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Shelley Batts is a Neuroscience PhD candidate at the University of Michigan. She studies hair cell regeneration in the cochlea, and is trying to finish that quixotic quest called 'thesis.' She lies awake at night pondering how science intersects with politics, culture, policy, money, medicine, and religion in an attempt to be more than just a niche scientist sitting in the oh-so-lovely ivory tower. Follow me and my parrot, Pepper, on our quest to finish my PhD, land a post-doc, and stay sane.

Steve Higgins is a psychology graduate student at an online university. He hopes that the three weeks and $29.95 that he is spending on his Ph.D. will get him a job at a Tier 1 research university. Do online universities have postdocs? Ok...just kidding, Steve is really a Ph.D. Candidate in Psychology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign studying high level vision. You know... stuff like scene & object perception.

While not an official contributer to 'Of Two Minds,' Shelley's sidekick is an African Grey parrot named Pepper. His heros are Irene Pepperberg, Alex, and Rachel Carson. He spends his time learning Mandarin and writing the Great American novel.
"Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth, are never alone or weary of life." ~Rachel Carson

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'Of Two Mind's' Banners

'Of Two Minds' has two banners currently rotating. The tragedy masks banner was designed by Glendon Mellow, artist and blogger at The Flying Trilobite.. The font used is "ITC Blackadder" which is based on the handwriting of Guy Fawkes, drastically changed after 8 days of torture. The tragedy/comedy masks are loosely based on Shelley and Steve's actual faces.

The cartoon brain banner was designed by Len from Monster by Mail, who also designed one of Omni Brain's old banners (see below).

Retrospectacle's Banners

The first banner on Retrospectacle (the original banner) was designed by Shelley Batts, with the tagline 'You've come a long way, baby!'

The second, with the lifelike African Grey parrot and shell background, was designed by natural history illustrator Carl Buell. His work can be seen as his (no longer updated) blog, Olduvai George.