MARGARET SWIFT
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  • about
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  • research =
    • elephant movements and veterinary fencing
    • antelope behaviors on a changing landscape
  • outreach =
    • public talks
    • lesson plans & tutorials
    • teaching statement
    • NSF GRFP advice
    • science writing
    • skype a scientist
  • perspectives & values =
    • where i live & work
    • decolonization journey
    • going beyond land acknowledgement
    • asexuality, imposter syndrome, and belonging
    • reading list
  • art =
    • short fiction
    • nature photography
    • portraits
  • blog
 💬 recent posts  💬
8/21 I passed my defense!
8/1 Moving to upstate NY
7/17​ A trip to the ER


Hi. I'm Maggie.

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📖 latest publication 📖
Schaffer-Smith et al. Tracking a blue wave of ephemeral water across arid southern Africa, Environ. Res. Lett. 2022.

I'm a wildlife conservation postdoc at Cornell University, modeling elephant movements and interactions with veterinary fencing in the Kavango-Zambezi TFCA. As part of the Cornell Wildlife Health Center, my research aims to balance the needs of people, animals, and the environment ("One Health").

On this site, you can learn more about my postdoctoral fencing project; check out my talks on elephant conservation and antelope declines; and read about where I live and work.

​I also write short fiction and data science tutorials; teach grade schoolers about savannas; seek to decolonize my ecology; and provide regular updates on my blog. I am at my happiest snapping photos in the African bush or waist-deep in the Eno River, stalking my subjects like a heron. 
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​Margaret Swift
Atkinson Postdoctoral Fellow
College of Veterinary Medicine
​Cornell University
​Ithaca, New York, USA
  • home
  • about
  • cv & publications
  • research =
    • elephant movements and veterinary fencing
    • antelope behaviors on a changing landscape
  • outreach =
    • public talks
    • lesson plans & tutorials
    • teaching statement
    • NSF GRFP advice
    • science writing
    • skype a scientist
  • perspectives & values =
    • where i live & work
    • decolonization journey
    • going beyond land acknowledgement
    • asexuality, imposter syndrome, and belonging
    • reading list
  • art =
    • short fiction
    • nature photography
    • portraits
  • blog