Dr. Amanda Gorton

Scientist. Data analyst. Mom. 🇨🇦 in 🇺🇲. Interested in climate change, ecology, cities, plants, environmental justice.🌱🏙️

[Dr. Amanda Gorton @AJGorton]

Started data exploration of the paid #parentalleave policies of R1 research universities in Canada + US (project in collab with @tngrainger and data collection funded by @JohnStinchcombe). A short 🧵:

[Dr. Amanda Gorton @AJGorton]

@jennifer_pow I love the little colour palette on the left!

[Dr. Amanda Gorton @AJGorton]

@emjosephs @sse_evolution @_jbenning Thanks Em!

[Dr. Amanda Gorton @AJGorton]

I am really happy to see this paper on local adaptation and climate change in ragweed come out in @sse_evolution. This experiment was the crux of my entire dissertation. Shout out to @_jbenning for analyses, big thinking, and writing - it's pretty fun to collaborate with friends!

[John Benning @_jbenning]

really fun to collaborate with @AJGorton on her final diss chapter, now out in @sse_evolution w/ @MoellerLab and P Tiffin.

The spatial scale of adaptation in a native annual plant and its implications for responses to climate change
https://t.co/7WZofKeoFf

🧵👇on what we did!

[Dr. Amanda Gorton @AJGorton]

Excited to see one of the collaborations from my post-doc published! https://t.co/LLq3XOuzBU Allison Shaw and I wrote a perspective piece on the use of theoretical models in urban environments🌱🏙️

[Dr. Amanda Gorton @AJGorton]

☘️🏙️ This was a fun project to be a part of + a great group of leaders in the GLUE team! Awesome way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day 🥳

[Marc Johnson @evoecolab]

1st paper of the #GlobalUrbanEvolution project came out today in @ScienceMagazine. How fitting to have clover on the cover for St. Paddy's Day 🍀☘️🍀☘️! We show that urbanization leads to similar enviro changes and repeated adaptation across the world https://t.co/aswYfBvq3A 1/8

[Dr. Amanda Gorton @AJGorton]

Love reciprocal transplants? Local adaptation? Ragweed 😛? Check out our new preprint with @_jbenning

[John Benning @_jbenning]

super fun to collab on this with @AJGorton, whose massive transplant experiment gave us lots of cool insights into
- population local mal/adaptation,
- climate change responses,
- and the importance of multi-garden / many-pop experiments
https://t.co/K6AVycNPRv

[Irene Mendoza @phenogirl]

If that exists, could you recommend me any scientific article on the different impacts of motherhood vs. fatherhood on the scientific career? Thanks in advance!

@AcademicDads @PhDMumLife @Momademia #AcademicParents @mothersinsci @madresBDV

[Dr. Amanda Gorton @AJGorton]

I accidentally made this a protected tweet! Should be open to rt and responses now

[Dr. Amanda Gorton @AJGorton]

Anyone want to share a sentence or two about how length of #parentalleave (or lack of) affected their academic career path or choice of institution? Could be for graduate, post-doc or faculty positions. My DMs are open if you prefer!

[Dr. Amanda Gorton @AJGorton]

Anyone want to share a sentence or two about how length of #parentalleave (or lack of) affected their academic career path or choice of institution? Could be for graduate, post-doc or faculty positions. My DMs are open if you prefer!

[Dr. Gretchen Hansen @gretchen_H20]

Damn. @FulweilerLab lays it out there, bravely and without apology. This hits hard today.
https://t.co/OwGAMdNSXy

[Dr. Amanda Gorton @AJGorton]

@jennifer_pow @ACGuanacaste 16 rolls of flagging tape!?

[Dr. Amanda Gorton @AJGorton]

@yanivbrandvain Email Charlie! He uses some sort of group chat (maybe google groups or something) that he likes a lot

[Dr. Amanda Gorton @AJGorton]

@SourceDuMal Anyone have recs for Minneapolis/St.Paul?

[Brigid Schulte @BrigidSchulte]

To the negotiators who are thinking of dumping paid leave. Please don't. Look at this map. The lack of paid leave in the U.S. is nothing short of cruelty.

[Dr. Amanda Gorton @AJGorton]

@tngrainger @OAcevedoCharry @ASNAmNat @miguelacevedopr @josemiponciano @dOcampo10 I picked it for lab meeting next week 👐

[Dr. Amanda Gorton @AJGorton]

@ME_Frederickson @tngrainger We don't have that information, but would be a great addition! Our dataset is based on policies alone

[Dr. Amanda Gorton @AJGorton]

@OVillemaire @tngrainger @JohnStinchcombe We don't currently have that information. This is meant as a first pass to compare what universities as institutions as a whole are providing, not dependent on PI grants, funding agencies, or field

[Dr. Amanda Gorton @AJGorton]

Started data exploration of the paid #parentalleave policies of R1 research universities in Canada + US (project in collab with @tngrainger and data collection funded by @JohnStinchcombe). A short 🧵:

[Dr. Amanda Gorton @AJGorton]

@SMWadgymar @tngrainger @JohnStinchcombe Not yet! We will at minimum have the dataset available online. The project is not currently funded, so it's all on our own time.

[Dr. Amanda Gorton @AJGorton]

If you are interested in collaborating or have specific questions/ideas in mind, send me a ping! In the meantime, fingers crossed for #PaidLeaveforAll

[Dr. Amanda Gorton @AJGorton]

We'll be working on this dataset this fall, and posting it on a public website. We also collected information on employee hour requirements, and what parent types are eligible for paid leave.