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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

1 year

Super excited for this- come stop by today! 🐾 #ScienceTwitter @NatGeo @InsideNatGeo

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@NatGeo

1 year

Don’t miss our @Reddit AMA with Nat Geo Explorer @ScrapNaturalist —today at 2:30pm ET/11:30am PT—for a discussion on carnivores, conservation, and human-wildlife interaction!

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

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3 years

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

In honor of #BlackBirdersWeek , posting my fave bird: the secretary bird, which is Sagittarius - like me! Proud to be #BlackInSTEM , #BlackInNature , and among the many #BlackWomenWhoBird !

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

3 years

I just got rejected from my top postdoc choice. Total letdown for me. I'm writing this tweet to prove we are all human and the things we post often skew positive instead of being realistic. Life is complicated. Hang in there, fam! 💙

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

3 years

Well, looks like I’m officially Dr. Wilkinson. Thank you to everyone who supported me through this journey. As a queer woman of color from little means & w/ a complicated relationship with family, I busted my a** to get thru grad school. Ready to pull others up with me. ❤️

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

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I'm a 1st-gen PhD candidate in conservation biology-- when I was a kid growing up in #Queens I considered myself to be a "scrappy naturalist" - always chasing after cockroaches, rats, cicadas, & raccoons in the city. Proud to be #BlackInSTEM #BlackInNature now studying #hyenas

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

My mom never took us hiking since she didn't have that opportunity growing up-- I now know she loved the outdoors even back then but that she felt out of place hiking. My first hike was when I was 18 and I never looked back! #BlackHikersWeek #Blackpeoplewhohike #BlackinNature

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

Save The Date for Black Mammalogists Week, Sept 13-18! Got a dope planning crew and we've got tons of awesome themes coming. Share widely to whoever is interested in #mammals ! #BlackMammalogists 🐆🦬🐳 thx to @penandpangolin for the dope art in the shape of #BlackPower fist!

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

3 years

Hi, I'm Christine! I'm a carnivore ecologist, conservation biologist, and soon-to-finish PhD candidate @UCBerkeley . I research how large carnivores can coexist w/people over the long term. Excited for #BlackInEnvironWeek ! #BlackEnvironRollCall @BlackInEnviron 🦁🐮🙋🏾

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

3 years

As a child, I was never, not once, taken camping or hiking. I said this aloud the other day, and felt a profound sadness. How many of us from underrepresented or low socioeconomic backgrounds were never given these opportunities as kids? Fortunate to now be #BlackinNature .

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

Today I honor my ancestors with #BlackBirdersWeek in the a.m. and #BlackLivesMatter #Oakland march in the p.m. For #PostABird I give you this southern ground hornbill who spent a full hour destroying this camera trap at my field site in Kenya.

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

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Couldn't resist posting a #bird for #BlackHikersWeek . Hiked up a hill w/ this rehabbed tawny eagle so she could get some exercise. Was with my friend Simon Thomsett, one of the world's top #raptor experts 🦅🦉🪶 #HikingWhileBlack #BlackinNature

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

3 years

Y'all--- For my entire life, I've never lived in a house. On Friday, I'm moving into my first house ever. It'll be rented, but it's still a house. With a yard, and a fence, and no roommates, and no one above or below us. I can finally make a vegetable garden. I'm ecstatic 🥳🤩🥰

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

2 years

Have you ever seen a coyote stalk a toddler in broad daylight? This is just one of the reasons that human-wildlife coexistence science is important. #ScienceTwitter #coyote #carnivore @cschell_canids

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

1 year

I was literally about to doze off for a nap but suddenly wide awake because I just found out I’ve been awarded the National Geographic Level II Grant!!!! I am so excited and enormously grateful for this. feeling joyful 🥹🤩🥳 @InsideNatGeo @NatGeo

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

All the followers I'm losing from posting about Breonna Taylor clearly only think #BlackLivesMatter when it's about cute wildlife.

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

2 years

Applying for the dream job, y’all. wish me luck 🤞🏽🫣

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

Part of my current research funded by @InsideNatGeo involves looking at how wildlife navigate fences and other infrastructure. This is a classic example of what I like to call "downward-facing #hyena "! #BlackInSTEM #BlackInNature

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

1 year

i am 33. my mom just texted me out of the blue and asked me if i broke her [highly religious] rules and read Harry Potter when i was younger. cat's finally outta the bag y'all.

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

2 years

Wow, 6,000 followers- time to reintroduce myself! 👋🏽I'm a carnivore ecologist with a specialty in human-wildlife conflict. I value working with *both* people & wildlife to achieve coexistence. I'm also a musician, educator, comedian, & aspiring nature show host. #ScienceTwitter

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

2 years

Reintroducing myself for new followers- I'm Dr. Christine Wilkinson- carnivore ecologist & human-wildlife interactions specialist. Spotted hyenas & coyotes are my current jam. For me it's important to integrate participatory & ecological methods for inclusive conservation. 1/

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

3 years

The apocalypse = Wearing an N95 for the wildfire smoke but getting trashy looks from people who think you’re wearing it to protect against a deadly virus that they don’t believe in. 🙄

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

Why do I keep seeing surveys and peer-reviewed papers that refer to the sex of animals/wildlife as "gender"? Sex does not equal gender, people! I thought we were better than this.

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

2 years

My absolute dream job is open for application. I am well qualified for it. However, the location where it is based would feel unsafe for a queer person of color to live long-term. Sad to say this is nearly the only thing holding me back from applying. #ScienceTwitter

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

So excited to participate in #BlackInAnimalBehavior week! As part of my research on conflict & coexistence, I study how human activity and infrastructure alters carnivore movement and behavior. #ConservationBiology #BlackinSTEM #BlackinNature @InsideNatGeo

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

Trump paying $750 in taxes and then getting flown in a helicopter to receive experimental medical treatments “out of an abundance of caution” while 200,000 hardworking, tax-paying Americans die of Covid because of him. That is all.

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

3 years

I don't know who needs to hear this, but, you do not have to get work done during a coup attempt.

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

Regardless of the election outcome, it's terrifying that millions of my fellow citizens either hate people like me, or, at best, are indifferent to our basic human rights.

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

I wanted to see which toy he liked the best. The answer is all of them- he carried them all to his crate one by one 😂

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

3 years

I made a thing.

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

1 year

Excited to share my piece published today in @NatureEcoEvo , "Public interest in individual study animals can bolster wildlife conservation". Inspired in part by P-22, I discuss the broader conservation benefits of naming & narrative. pdf👉🏽 ( @bethpratt !)

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

7 months

🤩I am so excited to share our newly published article "Review of the global research on Hyaenidae and implications for conservation and management", out today in @Mammal_Society Mammal Review. The result of TONS of work by some of us in @HyaenaSG . (1/n)

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

3 years

My roommate: "Turns out my sourdough starter isn't dead- it's just alive and not active." Me: "Alive and not active was my entire 2020 mood."

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 months

Hi friends- I'm excited to let y'all know that I've accepted an offer to become the new Statewide Human-Wildlife Conflict Specialist at @CaliforniaDFW starting in a few months! 🐾👣 Our Kenya work will continue as well! All good things, and I'm so incredibly grateful. 🤗

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

8 months

just remembering that time i got a $100,000 grant and a white professor said to me “that’s not a lot”. which like i understand in the grand scheme of things it’s not but it sure af is for a kid who grew up w/the heat off in winter & lights going out when bills weren’t paid

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

2 months

Hi Folks: One month after hiring me, CDFW decided to cut CA's human-wildlife conflict program for the next fiscal year, to the immense detriment of myself, many staff, & Californians. By accepting this job, I had declined other offers. I am now seeking alternatives. Thank you💙

Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 months

Hi friends- I'm excited to let y'all know that I've accepted an offer to become the new Statewide Human-Wildlife Conflict Specialist at @CaliforniaDFW starting in a few months! 🐾👣 Our Kenya work will continue as well! All good things, and I'm so incredibly grateful. 🤗

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

2 years

happy fall everyone. credit: Rachel Greenberg

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

1 year

Check out our cute queer nature collab! 🌈😍🐾🌱 with the lovely @pattiegonia @Radiolab @lmillernpr @rascouet This was super fun i hope y’all enjoy! p.s. check out the snek shirt 😅 #QueerIsNatural #ScienceTwitter

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

3 years

Exciting announcement!😁 For my next adventure, I'll be joining @cschell_canids lab as a postdoc this fall! I'll be investigating how human attitudes, culture, & landscape-level attributes of Californian metropolitan areas drive the ecology & behavior of urban carnivores. YAY🥳

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

3 years

If you were calling BLM protestors "rioters" and "thugs" but you're silent now, you're part of the problem. Oh, and you're an antidemocratic hypocrite.

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

3 years

Hot take: Anyone who funds big cat conservation should also be funding hyena conservation. Hyenas are in suborder Feliformia, so they are more related to cats than to dogs. Just sayin’. Tired of all the misunderstandings & discrimination against Hyaenidae!🍪 #ScienceTwitter

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

I'm a vegetarian. Yet, I think I want to learn to bow hunt and give the meat to communities in need. Hunting funds a lot of conservation efforts in the USA, and I'd like to learn about sustenance hunting firsthand. Weird take, but, that's how I feel. How to get started?

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

3 years

my dog’s high five face is so pure.

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

1 year

Laughing so hard at all of the posts on Nextdoor with Bay Area residents having no clue that the "mysterious terrifying loud noise" they experienced last night was just thunder 😂

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

3 years

80s/90s kids, remember when we all learned to double-space after a period for no reason and then had to unlearn it?

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

bb hyenas are still cute even when they try to chew my tires. pls enjoy this cuteness, internet! #hyena #PhDLife

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

3 years

There are more than two genders, just as there are more than two biological sexes. To name just a few, there are people who are XX, XY, XXY, XYY, XXXY, or XO, etc... and that's just at the chromosomal level! Science doesn't support your bigotry.

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

Underlying all of the issues with *that* Nature Communications paper we're all talking about: the authors judge "success" based very heavily on publication impact. When will success in #academia also be measured by outreach, teaching, & placing importance on equity?

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

1 year

Happy #InternationalHyenaDay ! 🍪🤗 In honor of the holiday i’m excited to share my page from the latest @NatGeoKidsUK magazine - all about our hyena research, conservation, and coexistence efforts at our project in Kenya! 🐾👣 (1/) @InsideNatGeo @NatGeo

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

Either: 1. Trump did not have the virus, and this entire situation is a political stunt. Or 2. Trump has it, received socialized medical care & experimental treatments, exposed secret service in a sealed vehicle, & is leaving early to put more ppl at risk. Take your pick.

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

3 years

In 2019 I met E.O. Wilson and he drew me my very own ant species. Rest in peace to one of history’s greatest biologists. 🐜 #EOWilson

Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

5 years

I asked E.O. Wilson what his favorite #ant species is. He drew this, named it “Christineidris sp.” after me and said it is his favorite ant. Day made. @NatureAtCal @EOWilsonFndtn #HalfEarthDay

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

We have raised over $7,000 for this scholarship for #Black and #Indigenous scholars. HELP US OUT and share this. If there is one thing you do during #BlackMammalogists Week, it should be promoting this fundraiser to make a lasting change.

Black Mammalogists Week BIPOC Scholarship, organized by Christine Wilkinson

Black Mammalogists Week was created in 2020 to provide opportunities fo… Christine Wilkinson needs your support for Black Mammalogists Week BIPOC Scholarship

www.gofundme.com

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

How do we get from wanting to (safely!) catch a #hyena to actually catching one? follow this thread... #BlackMammalogists Week #TechniqueTuesday @BlkMammalogists

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

2 years

You ever meet someone who just deserves the absolute best in life? I want to give a shout-out to @cschell_canids for being an exceptionally supportive, understanding, and encouraging mentor. All on top of being a fantastic scientist, dad, & friend! hype him up #ScienceTwitter !

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

i guess young Kamala Harris is going to be my easiest Halloween costume ever

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 months

So excited to see the March issue of @NatGeo Magazine at @BNBuzz ! thank you again @cdellamore & @jenguyton for involving me in the cover story. just so excited for hyenas to be getting the stardom they deserve! 😍🤩🍪

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

2 years

important art by the ever talented Jesse Duquette

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

3 years

Yesterday I lost one of my most beloved friends. Merlin was a one of a kind, dog-loving, belly rub soliciting, bagel and pizza stealing, vocal angel who would have full on conversations with me. I am beyond devastated. Send us your good thoughts. 💙

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

2 years

Hi! I'm Christine & I'm a postdoctoral researcher at @UCBerkeley . My research centers around understanding how sociocultural, political, and ecological factors influence human-carnivore interactions and carnivore behavioral ecology. #BlackInEnvironRollCall @BlackInEnviron

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

3 years

this envelope is at the entrance to my office building. open it or nah?

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

Me ‘n’ my dog. that’s all.

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

Got my first postdoc interview (!!!) and I have to tell y'all, imposter syndrome is an ugly little gremlin. On another note, anyone have advice on preparing an engaging postdoc interview seminar on my past/future research? Give me what u got! 🤞🏾🤗

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

9 months

Excited to share our new @PaN_BES publication about the social-ecological drivers of human-coyote interactions in San Francisco, using a decade of @SFACC coyote reports.👣🐾 With @TaliCaspi @Lauren_Stanton_ Deb Campbell & @UrbanSchell ! (1/5)

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

2 years

i finally read @lmillernpr ’s book and it is absolutely beautiful. it touched my heart in many ways. if you haven’t read it yet, run- don’t walk- to your local Black-owned bookstore (see below) and get a copy.

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

2 years

i love my job.

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

3 years

Seriously, @NSF ?

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

Hey @RaeWynnGrant & @NatGeo !Despite what this article says, there is more than one African-American female large carnivore ecologist in the world -I'm one! I'm sure there are more of us out there.Shall we make a hashtag to find the rest of us? #BlackInSTEM

Why combining diversity with STEM is a good thing for kids

Wildlife biologist and mom Rae Wynn-Grant talks about the importance of diversity in STEM—and how parents can embrace it for their children.

www.nationalgeographic.com

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

If you release balloons to commemorate your loved one's passing/graduation/etc., you are essentially celebrating your loved one by killing the environment. Don't release balloons.

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

1 year

Hi folks! I'm a carnivore ecologist, human-wildlife interactions specialist, & science communicator currently based at @UCBerkeley & @calacademy . I use interdisciplinary & participatory methods to aim toward human-wildlife coexistence 🐾👣 @BlackInEnviron #BlackInEnvironRollCall

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

3 years

100% of me earned this doctorate. 100% of me walked the stage. 😉 #PhDone @ESPM_Berkeley @UCBerkeley

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

3 years

🚨California - don’t forget to #vote today! It takes just a sec. Oh also, one year ago today we began #BlackMammalogists Week! wearing my tshirt to commemorate @BlkMammalogists

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

2 years

more mushrooms because you deserve it & because i was basically face-flat in the dirt for 5 minutes taking this picture w/my phone #ScienceTwitter

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

What an honor to be featured on @NatGeo Women of Impact’s “Pivotal Moment” for #BlackMammalogists Week. W/o the opps & support I’ve received, my journey to wildlife conservation may have never happened. Visit to donate to support #BIPOC scholars. ✊🏽🦁

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

9 months

My 4th PhD chapter is in review & I decided to take the journal up on their offer to post a preprint for me. Here's our social-ecological assessment of spotted hyena movement in a developing landscape (including tolerance by people in our movement models):

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

1 year

i was incredibly touched that a student, Sage Montañez, created this hyena piece based on my queer ecologies/identities lecture at UCSC earlier this year. and so glad they let me buy it from them! isn’t Sage so talented? 🥹😍🍪

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

One of my favorite #ThreatenedMammals is the endangered African wild dog. I've only seen them in the wild once (!!!), since most of my research is in very developed areas where wild dogs cannot thrive. This was in the #Tarangire ecosystem in #Tanzania . #BlackMammalogists

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

2 years

I am so stoked to announce that I am a 2022 Schmidt Science Fellow! Absolutely blown away and humbled by this amazing opportunity. 🤩😭😁 @SchmidtFellows #ScienceTwitter #holycrap

Schmidt Science Fellows

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Eric and Wendy Schmidt announce the 2022 Schmidt Science Fellows - 29 new Fellows will harness interdisciplinary science to make a positive impact on the world @SchmidtFutures @Rhodes_Trust

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

update! meet River

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

2 years

wait wait wait …do these people even know what scientists do??? 😅😅 #ScienceTwitter

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

3 years

Being from the USA = Being shocked that a police officer is finally being held accountable for murdering a Black person.

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

I'm tired of bigots telling me what is and isn't "natural" in humans. So I'm starting a series called #NaturalFacts . #NaturalFact 1: Mourning geckos are parthenogenic, meaning they don't need males for reproduction. There are few or NO known fertile males in this species.

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

8 months

These are the ashes of Carl, the famous coyote in SF who was lethally removed in 2021 because of his unusually bold, predatory behavior toward young children. These behaviors were linked to people illegally hand-feeding him for years. Poor Carl. 💙 Don’t feed wildlife, folks.

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@ScrapNaturalist

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When I worked @calacademy i loved it so much that I came in extra days & volunteered my time with folks like @moeflannery & Laura Wilkinson-- Back in 2013 we articulated this #orca , O319. "O" is because this was a rare offshore ecotype. #BlackMammalogists #SeaMammalSaturday

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

2 years

Aaaand here is the much needed follow up video to the one i posted yesterday with the coyote and the toddler. Share widely for anyone who wants to learn about human-coyote interactions, human-carnivore coexistence science, and how we can live well with ‘yotes! #ScienceTwitter

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

1 year

1/5 What do spotted hyenas do when a landscape is urbanizing? We used step selection & resource selection functions & interdisciplinary methods to explore how spotted #hyenas are navigating a changing landscape near Nakuru, Kenya. #AnimBehav2023 @asab_tweets @AnimBehSociety

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

"I wish that these pay-to-play internships were not the standard in our field." - @naturallywild__ Say👏It👏Louder👏For👏Those👏In👏The👏Back #NACCB2020 #conservation #equity

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

1 year

Today I turned down a job offer that I REALLY really wanted. It was an extremely rough decision, but I think it was the right & ethical thing to do. Send cute animal pics 🥲

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

3 years

dissertation finishing talk ✅ thank u all for coming out to support, i feel so loved 🥰 (if you want the recording let me know!)

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

2 years

happy holidays from River the blep reindeer 🎄

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

1 year

Is there an app where I can just enter the foods I have in my kitchen and the app tells me what recipes I can make? (Also, if this doesn't already exist, who wants to help me build it?)

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

2 years

what a fun time with @lmillernpr & @sarqari recording for @Radiolab today- i could’ve kept chatting all day! new #SciComm goal unlocked 🤓🤗

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

2 years

comments on the recent video of the toddler and coyote in Woodland Hills…and what we can do to help prevent these dangerous bold behaviors in the future. follow me on tiktok at TheScrappyNaturalist for more wildlife content #ScienceTwitter

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

3 years

you’re welcome :)

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

10 months

Per the request of some of my African @InsideNatGeo colleagues, I've created a living document of fellowships, scholarships, & grants for which African nationals are eligible. Please add to this document and share widely. #ScienceTwitter #funding

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

6 months

interview time!

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

3 years

This photo by @AdamWelz perfectly encapsulates how unglamorous fieldwork can be. Caked in so much dust that I could hardly keep my eyes open. Through amazing effort w/KWS and conservancy field team, we were able to collar the famous hyena I’d been tracking all day: Smiley.

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

9 months

Why am I only just now finding out that bush dogs exist?? It's like if a hyrax, a bear, and a pig had a baby together. but also they're in Canidae.😲

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

Happy #BlackMammalogists Week! It's #ThreatenedMammals Thursday - part of my work involves studying how carnivores (both threatened & non-threatened) move thru developed landscapes. This #leopard took advantage of the tourist cars to stalk a nearby heard of Thomson's gazelles.

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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈

@ScrapNaturalist

4 years

he loves lying on feet- convenient since mine are ice cold

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