Tyus Williams

Tyus Williams

Ph.D. Candidate in Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley

Tyus Williams is a P.h.D. student studying ecology at the University of California, Berkeley. As an undergraduate, he studied fisheries and wildlife science through the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia. He now researches the intersections of human-wildlife interactions and species competition under human-dominated landscapes.

Articles by: Tyus Williams

A black cat on a black background

From black cats to white spirit bears, 'superstitions, lore and myths can shape your subconscious' − biases that have real effects

By Elizabeth Carlen, Tyus Williams published

What may be scariest about a spooky black cat is the way superstition and tradition shape people's perceptions and biases about animals based only on their color.