Childhood
Revisiting your hometown’s history
“I’d spent all of my time learning about cultures around the world and I didn’t know anything about the cultures of my own state or the area that I lived in.” – Davin Holen
Read MoreLearning as a scientist when to say “I don’t know”
“I was always the kid getting outside and getting lost and grimy and playing with frogs and cutting trees.”
Read MoreGrad school files
“I thought environmental science was a really good way to connect people’s problems and Earth’s problems and learn about the physical world yet the social science world, too.”
Read MoreBringing global experiences back home
“We were in Georgia, the Republic of Georgia, when they were being bombed. And all we had to eat for like six weeks straight was kasha, buckwheat.”
Read MoreGrowing up in a research lab
“I started working with my high school teacher who was very, very dedicated to helping me reach this goal. She used to drive me to the university where I did the research after school everyday.”
Read MoreFather-daughter fieldwork
“Dad had been doing fieldwork for 17 years and never seen a wolverine. On my first trip out there, bam, not one but two wolverines in the wild.”
Read MoreRemembering Randy, restoring the bison
“My mom always says this too, if you take a side profile of Randy, he looks just like a bison.”
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