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Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez, PhD

@BeccaCalisi

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Author of Wild Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (https://t.co/ATIBkoOMgC), Professor of Animal Behavior. **Switching to Bluesky**: @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social

Davis, CA
Joined December 2012
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Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez, PhD
4 months
RT @BasuAshis: ‘Silence is complicity’ — universities must fight the anti-DEI crackdown . “Higher-education establishments must not be bull….
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Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez, PhD
4 months
#DEI is under attack, but the stakes are higher than many realize. Universities *must stand firm* in defending it. I lay out why in my latest piece for @Nature. Silence is complicity. Without DEI, we fail our students, our research, and our future.
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Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez, PhD
7 months
Looking for a gift to support a #queer friend?🏳️‍🌈 Or someone anti-queer who could use some light? Try Wild Pride! A Colorful Celebration of Same-Sex Relationships in the Animal Kingdom. Quippy cited facts & vibrant family-friendly illustrations!.Still #1!.
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Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez, PhD
7 months
When my daughter came out to me she asked if being gay was “natural.” A classmate had suggested otherwise. As a professor of animal behavior I shared 2k+ examples from the animal kingdom! Those became a book. Today it’s still #1 top release & #3 best seller. #LoveWins #WildPride
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Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez, PhD
8 months
#1 Top new release! .Who knew a funny, scientifically correct book about queer animals would be such a hit? . My 13 year old daughter 🏳️‍🌈
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Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez, PhD
8 months
RT @RogersLabUCD: Really excited about these amazing ladies and proud to know them! Celebrating birthdays, survival, and achievements! Buy….
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Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez, PhD
8 months
My hope is that this book will help spread the message that love, in all its consensual forms, is natural—and that we should celebrate it with unabashed, unapologetic Wild Pride!.5/5.#WildPride.
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Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez, PhD
8 months
What began as a series of fun animal facts for my daughter grew into this book, made up of playful, scientifically-cited quippy one-liners, coupled with bright (family-friendly!) illustrations. 4/5.#WildPride.
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Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez, PhD
8 months
This project started when my daughter asked me if being gay was “unnatural” (after a classmate had suggested as much). As a professor of neurobiology & animal behavior, I assured her: #homosexuality is, in fact, “natural,” & found throughout the animal kingdom! .3/5.#WildPride.
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Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez, PhD
8 months
Given the current climate, where so many in our LGBTQIA+ community continue to face injustice and ignorance, I wanted to make available a limited number of copies while I begin the search for a publisher. 2/5.#WildPride.
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Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez, PhD
8 months
I published a book! Wild Pride: A Colorful Celebration of Same-Sex Relationships in the Animal Kingdom. 1/5.#WildPride.
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Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez, PhD
9 months
At UCLA conference Cultivating Connections:.#EcologicalMedicine Meets #PsychedelicTherapies, part of #ProjectReConnect (, bringing together visionary leaders to explore how reconnecting w/ nature heals. Reporting on Bluesky: @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social.
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Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez, PhD
1 year
Congratulations to Dr. April Booth on earning her PhD! So excited to see her grow in her new position as a Fellow at the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center!!
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Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez, PhD
1 year
Hiring! Part-time #postdoc in my lab @UCD in #SciComm! In collaboration w/ UCSD & Moore Foundation, will research, develop & implement a recurring sci comm workshop for faculty to enhance cultural knowledge/sensitivity, especially w/ Latino/a/x communities
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Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez, PhD
1 year
Hiring! NSF-funded #postdoc position in my lab @ucdavis in #ScienceEducation & Research! Investigate best practices for integrating/evaluating undergrad research experiences in faculty labs. Special interest in supporting Latino/a/x communities! #SACNAS.
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Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez, PhD
1 year
RT @TheEthogram: Check out the paper 🔽 Co-authored by @rechelle_friday, @vs_farrar , Laura Flores, @suzannehausti….
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Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez, PhD
1 year
RT @TheEthogram: Our latest #Newsroom post penned by Dr. April Booth explores the physiological & neurobiological effects of #singleparenth….
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Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez, PhD
2 years
Just sharing what my daughter calls my new lab program’s “vibe”. 2 of my awesome students with 4 of our amazing rescues ❤️
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Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez, PhD
2 years
RT @RogersLabUCD: Omg! 😂🥹.
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