Members of my research lab have presented at both regional and national undergraduate conferences.
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Crystal, B. (2026). Scaly secrets: The reptiles of the Ithaca College Natural Lands. Poster. CNY Conference on Environmental Studies and Sciences: Research to Resiliency. SUNY ESF, Syracuse, NY.
Smart, V. (2024). Effect of personality on natal dispersal in Phodopus sungorus . Presentation. Eastern Colleges Science Conference, Niagara University, Niagara, NY.
Kapoor, J. (2019) Effects of gestational stress on corticosterone levels of Phodopus sungorus . Presentation. Eastern Colleges Science Conference, Manhattan College, New York, NY.
Hoefen, C. (2018) Does prenatal stress affect personality and physiology of offspring in Siberian dwarf hamsters? Poster. Eastern Colleges Science Conference, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY.
Almeida, E. (2018) Changing the microbiome and how it can affect animal behavior. Presentation. Eastern Colleges Science Conference, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY.
Summers, A. (2017) Can your mom stress you out before you are born? Poster. National Conference for Undergraduate Research. U Memphis, Memphis, TN.
Harter, J. (2017) Sex-specificity in behavioral syndromes in the Siberian dwarf hamster. Poster. National Conference for Undergraduate Research. U Memphis, Memphis, TN.
Falcone, E. (2014) The brave little hamster. Presentation. National Conference for Undergraduate Research. U Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
Moore, A. (2014) To forage or not to forage: the perception of fear in Phodopus sungorus. Presentation. National Conference for Undergraduate Research. U Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
Armstrong, M. (2013) To be messy or not to be messy: a hamster's dilemma. Presentation. National Conference for Undergraduate Research. U Wisconsin, LaCrosse, WI.
Ludington, C. (2013) The cowardly hamster: Aggression and boldness in the dwarf hamster, Phodopus sungorus. Presentation. Eastern Colleges Science Conference, Providence College, Providence, RI. Awarded Best Presentation for Organismic Biology.
Erickson, C. (2012). The role of trial length in measuring personality characteristics in the Siberian hamster, Phodopus sungorus. Poster. National Conference for Undergraduate Research. Weber State University, Ogden, UT.
O'Leary, D. (2012) The relationship between individual personality and everyday behavioral activity budget of eastern chipmunks, Tamias striatus. Presentation. National Conference for Undergraduate Research. Weber State University, Ogden, UT.
Edwards, E. (2011) Amphibian distribution: Environmental factors surrounding new mitigated wetlands. Poster. National Conference for Undergraduate Research. Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY.
Straley, K. (2011) Does personality change in different settings? Evaluating boldness in the Siberian dwarf hamster. Poster. National Conference for Undergraduate Research. Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY.
Veroline, A. (2011) Learning and performing wildlife research through the muskrat. National Conference for Undergraduate Research. Presentation. Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY.
Hatzel, J. (2011) The relationship between free-ranging space use patterns and captive open arena behavioral tests in muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus). Presentation. National Conference for Undergraduate Research. Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY.
Louon, L. (2011) Natural movement behavior in the eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus). Poster. Northeast Regional Sigma Xi Undergraduate and Graduate Research Poster Conference, SUNY Stonybrook, Stonybrook, NY.
Louon, L. (2010) Got personality? Exploratory behavior in the Siberian dwarf hamster, Phodopus sungorus. Presentation. National Conference for Undergraduate Research. U. of Montana, Billings, MT.
Straley, K. (2010) Does personality change in different settings? Evaluating boldness in the Siberian dwarf hamster. Presentation. Eastern Colleges Science Conference. Pace University, Pleasantville, NY.
Novine, A. (2010) Hello, anyone home? A survey of Ithaca College’s wetland fauna. Poster. Eastern Colleges Science Conference. Pace University, Pleasantville, NY.