Dr Tanesha Allen FLS🦡

Thomas Malton the Younger, 1748–1804, King's Parade, Cambridge, between 1798 and 1799, Oil on canvas, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1996.22.25.

1/ Explore the NEW website for the Legacies of Enslavement Special Initiative ⬇️

A central online hub for all research, collaboration and public engagement exploring @cam.ac.uk's historical links to slavery & the wider afterlives of enslavement and colonialism.

🔗 www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/new-web...

🌍 World Wildlife Day: Celebrating Badgers 🦡

From playful cubs to foraging adults, badgers are a vital part of our ecosystem. But with habitat loss, road dangers, and human impact, their world is changing fast.

💚This #WorldWildlifeDay, let’s celebrate badgers!

I strongly second this! 👏🏾

When talking about science communication, I also always stress that *all* forms and forums of communication matter 🔄

Whether it’s a big, factually correct but details-lite TV show or movie…or just chatting to granny or your mates in a pub 🗣️

Disability in ecology and evolution In this TrendsTalk series 'Disability in ecology and evolution' in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, we will be hearing from people about their experiences being disabled in ecology and evolution. We a...

#AdriftLab's newest article isn't about islands or plastics (well, maybe a little). It's about the challenges of being a scientist while having a #disability. Please take a moment to consider what your lab can do to make life a little more inclusive www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Any bias we currently have, AI will scale it. That's it.

At BASELINE, Black applicants are denied mortgages at a rate 80% higher than white applicants. Outsourcing approvals to AI will WIDEN the gap, especially for Black women who get the worst deals in home loans. This is #TheDoubleTax.

Rest in power, Mr. Floyd, among the many thousands gone.

And we'll never forget the martyrs of Ferguson that tried to prevent your death and so many others... but paid with their lives.

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EDI makes science better for society by every metric - very proud of the work that @britsciassoc.bsky.social is doing to push this in Parliament and beyond! Follow them and @stemdandiappg.bsky.social for updates 📝

Feel free to “badger” me with questions! 🦡🦡

Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts Watch Duty, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, alerts you of nearby wildfires and firefighting efforts in real-time.

For anyone nail-biting their way through the hellscape of California wildfires, this app is a great resource:

www.watchduty.org

Oh also yes we have #FireEcology AND Indigenous Fire Ecology episodes, rolled into one:

www.alieward.com/ologies/fire...

Twitter screenshot of birthday balloons floating on my profile page.

One of the few things that I like about Twitter are the birthday balloons. Happy birthday to me and Happy New Year to you!

...and preparing for a panel discussion at the Natural History Musuem in London! I guess you win some, you lose some. (3/)

Was also elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society, invited to become a member of the Royal Society of Biology, gave a talk to the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)...(2/)

Me with Chris Packham in Wytham Woods!

A camouflaged camera trap on a tree in Wytham Woods

The behind the scenes setup for BBC's Autumnwatch

November 2023: Healing from a bone marrow biopsy near the end of a 7-month long cancer scare (note: please get your blood checked!)

November 2024: Still no clear answers about my health. But I was on BBC's Autumnwatch with Chris Packham in late October (even did some camera trapping with them!)

ScienceWrite, a UK scheme for aspiring STEM writers from minoritised backgrounds, is open for 2025 applications!

The 3rd year @romatheengineer.bsky.social & I are running this, with support from @royalsociety.bsky.social & I am SO EXCITED

Deadline 3rd Jan #SciComm 🧪

www.sciencewrite.co.uk

A group of people from Black, Asian, Arab and other racially marginalised background gathered together, smiling and posing for the camera, in a foyer with blue walls

Are you...

- From a racially marginalised background?
- Interested in studies or careers in Earth, environmental, or ecological sciences?

Book your FREE ticket to the Explorers Conference 2024!
When: Thursday 28th November
Where: NHM, London

www.eventbrite.com/e/explorers-...

Can I join?

Hey! 👋🏾

I study badgers but now I’m doing more EDI (DEI in America) work

Good to see you here! I made my account a while ago but I’m still figuring things out

Including esp. all the women of color who didn't get to research their own ideas, weren't even accepted to the lab, or weren't allowed to apply

European badgers are polygyandrous which is a fancy scientific word for promiscuous 🦡🦡🦡

Thanks for the invite!!

Hey, I’m finally here thanks to @adriennefriend.bsky.social!

I’m Dr Tanesha Allen and I’m a zoologist who knows a lot about badgers. I’m also an EDI consultant for Oxford Uni and Cambridge Uni + a panel member for the Royal Society. So my life is a weird mix of badgers + advocacy work 😂