Dr. Margaret Swift
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  • 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

2024 Cornell DNRE Seminar

08 October 2024  |  Ithaca, New York, USA
Here, I cover my project mapping waterholes in KAZA, how elephants respond, and end with a discussion on decolonization and research ethics: "Water for elephants: Mapping ephemeral waterholes to inform models of African savanna elephant movements". [link]
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2022 GradX ted talk​

21 April 2022  |  Durham, North Carolina, USA
I was thrilled to present my research to a general audience of friends and family for the Graduate School's annual TED-style GradX event: "How elephants interact with a seasonally-fluxing landscape"
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2024 savanna science network meeting

07 March 2024  |  Skukuza, Kruger National Park, South Africa 
Learn more about my research on savanna elephant movements through this 15min talk, covering the first six months of my postdoc: ​"Forecasting savanna elephant movements on a fenced and drying landscape using Agent Based Modeling".
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2023 savanna science network meeting

08 March 2023  |  Skukuza, Kruger National Park, South Africa 
Learn more about my research on antelope population declines in Kruger over thirty years through this 15min talk: "Declines in rare antelope populations since the 1980s partially explained by climate drivers".
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2022 Going beyond land acknowledgement

09 April 2022  |  Durham, North Carolina, USA
As part of a day-long symposium ("People and Nature") on environmental justice, ethnoecology, and place-based research in April 2022, I presented the symposium's land acknowledgement. Read more about this topic here.
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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