Weaving the Future of Animal Behavior (WFAB, pronounced "way fab") offers an annual workshop series for advanced postdocs and early career faculty. You may find these workshops especially helpful if you are considering or launching into an academic career or another career where you will be in a position of leading research initiatives.

Are you an advanced postdoc or early career faculty interested in joining WFAB?
Every summer, we offer a 3-part workshop associated with the annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society. You can register for the workshop as you register for the conference. It's free! Space is limited, so please register early. If you have any problems registering for the workshop, or decide to join late, please reach out to us at [email protected] - we will try to fit you in if we can!

NEWS for 2024

• A fantastic group of former WFABers has organized a professional development and networking workshop for grad students called SIGNAL. They have a great program lined up--please help spread the word to grad students who might be interested! Registration has been extended to May 14th: https://lnkd.in/en4TZz9Y
  • Virtual SIGNAL graduate student professional development program on May 16-17 at 10am -2:00pm ET. We have two keynote speakers Drs. Ambika Kamath (Liminal) and Charissa Owens, Ph. D. (Yale University). We have career panelists from industry, government and academia - Mikel Delgado, PhD, Amrita Bhattacharya, PhD, Mingzi Xu, PhD, Sebastian Echeverri, Ebenezer Nyadjro (NOAA), Matthew LeFauve (EPA)
  • Apply by May 14, 2024.  Costs: Free!
    REGISTRATION: https://lnkd.in/en4TZz9Y
  • SIGNAL Organizers: Delia Shelton, Elizabeth Hobson, Paula Alex Trillo, Jen Hamel, Beth Reinke, Andrew Fulmer, Grace Smith Vidaurre, PhD,
    Sponsors: Animal Behavior Society, National Science Foundation (NSF)
• We are excited to be offering our three-part WFAB workshop series for postdocs and pre-tenure faculty again in 2024 as a pre-conference workshop option for the Animal Behavior Society annual meeting in London, Ontario. The workshop series will start with an online workshop (June 17 11:00 am – 1:00 pm EDT), followed by an in-person workshop the day before the ABS meeting starts (June 25 8:30 am - 5:00 pm EDT), and we follow this all up with another online meeting after the conference (July 12 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT). This third meeting will focus on the formation of Power of Peers (PoP Circles). See more details below.
• We are planning a 2024 online WFAB reunion on August 16th, 2024! We welcome all current and former WFAB participants, organizers, and panelists. Jennifer Smith is the reunion organizer for 2024. 

Most of our 2024 WFAB Cohort from ABS in London, Ontario (Missing a few valued participants, sorry!) Despite tornado warnings and power outages, we had a great workshop, thanks to our 20 engaged new WFABers!

The WFAB Workshop Series in 2024 will be associated with the annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society in London, Ontario
(register for the conference here)

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We aim to keep our community connected via annual ​alumni events

Reunion Time! Our 2024 annual reunion was held on August 16th. It was great to reconnect with past WFABers from all cohorts!

WFAB 2023 in Portland, OR

WFAB 2019 in Chicago

OUR GOAL

Our goal is to advance the future of animal behavior science and foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive scientific community, by providing support, mentorship, and networking opportunities for early-career researchers navigating the critical transition to permanent research and teaching positions.