I am an ecologist with 15 years of research experience and 20 scientific publications in top ecological journals like Ecology, Ecological Applications, and Journal of Ecology. I have also written several argument-driven, research-based essays for popular audiences, most recently in the Chronicle Review and Belt Magazine. I am an Assistant Professor of Biology at Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio. For more information, please see https://kathrynflinn.wordpress.com/.