Bio: Taya was born in Ukraine and grew up in Chicago, IL, where she received a B.A. in Anthropology from Northwestern University. Taya then came to Arizona State University, where she received an M.A. in Evolutionary Anthropology and is currently working on a certificate in Scientific Teaching in Higher Education. Taya spends my free time cross-stitching, inventing sci-fi worlds, snuggling her cat Smaug, and getting glared at by her girlfriend’s cat Shaman.

Research: Taya's research focuses on evolution education. She is particularly interested in student acceptance of evolution and the teaching of human evolution and biological anthropology.

Publications

Barnes, M. E., Misheva, T., Supriya, K., Rutledge, M., & Brownell, S. E. (2022). A Revised Measure of Acceptance of the Theory of Evolution: Introducing the MATE 2.0. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 21(1), ar10.