evening walk and it led me down a rabbit hole of rusty spider wasps info!

Turns out these female wasps paralyze their spider prey then drag it back to their nest like here, lay one egg, attach it to the spider, & bury it. Once hatched the larvae has spider dinner!
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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · Sep 7
Morning nature walk with the kiddo - our fence lizard spot did not disappoint!
A fence lizard sits on a branch, almost blending in with the tree trunk behind
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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · Sep 5
Are you a conservation social scientist working in Florida? Then have we got the meeting for you!

Excited to announce abstract submissions are now open for our brand new People and Nature Symposium, coming to Gainesville FL Feb 10-11.

Check out this website to learn more! tbep.org/people-natur...
People and Nature: a symposium on conservation social science
The 2026 People and Nature Symposium will bring together researchers across Florida to showcase social science work and foster new connections.
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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · Sep 4
Periodic reminder that there is a whole science of communication that helps us understand things like misconceptions, misinformation, confirmation bias, etc. & how to navigate them.

Just like we can have science-based conservation management, we can have science-based conservation communication!
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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · Sep 4
Periodic reminder that there is a whole science of communication that helps us understand things like misconceptions, misinformation, confirmation bias, etc. & how to navigate them.

Just like we can have science-based conservation management, we can have science-based conservation communication!
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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · Sep 1
Love our central Florida creeks ❤️
A small clear creek winds through palmetto banks, trees surrounding it with a green leafy canopy and rocks line its shore
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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · Aug 12
Increasingly convinced that art and science are two sides of the same coin and aren’t actually different things at all, it’s all us humans trying to understand / capture / describe / make sense of our world and create new things to add to it
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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · Aug 11
A friend’s first person, personal account of the impacts of position cuts to federal science and scientists. I appreciate Holden sharing his story with us.

“I’ve poured my life into my work. I didn’t just lose a job, I lost core pieces of my identity, my community, and a sense of purpose.”
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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · Aug 11
“As the federal government quietly dismantles key scientific institutions, Holden Harris writes from the front lines of a vanishing public service. His essay highlights the human cost of defunding science & the quiet unraveling of the systems that help us understand, protect, & live with the ocean.”
Dispatches from a Sinking Science - The Marjorie
As the federal government quietly dismantles key scientific institutions, Holden Harris writes from the front lines of a vanishing public service. His essay highlights the human cost of defunding scie...
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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · Aug 11
“As the federal government quietly dismantles key scientific institutions, Holden Harris writes from the front lines of a vanishing public service. His essay highlights the human cost of defunding science & the quiet unraveling of the systems that help us understand, protect, & live with the ocean.”
Dispatches from a Sinking Science - The Marjorie
As the federal government quietly dismantles key scientific institutions, Holden Harris writes from the front lines of a vanishing public service. His essay highlights the human cost of defunding scie...
themarjorie.org
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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · Aug 11
Awaiting any word back for papers that have been out in review for a long while, while also staring at my stack of papers I need to review on my desk that I just can’t seem to get to
a woman with long hair is standing in front of a window and says it 's me .
Alt: a woman with long hair (Taylor Swift) is speaking to herself saying “it’s me, hi, I’m the problem it’s me”
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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · Aug 3
Meanwhile in my sunflowers
A large grasshopper peeks out from among green sunflower stalks A cicada shell hangs from the underside of a leaf
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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · Aug 3
Great start to the day when you kick things off with a coral snake sighting! 🐍😄
A coral snake sits in grass
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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · Aug 1
Women of Fisheries turned 7 this week!

Once upon a time a few of us got together and said “hey what if we did this thing?”…

7 years later and we are still going strong! Cheers to all, stoked to celebrate another anniversary! 🥳

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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · Jul 28
Ya’ll it is toasty out there
A screenshot of the current weather showings it’s 95 degrees Fahrenheit at almost 7 pm.
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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · Jul 28
Today in Florida
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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · Jul 26
My volunteer purple passionflower is blooming! These flowers are so unique, I always get stoked when I see buds coming 😄
A purple passionflower bloom faces upward above green leaves, its unique purple filaments stretching in a circle between its lighter petals and its stamen.
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Chelsey Crandall, PhD @chelseycrandall.bsky.social · Jul 24
Neat work by J. Sweeney Tookes et al!