After 19 wonderful years in the Department of Biological Sciences at Texas Tech University, I have moved to the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as the inaugural Shelford-Pitelka-Batzli Professor in Mammalian Ecology.

Leaving behind great friends and colleagues, and the sunsets and Red Raider spirit of West Texas has been hard, but I am comforted by the warm welcome I’ve received at the University of Illinois, and excited by this new chapter and possibilities.