As some of you know, I am passionate about science advocacy and science policy. I am excited to share with you the Special Collection issue of the Annals of the Entomological Society of America on Science Policy. I was honored to be invited to contribute, and am actually a coauthor on two of the papers!

You can read it here.

I was in graduate school during the 2013 federal shutdown and had many friends and colleagues, both active federal employees and people who worked with them, lose colonies or data or an entire experiment they spent months setting up.

And it's affecting researchers again. I was interviewed for this piece, which I think does a great job highlighting the effect the current record shutdown is having.

https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-government-shutdown-science-20190117-story.html

It's that time of year! The North American Forensic Entomology Association (NAFEA) 2018 Membership Drive has begun!

The membership term begins 1 March 2018 and ends 28 February 2019. Late fees will be assessed after April 15th. New members who apply after the annual meeting will get the remainder of the year PLUS all of the next year of membership (1 March 2019 to 28 February 2020)!

You can apply for membership using our new online form option, or using the traditional PDF form. Both options give you the choice of paying online via PayPal or by mailing in a check.

Please contact me if you have any questions!