WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.750 (relaxing music) 2 00:00:05.470 --> 00:00:07.860 Hi, I'm Erin Bauer and I'm a lecturer 3 00:00:07.860 --> 00:00:09.760 in the Department of Entomology here at 4 00:00:09.760 --> 00:00:11.800 the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 5 00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:15.050 My primary responsibilities are as an academic advisor 6 00:00:15.050 --> 00:00:17.180 and an instructor for our online 7 00:00:17.180 --> 00:00:19.410 master's program in entomology. 8 00:00:19.410 --> 00:00:21.860 I also serve as an entomology liaison 9 00:00:21.860 --> 00:00:24.000 to the forensics department. 10 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:26.240 Basically I help some of the forensics students, 11 00:00:26.240 --> 00:00:28.090 I do some labs to teach them about 12 00:00:28.090 --> 00:00:31.010 what types of insects are found on bodies, 13 00:00:31.010 --> 00:00:33.455 for instance at a crime scene. 14 00:00:33.455 --> 00:00:37.150 Because insects can actually help in solving crime scenes 15 00:00:37.150 --> 00:00:38.130 in a lot of different ways. 16 00:00:38.130 --> 00:00:40.220 Help you with time of death and manner of death 17 00:00:40.220 --> 00:00:42.530 and different things like that. 18 00:00:42.530 --> 00:00:44.140 Ever since I was a little kid 19 00:00:44.140 --> 00:00:46.210 I've really had an interest insects 20 00:00:46.210 --> 00:00:48.960 and I do remember going to a zoo one time 21 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:52.750 and seeing a walking stick and my dad pointed it out to me 22 00:00:52.750 --> 00:00:55.140 and I've been interested ever since. 23 00:00:55.140 --> 00:00:56.640 I was probably only like two years old 24 00:00:56.640 --> 00:00:58.440 and so I've always like been outdoors 25 00:00:58.440 --> 00:00:59.860 playing with the insects. 26 00:00:59.860 --> 00:01:00.960 That was just something I wanted 27 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:03.110 to pursue I guess as I got older 28 00:01:03.110 --> 00:01:05.330 and it kind of came later in life though. 29 00:01:05.330 --> 00:01:08.350 I got an undergraduate degree in education 30 00:01:08.350 --> 00:01:12.170 and actually got a master's degree in library science first. 31 00:01:12.170 --> 00:01:16.350 And then I later went on and got the M.S. in entomology 32 00:01:16.350 --> 00:01:18.160 through the online program here at UNL 33 00:01:18.160 --> 00:01:20.480 which is now what I'm also teaching. 34 00:01:20.480 --> 00:01:22.480 Graduate students, they're already coming in 35 00:01:22.480 --> 00:01:25.420 with that insect interest. 36 00:01:25.420 --> 00:01:27.660 I like to see they always come to me and say, 37 00:01:27.660 --> 00:01:28.770 oh, I didn't know that 38 00:01:28.770 --> 00:01:30.470 or I really learned a lot in your course 39 00:01:30.470 --> 00:01:33.380 or this is really going to help me in my profession 40 00:01:33.380 --> 00:01:34.570 'cause a lot of the people that are in 41 00:01:34.570 --> 00:01:37.470 our online courses are already full time. 42 00:01:37.470 --> 00:01:40.110 So they might be teachers like science teachers 43 00:01:40.110 --> 00:01:41.770 or they might be in the military, 44 00:01:41.770 --> 00:01:43.370 they might be working in extension, 45 00:01:43.370 --> 00:01:45.160 they might be working in labs, 46 00:01:45.160 --> 00:01:48.250 but usually the master's degree will help them 47 00:01:48.250 --> 00:01:50.320 gain extra knowledge that will help them 48 00:01:50.320 --> 00:01:52.906 in whatever profession they're already working in. 49 00:01:52.906 --> 00:01:55.656 line:15% (relaxing music)