@lisapbarrett

Lecturer in #AnimalBehavior @IU_CISAB | Cofounder @manyzoosproject🐘🦎🐦| Alumna @UMich @Uwyopie @okczoo @sandiegozoo | she/her

lisapbarrett.weebly.com/
Joined March 2018
  • Tweets620
  • Following2.3K
  • Followers990
151Media
If you or someone you know could use help with applications, cover letters/CVs/interview prep, revising, etc., contact me for a free consultation! #AcademicChatter #MedSchoolApps #GradSchool ➡️arrowconsultations.com/servi… #firstgen discounts

Services 2 — Arrow Academic Consulting

arrowconsultations.com
1
134
4
1,357
🖐️🐘Is touching an animal important for visitors? Does species matter for making a connection? Check out our paper comparing stingray and elephant experiences, and touch vs. in-person vs. video experiences 📹 @okczoo #visitorstudies #conservationintent onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
1
2
70
Lisa P. Barrett retweeted
Many Zoos@ManyZoosProject29 Jul 2025
📢📰What is #ManyZoos? Our founders just published a concept paper! 🥳 We are very grateful to MZ committee members, mentors, and reviewers & are excited for what the future holds! #ZooBiology #AZA #EAZA #WAZA #BIAZA @innova_tori @DrElliephants @Drfayclark @lisapbarrett
1
2
4
134
Lisa P. Barrett retweeted
Many Zoos@ManyZoosProject25 Jul 2025
🦁Today we attended the #AZA Felid TAG conference! We are soliciting input on our proposed methods for MZ1. You can find out more here: docs.google.com/.../1wYIzNJe…... #ZooScience #ManyZoos
1
3
61
Lisa P. Barrett retweeted
Many Zoos@ManyZoosProject10 Jul 2025
🐯🐺Today we shared our MZ1 pilot study of the range size hypothesis at the @AnimBehSociety conference! If you missed our talk, check out our MZ1 information "packet" here: bit.ly/mz1interest #ABS2025 #ZooScience
1
2
87
Lisa P. Barrett retweeted
Many Zoos@ManyZoosProject21 May 2025
Lisa Barrett @lisapbarrett and Ellen Williams @DrElliephants are at the International Symposium on Zoo Animal Welfare at @brookfield_zoo this week! It was elefantastic to see some of our members there #ISZAW
1
2
80
Lisa P. Barrett retweeted
Fay Clark@DrFayClark20 Feb 2025
We found evidence of technical innovation in palaeognath birds - not so bird-brained any more!! Rheas outperformed emus, and ostriches did terribly... Published in Scientific Reports today rdcu.be/eaGkj
1
5
2
20
1,874
Calling all our Black and/or Indigenous mammalogists! Do any of you 1) identify as a woman and 2) have routine access to live animals (i.e., work at a zoo or an animal sanctuary)? There might be a neat media opportunity for you. Get in touch! 🐾
15
7
1,664
Lisa P. Barrett retweeted
Many Zoos@ManyZoosProject26 Jan 2025
🐯📢We are looking for additional committee members to support our goals! Apply here by 2/21 (bit.ly/2025committees) to join our awesome committees! 🦩🌍 #ZooScience #ManyZoos
3
1
4
389
We are officially a month away from our 2025 research grant application deadline. Be sure to get your applications in soon! Read More: fieldinclusive.org/2025/01/0…

Applications for FI Research Grants Now Open - Field Inclusive, Inc.

Applications for FI Research Grants Now Open JANUARY 1, 2025 | FIELD INCLUSIVE For immediate release Contact: Field Inclusive; [email protected] Field Inclusive is currently accepting applica...

fieldinclusive.org
This quoted post is unavailable.
Try viewing anyway · View on X
16
1
24
3,206
🦍 🤮 Gorillas in zoos sometimes regurgitate & reingest their food! Check out our paper to learn about the effects of a high-fiber, low-starch diet on R/R and coprophagy 💩 doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21885
1
1
4
254
We observed gorillas pre-diet change, 3 weeks after diet change, and 1 year after the diet change @okczoo #zooscience #animalwelfare
1
36
Our findings are important for institutions that seek to reduce these behaviors in primates without necessarily completely eliminating biscuits from their diets #zoonutrition
33
🚨Research Assistant Alert 🚨 Title: Scientific Assistant: Behavior and Welfare at Chester Zoo Learn more: jobtrain.co.uk/chesterzoo/Jo…

Scientific Assistant: Behaviour & Welfare:Chester

jobtrain.co.uk
21
1
50
4,956
Lisa P. Barrett retweeted
traed.xyz FDN@0xtradexyz_fdn6 Dec 2024
Repost from Jennifer Vonk, Ph.D.- For all of my wonderful animal caretaker friends. I am hoping you'll be willing to help me out in recruiting your expert fellow caretakers to complete a short survey that will help us understand how zoo animals respond to the death of their 1/#
1
3
4
382
We are hiring😃! Research assistant for collecting behavioral data on zoo-housed orangutans and chimpanzees. Retweets appreciated 🙂!
1
135
3
249
31,474
Lisa P. Barrett retweeted
Many Zoos@ManyZoosProject25 Nov 2024
🐯🐺Join us 6 Dec. 10-11 a.m. EST to contribute to MZ1 (spatial memory in canids and felids) methods! Please review our previous information session (manyzoos.weebly.com/projects…) & sign our Code of Conduct (manyzoos.weebly.com/code-of-…). Registration is required: iu.zoom.us/meeting/register/…
1
1
6
327
Interested in undertaking a PhD in developing novel technologies for animals? I am looking to recruit PhD students, please share or get in touch. For scholarship info (Deadline 31st Jan) gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/…
1
47
75
6,810
I am accepting applications for fully-funded PhD & MSc students (Sept 2025 start) International applicants welcome to apply! Application open now, closes 01 Dec 2024. Apply bit.ly/3PBHwWy My team bit.ly/ACRG_UofA Eligibility bit.ly/3XBsq7J
47
767
18
1,836
270,818
Exciting way to start the morning! @lucyrutherfor @DrYellowstone @LisaBottell and I have had our paper on elephant personality accepted! authors.elsevier.com/sd/arti…. It's possible that not all aspects of personality are static, which should be considered in management! 🐘🐘
4
12
797
WE ARE HIRING FOR OUR 1-YEAR FELLOWSHIP: Interested in working with wild bonobos and local field assistants on long-term data collection of social behavior and physiology in the Democratic Republic of Congo? See information below and apply ASAP! 🙊🌴🇨🇩
Juvenile bonobo looking off in distance. Photo credit: Lillian Fornof

ALT Juvenile bonobo looking off in distance. Photo credit: Lillian Fornof

44
2
73
7,689
Load more