Dr. Margaret Swift
  • home
  • about
  • cv & publications
  • research =
    • ✭ simulating african elephant movements on a fenced landscape ✭
    • mapping waterholes in africa's largest conservation area
    • antelope behaviors on a changing landscape
  • outreach =
    • public talks
    • lesson plans & tutorials
    • teaching statement
    • nsf grfp advice
    • science writing
    • skype a scientist
  • perspectives =
    • those who made me
    • where i live & work
    • decolonization
    • land-grab universities
    • going beyond land acknowledgement
    • asexuality, imposter syndrome, and belonging
    • reading lists
  • art =
    • short stories
    • poetry
    • photography
    • portraits
  • blog

perspectives & values

My perspectives and values make me who I am, beyond just my science. In this portion of my site, read more about how I view the world, how I view my science, and how I view myself.

This page is an ever-growing landing page, and as such I'll add more to each section as I continue doing research and reflection. Check out my reading lists for some books, papers, and lectures that I have found helpful during my science career.

Personal 
  • Those who made me (dissertation acknowledgements)
  • Asexuality, impostor syndrome, and belonging (originally published in Sister STEM)

Selected blog post reflections
  • What does it mean to be an ecologist? (on my own insecurity of being an ecologist)
  • The first symptom (on a near-death experience)
  • A scientist's responsibility (on the dissertation defense experience)
  • Ethics & ecology (on my role as a scientist and speaker)

Decolonization
  • Where I live & work (land acknowledgements)
  • My decolonization journey
  • Going beyond land acknowledgement
  • Land-grab universities
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​Margaret Swift
Atkinson Postdoctoral Fellow
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health
Cornell University
​Ithaca, New York, USA
  • home
  • about
  • cv & publications
  • research =
    • ✭ simulating african elephant movements on a fenced landscape ✭
    • mapping waterholes in africa's largest conservation area
    • antelope behaviors on a changing landscape
  • outreach =
    • public talks
    • lesson plans & tutorials
    • teaching statement
    • nsf grfp advice
    • science writing
    • skype a scientist
  • perspectives =
    • those who made me
    • where i live & work
    • decolonization
    • land-grab universities
    • going beyond land acknowledgement
    • asexuality, imposter syndrome, and belonging
    • reading lists
  • art =
    • short stories
    • poetry
    • photography
    • portraits
  • blog