Dr. Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez
@rebeccacalisi.bsky.social
Wildlife biologist & UC Davis professor studying animal behavior, stress, reproduction & the mental health benefits of human-animal interactions.
She/Her/Ella🇲🇽🇵🇷
Book-WILD PRIDE https://linktr.ee/RebeccaCalisiRodriguez
Lab https://greencarelab.ucdavis.edu/
She/Her/Ella🇲🇽🇵🇷
Book-WILD PRIDE https://linktr.ee/RebeccaCalisiRodriguez
Lab https://greencarelab.ucdavis.edu/
One more step backward, one more reminder that progress in academia is never linear. But take heart, familia. Nos quisieron enterrar, pero no sabían que éramos semillas.
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UC to Stop Funding Systemwide Postdoc Program
Established in 1984 to encourage women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academia, the program has attracted right-wing criticism for prioritizing diverse candidates.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
One more step backward, one more reminder that progress in academia is never linear. But take heart, familia. Nos quisieron enterrar, pero no sabían que éramos semillas.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Just out in EcoHealth! Our international working group presents the first formal definition of **Ecological Medicine** uniting science, ecology, and Indigenous wisdom. It gives language and structure to what healers, farmers, & caretakers have always known: connection heals.
doi.org/10.1007/s103...
doi.org/10.1007/s103...
A Consensus Statement for Ecological Medicine: Moving Toward Connection-Based Medicine - EcoHealth
Mounting evidence across multiple disciplines supports the health benefits of connection to nature. Although this trend suggests that the human-nature relationship is integral to health, its importanc...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Just out in EcoHealth! Our international working group presents the first formal definition of **Ecological Medicine** uniting science, ecology, and Indigenous wisdom. It gives language and structure to what healers, farmers, & caretakers have always known: connection heals.
doi.org/10.1007/s103...
doi.org/10.1007/s103...
Reposted by Dr. Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez
Speaking science in a fractured world: making truth land when facts alone cannot
A Perspective by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social, @kaliceaphd.bsky.social, Jamy Peng, @spiraldoc.bsky.social & @rogerslabucd.bsky.social on how to combat scientific misinformation
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
A Perspective by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social, @kaliceaphd.bsky.social, Jamy Peng, @spiraldoc.bsky.social & @rogerslabucd.bsky.social on how to combat scientific misinformation
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
October 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Speaking science in a fractured world: making truth land when facts alone cannot
A Perspective by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social, @kaliceaphd.bsky.social, Jamy Peng, @spiraldoc.bsky.social & @rogerslabucd.bsky.social on how to combat scientific misinformation
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
A Perspective by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social, @kaliceaphd.bsky.social, Jamy Peng, @spiraldoc.bsky.social & @rogerslabucd.bsky.social on how to combat scientific misinformation
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
So many of us opened her books and found not only chimpanzees but an invitation to see with compassion & believe in a bridge between humans and the wild. Her legacy flows through rivers, forests, children planting trees, and every act of love for animals and one another.
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Jane Goodall, chimpanzee expert and animal rights campaigner, dies age 91 - follow live
The campaigner, a
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October 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
So many of us opened her books and found not only chimpanzees but an invitation to see with compassion & believe in a bridge between humans and the wild. Her legacy flows through rivers, forests, children planting trees, and every act of love for animals and one another.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...
www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...
Raise your hand if you’ve seen scientific misinformation (e.g., “Tylenol causes autism”). Keep it up if you countered it in real time. Not easy, right? You're not alone! Want to practice? Learn how in our latest paper, Speaking Science in a Fractured World.
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Speaking science in a fractured world: making truth land when facts alone cannot
ABSTRACT. Scientific misinformation is a defining challenge of our time. As public trust in science declines and falsehoods spread faster than facts, the scientific community must rethink its role in ...
journals.biologists.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Raise your hand if you’ve seen scientific misinformation (e.g., “Tylenol causes autism”). Keep it up if you countered it in real time. Not easy, right? You're not alone! Want to practice? Learn how in our latest paper, Speaking Science in a Fractured World.
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Reposted by Dr. Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez
Effective and empathetic scientific communication is so critical right now. We had an interactive workshop at the #2025ICDB led by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social and Dr. Kevin Alicea-Torres and facilitated by @spiraldoc.bsky.social and myself- and we practiced this. Please check out our perspective!
An incredibly important article and increasingly relevant in modern political climates. Thank you to @rogerslabucd.bsky.social and colleagues for writing this for @dev-journal.bsky.social
"Speaking up can feel like walking a tightrope strung between conflict and silence."
#TruthMatters
"Speaking up can feel like walking a tightrope strung between conflict and silence."
#TruthMatters
Speaking science in a fractured world: making truth land when facts alone cannot
ABSTRACT. Scientific misinformation is a defining challenge of our time. As public trust in science declines and falsehoods spread faster than facts, the scientific community must rethink its role in ...
doi.org
September 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Effective and empathetic scientific communication is so critical right now. We had an interactive workshop at the #2025ICDB led by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social and Dr. Kevin Alicea-Torres and facilitated by @spiraldoc.bsky.social and myself- and we practiced this. Please check out our perspective!
The true test of free speech is not in defending the voices we welcome, but in refusing to silence the ones we fear. And in answering hate not with more hate but with the steady, unrelenting work of dismantling lies and building a society where every voice, every person, every community, is valued.
September 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The true test of free speech is not in defending the voices we welcome, but in refusing to silence the ones we fear. And in answering hate not with more hate but with the steady, unrelenting work of dismantling lies and building a society where every voice, every person, every community, is valued.
Perks of summer fieldwork in California: wildlife cameras for the data, grapes for the dinner table.
#CaliforniaBiologist
#CaliforniaBiologist
August 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Perks of summer fieldwork in California: wildlife cameras for the data, grapes for the dinner table.
#CaliforniaBiologist
#CaliforniaBiologist
Years ago, I lost a loved one in a flash flood in Texas. That kind of loss changes how you see everything that follows. So when I hear people casting blame or saying what they would’ve done differently, I feel compelled to speak.
July 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Years ago, I lost a loved one in a flash flood in Texas. That kind of loss changes how you see everything that follows. So when I hear people casting blame or saying what they would’ve done differently, I feel compelled to speak.
Reposted by Dr. Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
¡Mi placer! So glad our improv + storytelling #scicomm workshops are helping scientists “connect over correct”. Real change doesn’t start with soapboxes - it starts with trust & empathy. Times have changed, and so should how we share science: *with* people, not *at* them. 🙌
@socdevbio.bsky.social
@socdevbio.bsky.social
⭐ Truth Matters: Strengthening Science Communication to Counter Misinformation ⭐ at the 20th International Congress for Developmental Biology @SocDevBio. @ Kevin Alicea-Torres @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social
Connect with people, be curious, ask questions, empathize! 🙏🏼 participants & speakers!
Connect with people, be curious, ask questions, empathize! 🙏🏼 participants & speakers!
June 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
¡Mi placer! So glad our improv + storytelling #scicomm workshops are helping scientists “connect over correct”. Real change doesn’t start with soapboxes - it starts with trust & empathy. Times have changed, and so should how we share science: *with* people, not *at* them. 🙌
@socdevbio.bsky.social
@socdevbio.bsky.social
University of Virginia’s president, James E. Ryan, resigning in the face of demands by the Trump administration that he step aside to help resolve a Justice Department inquiry into the school’s diversity, equity & inclusion efforts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
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University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration
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June 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
University of Virginia’s president, James E. Ryan, resigning in the face of demands by the Trump administration that he step aside to help resolve a Justice Department inquiry into the school’s diversity, equity & inclusion efforts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
The University of Cincinnati shutters its DEI programs in response to a Republican-led change in Ohio law that banned such programs and threatened to withhold money from schools that fail to comply.
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'We're losing our home.' UC shutters DEI programs, departments in response to new Ohio law
The university will reassign staff, close its Women's Center and rename its African American Cultural and Resource Center, among other moves.
www.cincinnati.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The University of Cincinnati shutters its DEI programs in response to a Republican-led change in Ohio law that banned such programs and threatened to withhold money from schools that fail to comply.
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
Reposted by Dr. Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez
Loved this workshop at #2025ICDB, where @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social & Kevin Alicea-Torres helped us understand that the best way to combat misinfo is to start with curiosity (instead of correction).💪 Thanks to @rogerslabucd.bsky.social & @spiraldoc.bsky.social for pushing us out of our comfort zones!
If you are at #2025ICDB please join us for Workshop #1: Truth Matters: Strengthening Science Communication to Counter Misinformation from 10:30-12:30 today. We will discuss common misinformation topics and ideas on how to better adapt in these conversations. @socdevbio.bsky.social @isdb.bsky.social
June 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Loved this workshop at #2025ICDB, where @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social & Kevin Alicea-Torres helped us understand that the best way to combat misinfo is to start with curiosity (instead of correction).💪 Thanks to @rogerslabucd.bsky.social & @spiraldoc.bsky.social for pushing us out of our comfort zones!
June 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Reposted by Dr. Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez
If you will be at #2025ICDB and want to learn SciComm tool, please join us at Workshop 1- Truth Matters: Strengthening Science Communication to Counter Misinformation. We will have Dr. @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social and Dr. Kevin Alicea Torres and a great interactive session!
June 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
If you will be at #2025ICDB and want to learn SciComm tool, please join us at Workshop 1- Truth Matters: Strengthening Science Communication to Counter Misinformation. We will have Dr. @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social and Dr. Kevin Alicea Torres and a great interactive session!
Thanks CapRadio for the interview on my Science Café talk TONIGHT: Celebrating Gender Rebels & Queer Pairings in the Animal Kingdom, from my book Wild Pride!🌈
Listen: scroll to “Davis Science Café” tinyurl.com/3bmmeupz
5:30PM G St Wunderbar, Davis –FREE!
100% book proceeds@trevorproject.bsky.social
Listen: scroll to “Davis Science Café” tinyurl.com/3bmmeupz
5:30PM G St Wunderbar, Davis –FREE!
100% book proceeds@trevorproject.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Thanks CapRadio for the interview on my Science Café talk TONIGHT: Celebrating Gender Rebels & Queer Pairings in the Animal Kingdom, from my book Wild Pride!🌈
Listen: scroll to “Davis Science Café” tinyurl.com/3bmmeupz
5:30PM G St Wunderbar, Davis –FREE!
100% book proceeds@trevorproject.bsky.social
Listen: scroll to “Davis Science Café” tinyurl.com/3bmmeupz
5:30PM G St Wunderbar, Davis –FREE!
100% book proceeds@trevorproject.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr. Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez
“Once people see how wild and queer and wondrous nature really is it gets a lot harder to cling to small ideas. If your world view is threatened by a pair of lesbian seagulls the problem isn’t the birds, your window is too small to see the whole sky.” 😌💅
June 11, 2025 at 9:24 AM
“Once people see how wild and queer and wondrous nature really is it gets a lot harder to cling to small ideas. If your world view is threatened by a pair of lesbian seagulls the problem isn’t the birds, your window is too small to see the whole sky.” 😌💅
Reposted by Dr. Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez
Listening to Tuesday’s episode Insight and their guest, who’s been described as a “threat to Western civilization”, UC Davis prof. Dr. @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social is kinda effing awesome. Immediately calling Time Tested Books tomorrow to have them order a copy of their book, Wild Pride a.co/d/ikzWTWx
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June 11, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Listening to Tuesday’s episode Insight and their guest, who’s been described as a “threat to Western civilization”, UC Davis prof. Dr. @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social is kinda effing awesome. Immediately calling Time Tested Books tomorrow to have them order a copy of their book, Wild Pride a.co/d/ikzWTWx
Minutes away from speaking about my upcoming Science Cafe talk, “Wild Pride! Celebrating Gender Rebels and Queer Pairings in the Animal Kingdom”
at Capital Public Radio
at Capital Public Radio
June 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Minutes away from speaking about my upcoming Science Cafe talk, “Wild Pride! Celebrating Gender Rebels and Queer Pairings in the Animal Kingdom”
at Capital Public Radio
at Capital Public Radio
Latinas 4 Trump co-founder: “This is not what we voted for -arbitrary measures to hunt down people who r complying w/ their immigration hearings-in many cases w/ credible fear of persecution-all driven by a Miller-like desire to satisfy a self-fabricated deportation goal”
thehill.com/immigration/...
thehill.com/immigration/...
thehill.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Latinas 4 Trump co-founder: “This is not what we voted for -arbitrary measures to hunt down people who r complying w/ their immigration hearings-in many cases w/ credible fear of persecution-all driven by a Miller-like desire to satisfy a self-fabricated deportation goal”
thehill.com/immigration/...
thehill.com/immigration/...
Calling all wildlife biologists & educators!
I’m designing a wildlife tracking activity for teens - need recs for user-friendly, affordable radio telemetry kits. TEK-2 or other favs you recommend?
I’m designing a wildlife tracking activity for teens - need recs for user-friendly, affordable radio telemetry kits. TEK-2 or other favs you recommend?
June 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Calling all wildlife biologists & educators!
I’m designing a wildlife tracking activity for teens - need recs for user-friendly, affordable radio telemetry kits. TEK-2 or other favs you recommend?
I’m designing a wildlife tracking activity for teens - need recs for user-friendly, affordable radio telemetry kits. TEK-2 or other favs you recommend?
