My short documentary film, “Turtles on the Hill” is now available to watch for free here on my website. You can also find it on producer/editor Jason Jaacks’ Vimeo page. I’m so proud of this film and the community scientists and terrapins it features. We were fortunate to receive recognition at multiple film festivals in…
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Journal of Wildlife Management Article
I’m proud to announce that my research article “Post-emergence movements and habitat use by hatchling diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin)” was published in Volume 87, Issue 2 of the Journal of Wildlife Management. I am the lead author on this article, with co-authors Dr. Scott Buchanan and Dr. Nancy Karraker. This article is the official publication…
The Wildlife Professional
An article I coauthored, “A Call to Action on Climate Change,” was published in the July/August 2022 issue of The Wildlife Professional (TWP). This article was part of TWP’s special focus issue on climate adaptation. My coauthors and I are members of The Wildlife Society‘s Climate Change and Sustainability Advisory Committee, a group I’m proud…
Inclusive SciComm
In May 2022, I published a new SciCommBites post: Strategies for Confronting White Supremacy Culture in SciComm! My post summarizes a recent Frontiers in Communications article by Callwood et al. (2022). I chose to write about Callwood et al.’s work because I believe scientists and communicators (like me!) need to be deliberately inclusive and anti-racist…
SciTalk ’22 Presentation
In March 2022, I had the privilege of presenting as a panelist during the Science Talk ’22 conference. Alongside leaders from the SciComm Trainers Network, The Link, and SciCommBites, I presented on Inclusive Science Communication research and practice, drawing on the 2020 Frontiers in Communication article by Dr. Katherine Canfield and her co-authors. Our workshop…
“Turtles on the Hill” World Premiere!
My short documentary film “Turtles on the Hill” about diamondback terrapins and the Barrington Terrapin Conservation Project has premiered at the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital! I wrote and directed this film in partnership with producer and editor Jason Jaacks, a National Geographic Explorer, independent filmmaker/photographer and professor of journalism at URI. I…
“Five Auguries” Essay Published
My creative non-fiction essay “Five Auguries” was published in The Lindenwood Review in Issue 12 in Spring 2022. I wrote this essay in the summer of 2021 while living with my fiance’s family in Central Wisconsin. We were there to help support my mother-in-law-to-be who had been recently diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. It was…
Hatchling Thesis Research Presentation
In this 44 min. video presentation, I share my MS thesis research on hatchling diamondback terrapins. I conducted this research in Rhode Island with Dr. Nancy Karraker, Dr. Scott Buchanan, and the community-scientist co-leaders of the Terrapin Conservation Project: Pete McCalmont, Madeleine Linck, and Kathryn Beauchamp. Dr. David Gregg from the Rhode Island Natural History…
Hello World!
This is carolyndecker.com! My plan is to use this website to showcase my portfolio in the environmental science and writing worlds. Stay tuned—many adventures await!