Lisa P. Barrett

Lecturer in #AnimalBehavior @IU_CISAB | Cofounder @manyzoosproject🐘🦎🐦| Alumna @UMich @Uwyopie @okczoo @sandiegozoo | she/her

[Lisa P. Barrett @lisapbarrett]

If you or someone you know could use help with applications, cover letters/CVs/interview prep, revising, etc., contact me for a free consultation! #AcademicChatter #MedSchoolApps #GradSchool ➡️https://t.co/IsX0Drb9J6 #firstgen discounts

[Lisa P. Barrett @lisapbarrett]

🖐️🐘Is touching an animal important for visitors? Does species matter for making a connection?

Check out our paper comparing stingray and elephant experiences, and touch vs. in-person vs. video experiences 📹 @okczoo #visitorstudies #conservationintent https://t.co/89zTWAdQUx

[Many Zoos @ManyZoosProject]

📢📰What is #ManyZoos? Our founders just published a concept paper! 🥳 We are very grateful to MZ committee members, mentors, and reviewers & are excited for what the future holds! #ZooBiology #AZA #EAZA #WAZA #BIAZA @innova_tori @DrElliephants @Drfayclark @lisapbarrett

[Many Zoos @ManyZoosProject]

🦁Today we attended the #AZA Felid TAG conference! We are soliciting input on our proposed methods for MZ1. You can find out more here: https://t.co/ZzEQvByStu... #ZooScience #ManyZoos

[Many Zoos @ManyZoosProject]

🐯🐺Today we shared our MZ1 pilot study of the range size hypothesis at the @AnimBehSociety
conference! If you missed our talk, check out our MZ1 information "packet" here: https://t.co/J7eQrTkZdS #ABS2025 #ZooScience

[Many Zoos @ManyZoosProject]

Lisa Barrett @lisapbarrett and Ellen Williams @DrElliephants are at the International Symposium on Zoo Animal Welfare at @brookfield_zoo this week! It was elefantastic to see some of our members there #ISZAW

[F. Blake Morton @DrBlakeMorton]

Interested in working with birds, cognition, and nest building? Exciting postdoc opportunity below! 🪺🧠https://t.co/gnrvQ7nMFS

[Fay Clark @DrFayClark]

We found evidence of technical innovation in palaeognath birds - not so bird-brained any more!! Rheas outperformed emus, and ostriches did terribly... Published in Scientific Reports today https://t.co/1ScnY5s8nj

[Black Mammalogists Week @BlkMammalogists]

Calling all our Black and/or Indigenous mammalogists! Do any of you 1) identify as a woman and 2) have routine access to live animals (i.e., work at a zoo or an animal sanctuary)? There might be a neat media opportunity for you. Get in touch! 🐾

[Many Zoos @ManyZoosProject]

🐯📢We are looking for additional committee members to support our goals! Apply here by 2/21 (https://t.co/bOooVpJzKo) to join our awesome committees! 🦩🌍 #ZooScience #ManyZoos

[Field Inclusive @FieldInclusive]

We are officially a month away from our 2025 research grant application deadline. Be sure to get your applications in soon!

Read More: https://t.co/kFzu4tGm93

[Lisa P. Barrett @lisapbarrett]

Our findings are important for institutions that seek to reduce these behaviors in primates without necessarily completely eliminating biscuits from their diets #zoonutrition

[Lisa P. Barrett @lisapbarrett]

🦍 🤮 Gorillas in zoos sometimes regurgitate & reingest their food! Check out our paper to learn about the effects of a high-fiber, low-starch diet on R/R and coprophagy 💩

https://t.co/Oc0Z6nX0gk

[Lisa P. Barrett @lisapbarrett]

We observed gorillas pre-diet change, 3 weeks after diet change, and 1 year after the diet change @okczoo #zooscience #animalwelfare

[Animal behavior opps animalopps.bsky.social @AnimalOpps]

🚨Research Assistant Alert 🚨
Title: Scientific Assistant: Behavior and Welfare at Chester Zoo
Learn more: https://t.co/QsOhrYWZNJ

[Tori O'Connor, Ph.D. @innova_tori]

Repost from Jennifer Vonk, Ph.D.- For all of my wonderful animal caretaker friends. I am hoping you'll be willing to help me out in recruiting your expert fellow caretakers to complete a short survey that will help us understand how zoo animals respond to the death of their 1/#

[Dr. Isabelle Laumer @IsabelleLaumer]

We are hiring😃! Research assistant for collecting behavioral data on zoo-housed orangutans and chimpanzees. Retweets appreciated 🙂!

[Many Zoos @ManyZoosProject]

🐯🐺Join us 6 Dec. 10-11 a.m. EST to contribute to MZ1 (spatial memory in canids and felids) methods! Please review our previous information session (https://t.co/gMLzDU2u9S) & sign our Code of Conduct (https://t.co/4doi2zNULZ). Registration is required: https://t.co/rzu8sxYMTs

[Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas @Ilyena]

Interested in undertaking a PhD in developing novel technologies for animals?
I am looking to recruit PhD students, please share or get in touch. For scholarship info (Deadline 31st Jan) https://t.co/xZQc2fXveT

[Dr. Lauren Guillette (she/her) @laurenguillette]

I am accepting applications for fully-funded PhD & MSc students (Sept 2025 start)

International applicants welcome to apply!

Application open now, closes 01 Dec 2024.

Apply https://t.co/m30ZY9nNuz

My team https://t.co/mLAwMIBSaV

Eligibility https://t.co/EcLAOPHVuk

[Dr Ellen Williams @DrElliephants]

Exciting way to start the morning! @lucyrutherfor @DrYellowstone @LisaBottell and I have had our paper on elephant personality accepted! https://t.co/oncvsEpedq. It's possible that not all aspects of personality are static, which should be considered in management! 🐘🐘