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Meghan Barrett

Karma: 607

Assistant Professor of Biology at Indiana University Indianapolis.

PhD in Biology (Drexel University, 2022), specializing in sensory systems and thermal physiology of arthropods. MS in Education (Drexel University, 2022), with a concentration in Higher Education. BS in Biology and English/​Creative Writing (State University of New York at Geneseo, 2016).

Post­docs and PhD/​MS po­si­tions in Farmed In­sect Welfare for 2024

Meghan BarrettOct 10, 2023, 7:54 PM
82 points
5 comments2 min readEA link

A Primer for In­sect Sen­tience and Welfare (as of Sept 2023)

Meghan BarrettSep 26, 2023, 10:40 PM
115 points
3 comments8 min readEA link

Draw­ing at­ten­tion to in­va­sive Ly­man­tria dis­par dis­par spongy moth out­breaks as an im­por­tant, ne­glected is­sue in wild an­i­mal welfare

Meghan BarrettMay 28, 2023, 2:18 PM
93 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(rethinkpriorities.org)

Short Re­search Sum­mary: Can in­sects feel pain? A re­view of the neu­ral and be­havi­oural ev­i­dence by Gib­bons et al. 2022

Meghan BarrettNov 22, 2022, 4:46 PM
214 points
22 comments3 min readEA link
(authors.elsevier.com)

Re­search sum­mary: brain cell counts in Black Soldier Flies (Her­me­tia illu­cens; Diptera: Stra­tiomy­i­dae)

Rethink PrioritiesAug 15, 2022, 11:44 PM
67 points
2 comments14 min readEA link
(www.sciencedirect.com)