RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
- Information for prospective graduate students
- Information for undergraduates seeking research experience (TO COME)
- Information for Honors thesis students (TO COME)
COURSES I TEACH
- EEB 2208E: Introduction to conservation biology (spring)
- EEB 2244W: General ecology W section (fall)
- EEB 5100: Planning for a career in EEB (with Elizabeth Jockusch; fall)
- EEB 5310: Conservation biology (fall, even years)
- EEB 5370: Current topics in conservation biology (spring)
- EEB graduate writing workshop (every semester)
- Bird group lab meetings (with Margaret Rubega; every semester)
- EEB and racism (occasional)
- Ecology and conservation of tidal marshes (occasional)
DIVERSIFYING SCIENCE
- Project biodiversify (teaching tools to promote diversity and inclusivity)
- DiversifyEEB (illustrating diversity among those who study EEB)
- UConn’s chapter of Ecological Society of America’s SEEDS (Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability) program
- UConn Women in Science
- Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans (SACNAS)
- Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (oSTEM)
- GEM consortium
- Annual Biomedical Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)
INFORMATION FOR (MOSTLY) GRADUATE STUDENTS
Getting through grad school
- EEB Graduate Student Handbook
- Thoughts on surviving grad school (and beyond)
- Some notes on how to survive an oral exam
- Advice on getting your advisor (me!) to be, at least somewhat, useful
- Things to think about as you write your dissertation (and before)
Making research happen
- Information on grant programs
- Guidelines on the use of wild birds in research
- Advice on creating a collaborator agreement
Math and stats
Conferences and presentations
- Advice on preparing research talks, poster presentations, and thesis writing
- Advice on how to network at conferences
- Advice on asking useful questions during talks
Writing and publishing
- A compilation of information on writing that might be helpful
- Advice on how to write a good review paper
- A guide to peer-review in ecology and evolution
POST-DOC INFORMATION
CAREER INFORMATION
- Jobs in Conservation Biology
- Jobs in Wildlife Biology
- Jobs in Ornithology
- A site that lists other job sites
- A site that list course requirements for certain types of Federal jobs (e.g., with USFWS); scroll down for Biological Sciences jobs. Note that there is often no flexibility about these requirements, so making sure you have the needed credits is a good idea.
Information about EEB’s non-thesis BS/MS program in Biodiversity and Conservation Biology can be found here.
LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION
If you would like me to write a letter of recommendation for you, please note that I am not allowed to release any information on grades, GPA, etc. without your written consent. This rule is because of federal FERPA rules, as indicated by these statements from the UConn FERPA policy site:
- “Education Records or other Personally Identifiable Information (other than Directory Information, as described in Section D. below) may not be disclosed without the student’s prior written consent except in the following instances.” (see http://policy.uconn.edu/2011/05/24/ferpa-policy/)
- “DO NOT share information from student educational records, including grades or grade point averages, with parents or others outside the institution, including in letters of recommendation, without written permission from the student.” (see http://ferpa.uconn.edu/guidelines/)
So, before I can do anything, I will need you to complete the release form here: http://ferpa.uconn.edu/forms/
Directions to my office can be found here.