All modern flowers are descendants of a single ancestor. We might finally have a sense of what that ancestor looked like
September 2, 2017 — Krystal D'Costa
This academic year, I'm using the AIP book review series, On My Shelf, to revisit the books in my personal library. Over the course of the next ten months, I rereading my collection of ethnographies and popular science books and to share some thoughts with you...
September 2, 2017 — Krystal D'Costa
The comfort food premise may be a very deliberate social construct
August 30, 2017 — Krystal D'Costa
Removing monuments of the confederacy is as much about the people calling for change as it is about the statues themselves
August 27, 2017 — Krystal D'Costa
Public memory can be problematic
August 21, 2017 — Krystal D'Costa
This unassuming plant can teach us a great deal about politics and colonialism
August 6, 2017 — Krystal D'Costa
Interviewing? Your skills are important, but it may come down to your emotional intelligence
August 3, 2017 — Krystal D'Costa
What are we really hoping to find?
July 30, 2017 — Krystal D'Costa
The goal should not be conversion but doubt
June 24, 2017 — Krystal D'Costa
Before you set up a desk for Fido, have you thought through what this really means for your office?
May 14, 2017 — Krystal D'Costa
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