Chelsey Crandall, PhD
@chelseycrandall.bsky.social
Conservation social scientist exploring the human side of fisheries and wildlife, with a love for wild Florida. Women of Fisheries co-founder. Mom x 2. she/her
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Hi new followers! Thought I'd take a second to introduce myself. I’m a Florida-based marine biologist-turned fisheries scientist-turned conservation social scientist, & I study the human side of nature.
How did I go from biology to people science? Here are 3 things that explain my science journey:
How did I go from biology to people science? Here are 3 things that explain my science journey:
Longshot, but I know we have some fisheries folks here: does anyone happen to have this pub?
Anderson, R.O. 1980. Proportional stock density (PSD) and relative weight (Wr): Interpretive indices for fish populations and communities. pp. 27B35.
Anderson, R.O. 1980. Proportional stock density (PSD) and relative weight (Wr): Interpretive indices for fish populations and communities. pp. 27B35.
November 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Longshot, but I know we have some fisheries folks here: does anyone happen to have this pub?
Anderson, R.O. 1980. Proportional stock density (PSD) and relative weight (Wr): Interpretive indices for fish populations and communities. pp. 27B35.
Anderson, R.O. 1980. Proportional stock density (PSD) and relative weight (Wr): Interpretive indices for fish populations and communities. pp. 27B35.
Reposted by Chelsey Crandall, PhD
Women of Fisheries is running a fundraiser to help out scientists facing unexpected financial difficulties, if you have any $ to share
“We invite you to join our Fish Sisters Unite Campaign and show these fish sisters that they’re not alone.”
womenoffisheries.org/2025-fish-si...
“We invite you to join our Fish Sisters Unite Campaign and show these fish sisters that they’re not alone.”
womenoffisheries.org/2025-fish-si...
2025 Fish Sisters Unite Campaign - Women of Fisheries
The Women of Fisheries, Inc. Board is pausing the annual fisHER Adventure Classic to give back in a different way this year. Many in our Women of Fisheries community are facing unexpected financial di...
womenoffisheries.org
October 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Women of Fisheries is running a fundraiser to help out scientists facing unexpected financial difficulties, if you have any $ to share
“We invite you to join our Fish Sisters Unite Campaign and show these fish sisters that they’re not alone.”
womenoffisheries.org/2025-fish-si...
“We invite you to join our Fish Sisters Unite Campaign and show these fish sisters that they’re not alone.”
womenoffisheries.org/2025-fish-si...
Women of Fisheries is running a fundraiser to help out scientists facing unexpected financial difficulties, if you have any $ to share
“We invite you to join our Fish Sisters Unite Campaign and show these fish sisters that they’re not alone.”
womenoffisheries.org/2025-fish-si...
“We invite you to join our Fish Sisters Unite Campaign and show these fish sisters that they’re not alone.”
womenoffisheries.org/2025-fish-si...
2025 Fish Sisters Unite Campaign - Women of Fisheries
The Women of Fisheries, Inc. Board is pausing the annual fisHER Adventure Classic to give back in a different way this year. Many in our Women of Fisheries community are facing unexpected financial di...
womenoffisheries.org
October 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Women of Fisheries is running a fundraiser to help out scientists facing unexpected financial difficulties, if you have any $ to share
“We invite you to join our Fish Sisters Unite Campaign and show these fish sisters that they’re not alone.”
womenoffisheries.org/2025-fish-si...
“We invite you to join our Fish Sisters Unite Campaign and show these fish sisters that they’re not alone.”
womenoffisheries.org/2025-fish-si...
Really appreciating this paper that thinks about survey respondents as a potentially over-extracted common pool resource.
"It may be time to think about just how many respondents we have eaten and about how we might work together to sustain future populations."
academic.oup.com/poq/article/...
"It may be time to think about just how many respondents we have eaten and about how we might work together to sustain future populations."
academic.oup.com/poq/article/...
Where Have the Respondents Gone? Perhaps We Ate Them All
Abstract. Rising rates of nonresponse are one of the most-debated issues in contemporary survey research. While early survey research regularly achieved re
academic.oup.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Really appreciating this paper that thinks about survey respondents as a potentially over-extracted common pool resource.
"It may be time to think about just how many respondents we have eaten and about how we might work together to sustain future populations."
academic.oup.com/poq/article/...
"It may be time to think about just how many respondents we have eaten and about how we might work together to sustain future populations."
academic.oup.com/poq/article/...
Getting an early start on the Halloween garden - all decorations homemade by the Crandall fam mostly from repurposed stuff (amazing what you can do with pool noodles and discarded fake flowers!)
We love ourselves a holiday 😄
We love ourselves a holiday 😄
September 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Getting an early start on the Halloween garden - all decorations homemade by the Crandall fam mostly from repurposed stuff (amazing what you can do with pool noodles and discarded fake flowers!)
We love ourselves a holiday 😄
We love ourselves a holiday 😄
Once upon a time we used to make science videos of our friends for fun; was reminded today that this year is the 10-year anniversary of Seagrass Savanna, our short film about Savanna Barry’s super cool seagrass research 😄
vimeo.com/116519146?sh...
vimeo.com/116519146?sh...
Seagrass Savanna
*Best Student Film: 2015 Beneath the Waves Film Festival *Making Waves Award Winner: 2015 Blue Gulf Film Competition “I guess I never really did realize…
vimeo.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Once upon a time we used to make science videos of our friends for fun; was reminded today that this year is the 10-year anniversary of Seagrass Savanna, our short film about Savanna Barry’s super cool seagrass research 😄
vimeo.com/116519146?sh...
vimeo.com/116519146?sh...
Reposted by Chelsey Crandall, PhD
Deeply obsessed with this chaotically-written manuscript, featuring Simpsons references, punctuation such as “???”, and a final thoughts section that simply reads: “There is no need to summarize key points in a 2,000-word manuscript. Screw Flanders.”
Size Does Matter and Shorter is Better: It’s Time to Shorten Our Papers - William G. Obenauer, 2025
In The Simpsons episode “Guess Who’s Coming to Criticize Dinner” (S11E3), Homer becomes a food critic and is tasked with writing reviews for the local paper. It...
journals.sagepub.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Deeply obsessed with this chaotically-written manuscript, featuring Simpsons references, punctuation such as “???”, and a final thoughts section that simply reads: “There is no need to summarize key points in a 2,000-word manuscript. Screw Flanders.”
Did I fill my office plants with tree spirits this week cuz it brings me joy and we all need a little more whimsy in our lives?
Why yes, yes I did.
Why yes, yes I did.
September 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Did I fill my office plants with tree spirits this week cuz it brings me joy and we all need a little more whimsy in our lives?
Why yes, yes I did.
Why yes, yes I did.
Did know know that there are autism superpowers? My own diagnosis journey has helped me understand why some things are so challenging for me, but also why I’m really good at some things that have helped me in life & work. We often focus on challenges; it’s important to highlight strengths too!
September 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Did know know that there are autism superpowers? My own diagnosis journey has helped me understand why some things are so challenging for me, but also why I’m really good at some things that have helped me in life & work. We often focus on challenges; it’s important to highlight strengths too!
We spotted this in our evening walk and it led me down a rabbit hole of rusty spider wasps info!
Turns out these female wasps paralyze their spider prey then drag it back to their nest like here, lay one egg, attach it to the spider, & bury it. Once hatched the larvae has spider dinner!
Turns out these female wasps paralyze their spider prey then drag it back to their nest like here, lay one egg, attach it to the spider, & bury it. Once hatched the larvae has spider dinner!
September 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
We spotted this in our evening walk and it led me down a rabbit hole of rusty spider wasps info!
Turns out these female wasps paralyze their spider prey then drag it back to their nest like here, lay one egg, attach it to the spider, & bury it. Once hatched the larvae has spider dinner!
Turns out these female wasps paralyze their spider prey then drag it back to their nest like here, lay one egg, attach it to the spider, & bury it. Once hatched the larvae has spider dinner!
Morning nature walk with the kiddo - our fence lizard spot did not disappoint!
September 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Morning nature walk with the kiddo - our fence lizard spot did not disappoint!
Are you a conservation social scientist working in Florida? Then have we got the meeting for you!
Excited to announce abstract submissions are now open for our brand new People and Nature Symposium, coming to Gainesville FL Feb 10-11.
Check out this website to learn more! tbep.org/people-natur...
Excited to announce abstract submissions are now open for our brand new People and Nature Symposium, coming to Gainesville FL Feb 10-11.
Check out this website to learn more! tbep.org/people-natur...
People and Nature: a symposium on conservation social science
The 2026 People and Nature Symposium will bring together researchers across Florida to showcase social science work and foster new connections.
tbep.org
September 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Are you a conservation social scientist working in Florida? Then have we got the meeting for you!
Excited to announce abstract submissions are now open for our brand new People and Nature Symposium, coming to Gainesville FL Feb 10-11.
Check out this website to learn more! tbep.org/people-natur...
Excited to announce abstract submissions are now open for our brand new People and Nature Symposium, coming to Gainesville FL Feb 10-11.
Check out this website to learn more! tbep.org/people-natur...
Reposted by Chelsey Crandall, PhD
Periodic reminder that there is a whole science of communication that helps us understand things like misconceptions, misinformation, confirmation bias, etc. & how to navigate them.
Just like we can have science-based conservation management, we can have science-based conservation communication!
Just like we can have science-based conservation management, we can have science-based conservation communication!
September 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Periodic reminder that there is a whole science of communication that helps us understand things like misconceptions, misinformation, confirmation bias, etc. & how to navigate them.
Just like we can have science-based conservation management, we can have science-based conservation communication!
Just like we can have science-based conservation management, we can have science-based conservation communication!
Periodic reminder that there is a whole science of communication that helps us understand things like misconceptions, misinformation, confirmation bias, etc. & how to navigate them.
Just like we can have science-based conservation management, we can have science-based conservation communication!
Just like we can have science-based conservation management, we can have science-based conservation communication!
September 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Periodic reminder that there is a whole science of communication that helps us understand things like misconceptions, misinformation, confirmation bias, etc. & how to navigate them.
Just like we can have science-based conservation management, we can have science-based conservation communication!
Just like we can have science-based conservation management, we can have science-based conservation communication!
Love our central Florida creeks ❤️
September 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Love our central Florida creeks ❤️
Increasingly convinced that art and science are two sides of the same coin and aren’t actually different things at all, it’s all us humans trying to understand / capture / describe / make sense of our world and create new things to add to it
August 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Increasingly convinced that art and science are two sides of the same coin and aren’t actually different things at all, it’s all us humans trying to understand / capture / describe / make sense of our world and create new things to add to it
A friend’s first person, personal account of the impacts of position cuts to federal science and scientists. I appreciate Holden sharing his story with us.
“I’ve poured my life into my work. I didn’t just lose a job, I lost core pieces of my identity, my community, and a sense of purpose.”
“I’ve poured my life into my work. I didn’t just lose a job, I lost core pieces of my identity, my community, and a sense of purpose.”
“As the federal government quietly dismantles key scientific institutions, Holden Harris writes from the front lines of a vanishing public service. His essay highlights the human cost of defunding science & the quiet unraveling of the systems that help us understand, protect, & live with the ocean.”
Dispatches from a Sinking Science - The Marjorie
As the federal government quietly dismantles key scientific institutions, Holden Harris writes from the front lines of a vanishing public service. His essay highlights the human cost of defunding scie...
themarjorie.org
August 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
A friend’s first person, personal account of the impacts of position cuts to federal science and scientists. I appreciate Holden sharing his story with us.
“I’ve poured my life into my work. I didn’t just lose a job, I lost core pieces of my identity, my community, and a sense of purpose.”
“I’ve poured my life into my work. I didn’t just lose a job, I lost core pieces of my identity, my community, and a sense of purpose.”
“As the federal government quietly dismantles key scientific institutions, Holden Harris writes from the front lines of a vanishing public service. His essay highlights the human cost of defunding science & the quiet unraveling of the systems that help us understand, protect, & live with the ocean.”
Dispatches from a Sinking Science - The Marjorie
As the federal government quietly dismantles key scientific institutions, Holden Harris writes from the front lines of a vanishing public service. His essay highlights the human cost of defunding scie...
themarjorie.org
August 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
“As the federal government quietly dismantles key scientific institutions, Holden Harris writes from the front lines of a vanishing public service. His essay highlights the human cost of defunding science & the quiet unraveling of the systems that help us understand, protect, & live with the ocean.”
Awaiting any word back for papers that have been out in review for a long while, while also staring at my stack of papers I need to review on my desk that I just can’t seem to get to
a woman with long hair is standing in front of a window and says it 's me .
Alt: a woman with long hair (Taylor Swift) is speaking to herself saying “it’s me, hi, I’m the problem it’s me”
media.tenor.com
August 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Awaiting any word back for papers that have been out in review for a long while, while also staring at my stack of papers I need to review on my desk that I just can’t seem to get to
Meanwhile in my sunflowers
August 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Meanwhile in my sunflowers
Great start to the day when you kick things off with a coral snake sighting! 🐍😄
August 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Great start to the day when you kick things off with a coral snake sighting! 🐍😄
Women of Fisheries turned 7 this week!
Once upon a time a few of us got together and said “hey what if we did this thing?”…
7 years later and we are still going strong! Cheers to all, stoked to celebrate another anniversary! 🥳
womenoffisheries.org
Once upon a time a few of us got together and said “hey what if we did this thing?”…
7 years later and we are still going strong! Cheers to all, stoked to celebrate another anniversary! 🥳
womenoffisheries.org
womenoffisheries.org
August 1, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Women of Fisheries turned 7 this week!
Once upon a time a few of us got together and said “hey what if we did this thing?”…
7 years later and we are still going strong! Cheers to all, stoked to celebrate another anniversary! 🥳
womenoffisheries.org
Once upon a time a few of us got together and said “hey what if we did this thing?”…
7 years later and we are still going strong! Cheers to all, stoked to celebrate another anniversary! 🥳
womenoffisheries.org
Ya’ll it is toasty out there
July 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Ya’ll it is toasty out there
Today in Florida
July 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Today in Florida
My volunteer purple passionflower is blooming! These flowers are so unique, I always get stoked when I see buds coming 😄
July 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
My volunteer purple passionflower is blooming! These flowers are so unique, I always get stoked when I see buds coming 😄