Thanks to my university's support of my new anthropology teaching initiative--using 23andMe as part of the curriculum--and thanks to its visibility here at The Mermaid's Tale, I was asked to speak about the experience at the California Academy of Sciences last month.
Because it was all arranged and sponsored by the Leakey Foundation, I tailored it for an audience interested in human origins and human evolution, which felt natural considering that's me.
Because I was slotted to speak while "NightLife" was also going on, I thought an album cover art-themed slideshow, something I've long wanted to do (thank you King Crimson), would be appropriate.
Because it was all arranged and sponsored by the Leakey Foundation, I tailored it for an audience interested in human origins and human evolution, which felt natural considering that's me.
Because I was slotted to speak while "NightLife" was also going on, I thought an album cover art-themed slideshow, something I've long wanted to do (thank you King Crimson), would be appropriate.
"Aaah! You mean 23andMe can tell all that from just my spit?" |
While I was in San Francisco I had two wonderful opportunities to visit schools, one high school and one middle school. At the high school I got to sit down for an hour and talk genetics with an evolution and genetics course! And at both schools I gave a presentation called "Your evolutionary history is showing," part of which included a little about how science is part of everyday life, like when you want to figure out which dog ate Kevin's book.
For the Cal Academy talk, I considered posting my transcript here, but I think I'll just post my gratitude.
THANK YOU
The
California Academy of Sciences
The
Leakey Foundation
Students
in my APG 350 and APG 201 courses
The
University of Rhode Island Provost’s
Office
All
the artists who created these album covers.
Timetree.org
Anne
Buchanan - Penn State
University
Ken
Weiss
- Penn State
University
Jennifer
Wagner
- University of Pennsylvania
Ellen
Quillen
- Texas Biomedical Institute
Misha
Angrist
- Duke University
Niall
Howlett
- University of Rhode Island
Abigail
Bigham - University of Michigan
Chanika
Phornphutkul
- Brown University
Lorraine
Santy - Penn State
University
Juliet
Dunsworth – Oviedo, FL
Kevin
Stacey - Peace Dale, RI
Marisa
Nelson & Mark Ackerly - 23andMe*
*I am not paid by 23andMe. I use 23andMe at the educational rate to teach anthropology.
*I am not paid by 23andMe. I use 23andMe at the educational rate to teach anthropology.
Careful what you ask that gene. |
One last thing. Please check out my students' reflections on their experience with 23andMe and with learning biological anthropology this semester at URI at their blog "human variation style" ...http://humanvariationstyle.blogspot.com/
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