Dr Christiana McDonald-Spicer

PhD from @EcoEvo_ANU | Working at @envirogov | All opinions my own | she/her | Living on Ngunnawal land | Biologist. Feminist. Queer. 🦎🏳️‍🌈

[Dr Christiana McDonald-Spicer @christiana_ms]

My PhD is finally approved! 🎉🎉🎉

And its also now online, so if you are interested in stability, lizards or the Australian monsoonal tropics check it out here: https://t.co/x4CMozSryh

[Paige Burton @Paige_Burton]

Alright tonight's DOG THREAD: photos taken by me of rescues and mix breeds.

[anna spargo-ryan 🍉 @annaspargoryan]

This man helped establish White Ribbon, an organisation/sham that calls itself "part of a global social movement working to eliminate gendered violence".
https://t.co/tFE8GZwqB4

[itati, lost to geometry|🍉libre @savanna_itati]

I don’t know which white professors need to hear this, but DEI efforts should focus on race and ethnicity. Affirmative action has overwhelmingly helped white women achieve positions of power in academia as well as transcend their class boundaries. like

[ABC Science @ABCscience]

A little pygmy possum (Cercartetus lepidus) has been found on Kangaroo Island for the first time since its habitat was mostly destroyed in bushfires that burnt almost half the island last summer. They're the world's smallest possums, weighing 7 grams.

https://t.co/es6ZCM1VoM

[Kate Petrova Mehta @kate_ptrv]

I couldn’t just walk past this Tweet, so here is some fun #dataviz

Scented candles: An unexpected victim of the COVID-19 pandemic 1/n

[Change the Record @Change_Record]

We did it! You all did it! The ACT Greens-Labor Government have committed to #RaiseTheAge as a priority reform for this term of government! @NATSILS_ @amnestyOz @rightsagenda @ama_media @AIDAAustralia

[Dr Christiana McDonald-Spicer @christiana_ms]

Almost 7 years later, my @CSIRO summer scholar project is published! Thanks to @franeviso for getting me into research and then for getting this project to publication!

Find out more about revegetation and genetic structure across landscapes here: https://t.co/mENTfyNMFG

[Koa Whittingham @WhittinghamKoa]

Are you juggling motherhood and academia? We are founding a new community just for you! Check it out: https://t.co/nTWVHKs7yn #mumphd #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #AcademicMentalHealth #phdchat

[Dr Christiana McDonald-Spicer @christiana_ms]

@jehzim @EcoEvo_ANU @BiologyANU Congratulations!! 🥰

[Dan Quintana @dsquintana]

This paper has been cited 1163 times, except it DOES NOT EXIST.

This 'paper' was used in a style guide as a citation example, was included in some papers by accident, and then propagated from there, illustrating how some authors don't read *titles* let alone abstracts or papers

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The spider-tailed horned viper has a unique tail with a bulb-like end, bordered by long drooping scales & the resulting appearance of a spider. The tail tip is waved around to lure insectivorous birds to within striking range https://t.co/2jVFre0pET [gif: https://t.co/1zF27bibBr]

[Dr Christiana McDonald-Spicer @christiana_ms]

"In a sign of the gendered nature of the pandemic’s impacts, men’s research submissions to academic journals almost instantly increased by 50%, single-author articles by women dropped."

[The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand @ConversationEDU]

The burdens of teaching and family responsibilities and lack of research resources and mentors have hampered the progress of women in universities.

And the pandemic has made things worse. @RMIT @ResearchRMIT @latrobe https://t.co/SIx1bEtAFo

[Nature Careers @NatureCareers]

How do you make a lab more diverse? https://t.co/jLkiwR84rj

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

Sexual and gender minorities in the U.S. are more likely to become crime victims, according to an analysis of the first publicly available, nationally representative U.S. crime victim data to include sexual orientation & gender identity. https://t.co/Mn4Yxo2cne @ScienceAdvances

[Lee Constable 🔥 @Constababble]

Did you know:
Equity, diversity, inclusion and anti-racism are terms that actually mean something and that these terms don't mean the same thing as each other?!

They get thrown around but rarely defined by the orgs that use them, let alone attached to action to achieve them.

[IndigenousX @IndigenousX]

These are some incredible views and some I wish I had in my back pocket to arm myself with. The one I loved the most is "how do you know that you don't have Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander kids in your classroom?"

[Sofía Villalpando @sofiabiologista]

Typhochlaena seladonia (Brazilian Jewel Tarantula) It is unique as an arboreal spider that constructs trapdoors in the bark of trees.
📸 Jonathan Novio

[Amanda @Pandamoanimum]

Sir David Attenborough as insects.

A thread.