Dr. Lissa Tallman

Assoc Professor, Biomedical Sciences, Grand Valley State U. Biological anthropologist, anatomist. Lover of fossils, locomotion, and geometry. Tweets are my own.

[Dr. Lissa Tallman @lissaCT]

I'm an #actuallivingscientist who studies the evolution of primate locomotion including upright walking. I look for fossils too!

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@SoleDeEsteban @bridges2022 @MedinaGarciaP @AbrunhosaPaleo I’ve taught more TScourses in the last two years than I have in the last 10! 😂

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Read our description and analysis of a giant freshwater turtle from La Venta! https://t.co/nGqWKxnChZ

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@dadadocot Academia is broken. This was amazing - thank you for all of your hard work!

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This is beautiful.

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@lmansley I did statistical consulting in industry! Still doing it, actually. 🙂

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@ProfRachelGaN But I don’t believe in the 80 hr work week. I’m at a masters large institution and if I push out 1-2 papers per year, I’m doing quite well. The flexible schedule is what keeps me in academia and at my current institution.

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@ProfRachelGaN For better or worse, I don’t really divide my week up like that. The weekends give me unbroken time to write, so I do a lot of my chores/exercise in the morning before I need to be on campus. I usually spend time with my BF or visit my parents in the evening. No kids.

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I’m going to start the long journey to my office now. Send snacks if you don’t hear from me.

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I think those of us who taught face to face for the last year at the request of university admin should get priority parking now that campus is back to “normal”. 🤔

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I like to cook, but sometimes a meal made from cheese and crackers is very appealing.

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My student had a mask on that said “science will win” and I thought, man. I sure hope so.

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@AllenK_paleo @JNRutherford I know someone who just got it! It is real! But I’ll let you know how my application goes in two months.

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@JNRutherford 🙌 $105K here. And in 10 years, I’ve mostly just paid the interest. My expertise mostly doesn’t lend itself well to industry but I was chained to academia for 10 years regardless.

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@JNRutherford I had $0 in student loan debt after undergrad and six figures after grad. I do not recommend this path to anyone.

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@JNRutherford It took me 7.5 years to finish, I was super burned out, and I took out loans for my living expenses every year. I’m lucky they are all governmental — October is my 10 years for PSLF.

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With increased teaching for COVID, increased service post-tenure, and indefinite COVID pause on my fieldwork …. I just did my first bit of research work in 18 months. I think it felt good?

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@thursdaylady Sinister

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@Anthro_Austin I sent you a DM - too complicated for twitters character limits.