Natalie Wright, Ph.D.
Ornithologist, evolutionary ecologist, morphologist, mom, knitter, reader, lover of bananaquits. she/her 🏳️🌈 Associate Professor of Biology at Kenyon College. wrightlab.org
- In the last year, my university self-terminated an institutional transformation grant they asked me to apply for (on women in STEM) and our NSF-BII proposal (256 pages) was returned because the program was cut (thanks DOGE). Today, our vision statement for a major foundation grant was rejected.
- I am so sorry. It’s devastating to watch the ongoing destruction of our life’s work.
- Tell me five classes you took in college: 1. Vertebrate Zoology 2. The Three Johns: Donne, Dryden, and Milton 3. Avian Anatomy and Specimen Prep 4. Tropical Ecology of the Yucatán 5. The Newberry Medal Books
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- They were all such fun courses! The tropical ecology course was a summer study abroad program, and we got to explore so many amazing places in the Yucatán.
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- It was SO GOOD. We read a few medal winning books from each decade and talked about historical shifts in themes, ideas of what is children’s literature, etc. It inspired me to declare an English literature minor, so I had an excuse to keep taking lit classes.
