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Janis Dickinson - History

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Molecular Ecology/Citizen Science

Animal Behavior and Ecology/ Avian Conservation

 

EDUCATION

YEAR	DEGREE	MAJOR	UNIVERSITY
1987	Ph. D	Entomology/Animal Behavior	Cornell University
1981	B.S	Biology	Binghamton University

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

YEAR	POSITION	DEPARTMENT	UNIVERSITY
2005 –	Arthur A. Allen Director of Citizen Science	Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology	Cornell University
2005 –	Associate Professor	Department of Natural Resources	Cornell University
2005 -	Associate Professor	Graduate Field of Neurobiology and Behavior	Cornell University
2003 - 2005	Associate Research Zoologist	Museum of Vertebrate Zoology	UC Berkeley
1995 - 2003	Assistant Research Zoologist	Museum of Vertebrate Zoology	UC Berkeley
1998 - fall	Visiting Ecologist	Spatial Ecology Program	University of Helsinki
1992 - 1994	NIH Postdoctoral Fellow	Museum of Vertebrate Zoology	UC Berkeley
1990 - 1992	NSF Postdoctoral Fellow	Museum of Vertebrate Zoology	UC Berkeley
1989 - 1995	Research Associate	Museum of Vertebrate Zoology	UC Berkeley
1988 - 1989	Visiting Scientist	Department of Genetics	University of Cambridge
1987 - 1988	Maytag Visiting Assistant Professor	Department of Zoology	Arizona State University

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

YEAR	POSITION
2007	Board of directors, Cooper Ornithological Society
2006 - 2007	Invited to Scifoo camp at Google, sponsored by Nature Publishing, Google, and O'Reilly Publishing
2006	Chair, Task force on highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza and impacts on wild birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
2005 - 2006	Content Adviser, "Conserving birds in human dominated landscapes: weaving a common future," Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York, Spring Symposium.
2003	Elected Fellow, American Ornithologists' Union
2002	Etho-informatics workshop participant, Indiana University
2000 - 2004	Associate Editor, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Springer-Verlag
2000 - 2001	Associate Editor, Auk (published by American Ornithologists' Union)
1999 - 2003	Membership committee chair, Animal Behavior Society
1996 - 2002	Elected councilor, Executive Committee, International Society for Behavioral Ecology
1998 - 1999	National Science Foundation Animal Behavior Panel Member
1997	Elective member, American Ornithologist's Union
1996 - 1998	National Science Foundation, Dissertation Grant Panel Member
1998	Scientific Committee Chair, International Society for Behavioral Ecology Conference, Asilomar, Pacific Grove, California, 27
2000-2004	Reviewer for Animal Behaviour, American Naturalist, Auk, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Behavioral Ecology, Condor, Ibis, J. Animal Ecology, J. Applied Ecology, Molecular Ecology, Proceedings of the Royal Society, The Ostrich, National Science Foundation. Member of AAAS, Animal Behavior Society, AOU, Cooper Ornithological Society, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Sigma Xi.

 

AWARDS AND GRANTS

TITLE	DESCRIPTION	DEPARTMENT	YEARS
Principal Investigator	Delayed dispersal: teasing apart the effects of resources and parents	National Science Foundation - Animal Behavior Program	2007-2010
Principal Investigator	Unraveling the effects of mercury deposition and acid rain on forest-breeding bird species in New York	Federal Formula Funds	2006-2008
Principal Investigator	Celebrate Urban Birds	Extension Funds	2006-2009
Co-Principal Investigator	Citizen Science: A Model for Program Development and Evaluation	National Science Foundation Informal Science Education Program	2006-2007
Co-Principal Investigator	Project NestWatch – a citizen science project	National Science Foundation Informal Science Education Program	2006-2010
Principal Investigator	The role of winter sociality in the evolution of facultative social behavior	National Science Foundation - Animal Behavior Program, Long Term Research in Environmental Biology	2001-2007
Principal Investigator	Bioinformatics approaches to genetic resources at Hastings Reserve	Genetic Resource Conservation program Grants, UC Davis	1989-2004
Principal Investigator	A Ceramic Arts Center for the Jamesburg Family Coop	Monterey Community Foundation: Rural outreach at Hastings Reserve, Monterey Community Foundation	1999
Principal Investigator	Reproductive Options in a variable Social System	National Science Foundation - Animal Behavior program	1995-1999
Principal Investigator	Certainty of paternity and parental care in the western bluebird	NRSA	1992-1994
Principal Investigator	Sexual conflict over mate guarding and extrapair paternity in western bluebirds	National Science Foundation Postdoctoral fellowship in environmental biology	1990-1992
Principal Investigator	Experimental tests of mate guarding in western bluebirds	Ellis Bird Farm Research grant	1990-1992
Principal Investigator	Extrapair paternity in the western bluebird	North American Bluebird Society Grant	1990
Maytag Visiting Assistant Professor	Postdoctoral Fellowship	Arizona State University1987-1988
Student Proposal, Co-Principal Investigator with George C. Eickwort (PI)	The costs and benefits of prolonged mating in the milkweed leaf beetle	National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant	1985-1987

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Cooper, C.B., J. Dickinson, T. Phillips, R. Bonney. 2007. Citizen science as a tool for conservation in residential ecosystems.  Ecology and Society , 12 (2): 11.

Dickinson, J.L. 2007. Decoding dumping ducks.  Molecular Ecology, 16: 2610-2612.

Kleiber, D., Turner, J., Budden, A., and J.L. Dickinson.  2007. Interspecific egg-dumping by a violet-green swallow in an active western bluebird nest.  The Wilson Bulletin, 119: 126-127.

Koenig, W.D., Marcus, L., Scott, T.W., and J.L. Dickinson. 2007. West Nile Virus and breeding bird declines. Ecohealth, 4:18-24.

Kleiber, D., Kyle, K., Rockwell, S., and J.L. Dickinson. 2007.  Sexual competition and group size explain individual investment in winter territory defence in western bluebirds. Animal Behaviour, 73: 763-770.

Dickinson, J.L. and A. McGowan. 2005. Resource wealth drives family group living in western bluebirds. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 272: 2423 - 2428.

Shizuka, D. and J.L. Dickinson. 2005. Using molt limits to age western bluebirds. J. Field Ornithology. 76: 193-195

Saether, B.-E., Engen, S., Møller, A.P, Visser, M.E., Matthysen, E., Fiedler, W., Lambrechts, M.M., Becker, P.H. Brommer, J.E., Dickinson, J., du Feu, C., Gehlbach, F.R., Merila, J., Rendell, W., Robertson, R., Thomson, D.L., Torok, J. 2005. Time to extinction in bird populations. Ecology 86: 693-700.

Saether, B.-E., Engen, S., Møller, A.P, Weimerskirch, H., Visser, M., Fiedler, W., Matthysen, E., Lambrechts, M.M., Freckleton, R., Badyaev, A., Becker, P.H. Brommer, J.E., Bukacinski, D., Bukacinska, M., Christensen, H., Dickinson, J., du Feu, C., Gehlbach, F.R., Heg, D., Hotker, H., Merila, J., Nielsen, J.T., Rendell, W., Robertson, R.J., Thomson, D.L., Torok, J., and P. Van Hecke. 2004. Life history variation predicts the effects of demographic stochasticity on avian population dynamics. American Naturalist 164: 793-802.

Dickinson, J.L. 2004. Facultative sex ratio adjustment by western bluebird mothers with stay-at-home helpers-at-the-nest. Animal Behaviour 68: 373-380.

Dickinson, J.L. 2004. A test of the importance of direct and indirect fitness benefits for helping decisions in western bluebirds, Behavioral Ecology 15: 233-238.

Dickinson, J.L. and W.D. Koenig 2003. Desperately seeking similarity. Science 300: 1887-1889.

Dickinson, J.L. 2003. Male share of provisioning is not influenced by actual or apparent loss of paternity in western bluebirds. Behavioral Ecology 14: 360-366.

Marks, J., J.L. Dickinson, and J. Haydock. 2002. Serial polyandry and alloparenting in Long-eared Owls. Condor 104: 202-204.

Dickinson, J.L. 2001. Extrapair copulations in western bluebirds: female receptivity depends on male age. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 50: 423-429.

Kraaijeveld, K. and J.L. Dickinson. 2001. Family-based winter territoriality in western bluebirds: the structure and dynamics of winter groups. Animal Behaviour. 61: 109-117.

Dickinson, J.L., Kraaijeveld, K. and F. Smit-Kraaijeveld. 2000. Specialized extra-pair mating display in western bluebirds. Auk 117: 1078-1080.

Parker, P.G., Jones, T.C., Haydock, J., Dickinson, J.L., and B.D. Worden. 1999. Multilocus minisatellite DNA fingerprinting and cooperative breeding. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 47: 108-111.

Marks, J., J.L. Dickinson, and J. Haydock. 1999. Genetic monogamy in semi-colonial Long-eared Owls. Condor 101: 854-859.

Dickinson, J.L. and W.W. Weathers. 1999. Replacement males in the western bluebird: opportunity for paternity, chick-feeding rules, and fitness consequences of male parental care. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 45: 201-209.

Dickinson, J.L. and J.J. Akre. 1998. Extrapair paternity, annual inclusive fitness, and within-group benefits of helping in the western bluebird. Molecular Ecology 7: 95-105.

Dickinson, J.L. 1997. Male detention affects extra-pair copulation frequency and pair behaviour in western bluebirds. Animal Behaviour 53: 561-571.

Dickinson, J.L. and M.L. Leonard. 1996. Mate attendance and copulatory behaviour in western bluebirds: evidence of mate guarding. Animal Behaviour 52: 981-992.

Koenig, W.D. and J.L. Dickinson. 1996. Nestling sex ratio variation in western bluebirds. Auk 113: 902-910.

Dickinson, J.L., W.D. Koenig, and F.A. Pitelka. 1996. The fitness consequences of helping behavior in the western bluebird. Behavioral Ecology 7: 168-177.

Leonard, M.L., J.L. Dickinson, A.G. Horn, and W. Koenig. 1995. An experimental test of offspring recognition in western bluebirds. Auk 112: 1062-1064.

Dickinson, J.L, J. Haydock, W.D. Koenig, M.T. Stanback, and F.A. Pitelka. 1995. Genetic monogamy in single-male groups of acorn woodpeckers. Molecular Ecology 4: 765-770.

Dickinson, J.L. 1995. Tradeoffs between postcopulatory riding and mate location in the blue milkweed beetle. Behavioral Ecology 6: 280-286.

Leonard, M.L., K.L. Teather, A.G. Horn, W.D. Koenig, and J.L. Dickinson. 1994. Provisioning in western bluebirds is not related to offspring sex. Behavioral Ecology 5: 455-459.

Dickinson, J.L. 1992. Scramble competition polygyny in the milkweed leaf beetle: combat, mobility, and the importance of being there. Behavioral Ecology 3: 32-41.

Dickinson, J. L. 1992. Egg cannibalism by larvae and adults of the milkweed leaf beetle (Labidomera clivicollis, Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Ecological Entomology 17: 209-218.

Dickinson, J.L. and P.P. Rabenold. 1992. Dispelling the skinny well myth. Fingerprint News 4: 3-4.

Koenig, W.D., Gowaty, P.A., and J.L. Dickinson. 1992. Boxes, barns, and bridges: confounding factors or exceptional opportunities in ecological studies? Oikos 63: 305-308.

Koenig, W.D., Albano, S.S., and J. L. Dickinson. 1991. Selection acting via components of fitness: or do larger male bullfrogs have greater hatching success? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 4: 309-320.

Rutowski, R. L., Dickinson, J.L., and B. Terkanian. 1991. Behavior of male desert hackberry butterflies, Asterocampa leilia (Nymphalidae) at perching sites used in mate location. Journal for Research on Lepidoptera 30: 129-139.

Dickinson, J.L. and C.E. McCulloch. 1989. Use of maximum likelihood estimation to apportion broods among potential sires. Animal Behaviour 38: 719-721.

Dickinson, J.L. and R. L. Rutowski. 1989. The function of the mating plug in the chalcedon checkerspot butterfly. Animal Behaviour 38: 154-162.

Rutowski, R.L. and J.L. Dickinson. 1989. The structure of the mating plug of the chalcedon checkerspot butterfly. Psyche 96: 279-285.

Dickinson, J.L. 1988. Determinants of paternity in the milkweed leaf beetle. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 23: 9-19.

Dickinson, J.L. 1986. Prolonged mating in the milkweed leaf beetle (Labidomera clivicollis): a test of the "sperm-loading" hypothesis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 18: 331-338.

Silberglied, R.E., J.G. Shepherd, and J.L. Dickinson. 1984. Eunuchs: the role of apyrene sperm in Lepidoptera? American Naturalist 123: 255-265.

EDITED BOOK

Koenig, W.D. and J.L. Dickinson (editors). 2004. Ecology and Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in Birds. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

Koenig, W.D. and J.L. Dickinson. 2008. Cooperative breeding as an alternative reproductive tactic. Ppxxx-xxx in R. Oliveira, M. Taborsky and J. Brockmann (eds), Alternative Reproductive Tactics: an Integrative Approach. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (In proof).

Dickinson, J.L. and B.J. Hatchwell. 2004. Fitness conseqeuences of helping behavior. Pp 48-66 in: W.D. Koenig and J.L. Dickinson (eds) Evolution and Ecology of Cooperative Breeding in Birds. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Koenig, W.D. and J.L. Dickinson. 2004. Introduction. Pp 1-4 in: W.D. Koenig and J.L. Dickinson (eds) Evolution and Ecology of Cooperative Breeding in Birds. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Ekman, J., J.L. Dickinson, B.J. Hatchwell, and M. Griesser. 2004. Delayed dispersal. Pp 35-47 in: W.D. Koenig and J.L. Dickinson (eds) Evolution and Ecology of Cooperative Breeding in Birds. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Dickinson, J.L. 1997. Multiple mating, sperm competition, and cryptic female choice in the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Pp 164-183 In B. J. Crespi & J. C. Choe, eds, Social Competition and Cooperation in Insects and Arachnids: Vol. I. Evolution of Mating Systems. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Dickinson, J.L. 1996. The behavior and ecology of Labidomera Chevrolat. Pp 323-335 In P. Jolivet, T. Hsaio, and M.L. Cox, eds, The Biology of the Chrysomelidae, III, SPB Academic Publishing, Amsterdam.

 

TECHNICAL ARTICLES

Dickinson, J.L. and W.D. Koenig. 2006. Social behavior in animals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, edition. 15,000 words. (in press)

 

OUTREACH PUBLICATIONS

Dickinson, J.L. 2006. The future of citizen science: documenting environmental change,building communities, transforming landscapes for conservation. Birdscope, 19 (4): 6.

Dickinson, J.L., Cooper, C., and T. Phillips. 2006. Cautious or courageous: How bold are your birds? Birdscope, 19 (4): 7.

Dickinson, J.L. 2006. Personality profiles: when is boldness best? Carmel Valley Country Magazine, April Issue, Carmel Valley, CA

Dickinson, J.L. 2006.  Your backyard birds count: so get out there and bring a buddy too!  Carmel Valley Country Magazine, February Issue, Carmel Valley, CA

Dickinson, J.L. 2005.  Hastings Natural History News. Carmel Valley Country Magazine, October Issue, Carmel Valley, CA

Dickinson, J.L. 2005. Old growth oak forest or vineyard clearcuts? Our choice. Carmel Valley Country Magazine, August issue, Carmel Valley, CA

Dickinson, J.L. 2005. Return of the natives: a “grass roots” conservation project. Carmel Valley Country Magazine, July issue, Carmel Valley, CA

Dickinson, J.L. 2005. Animal funerals: how much do animals feel? Carmel Valley Country Magazine, May issue, Carmel Valley, CA

Dickinson, J.L. 2005. Wacky woodpeckers: Details of the most shocking alternative lifestyle in Carmel Valley. Carmel Valley Country Magazine, March 2005, Carmel Valley, CA

Dickinson, J.L. 2005. What local folks should know about oaks. Carmel Valley Country Magazine, January 2005, Carmel Valley, CA

Dickinson, J.L. 2004. Oak mistletoe: a keystone species with a fascinating history. Carmel Valley Country Magazine, December issue, Carmel Valley, CA

Dickinson, J.L. 2004. California tiger salamander listed as “federally threatened”. Carmel Valley Country Magazine, October issue, Carmel Valley, CA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

YEAR	COURSE
2006 -	BIOEE 759/NTRES 694 Seminar: Climate Change in Birds, Cornell University (with Co-Instructor André Dhondt
2006 -	BIOEE 758/NTRES 758 Ornithology Seminar, Cornell University (with Co-Instructors André Dhondt, Irby Lovette, and David Winkler)
2003	Instructor, IB144/Psych. 115B, Animal Behavior, UCB Graduate seminar in Behavioral Ecology, UCB Lecturer, IB 291, Museum and Field Techniques, UCB
1992	Team Lecturer, Animal Behavior, U.C. Berkeley (with Co-Instructors Eileen Lacey and Lucy Jacobs)
1990	Team Lecturer, Eco-ethology, U.C. Berkeley (with Lead Instructor George Barlow)
1987 - 1988	Instructor, Behavioral Ecology Seminar, Arizona State University
1981 - 1986	Laboratory Instructor, Cornell University: Introductory Biology (2 years), Introductory Entomology, Insect Morphology, Insect Physiology, Applied Entomology, Insects and Man

 

ACADEMIC ADVISING

YEAR	COMMITTEE
2007 –	Cornell University: Co-supervisor of Dr. Caren Cooper, Research Associate in Citizen Science and Bird Population Studies; Postdoctoral advisor to Elise Ferree, who is studying extrapair paternity, incest, and the fitness consequences of delayed dispersal for western bluebird sons
2006 –	Cornell University: Special Committee Chair for Rebecca Lohnes (M.S./Ph.D. student in Department of Natural Resources, 2006-), Caitlin Stern (Ph.D. student in Neurobiology and Behavior, 2006-), Taza Schaming (M.S./Ph.D. student in Department of Natural Resources, 2007-)
2006 –	Cornell University: Minor Committee Member to Tina Phillips, Jennifer Shirk, Jamie Herring, Andrea Townsend, Heather Van den Berg, Becky Cramer (Ph.D. students)
2002 - 2006	Minor Committee Member, Elise Feree, UC Santa Cruz, Ph.D. expected 2006, Major Professor: Bruce Lyon
2000 - 2004	UC Berkeley: Postdoctoral advisor to: Dr. Amber Budden, Dr. Andy McGowan, Dr. Andrew Zink
2000- 2003	Outside committee Member, Jennifer Pretare, Environmental Science and Policy Management, UC Berkeley, Ph.D. granted 2003, Major Professor: Don Dahlsten

SYMPOSIA AND INVITED PRESENTATIONS
(Last five years only)

Dickinson, J.L. 2007. "The opportunities and challenges of citizen science ," Northeast Bird Monitoring Workshop, Patuxent, Laurel, MD, 5 October.

Dickinson, J.L. 2007. Two talks: "Wealth and family: mistletoe and the stay-at-home sons of western bluebirds," and "The future of bluebird conservation: why we need a centralized database and what NestWatch can do for you," Bluebird partnerships: The science of bluebirds; North American Bluebird Society Meeting, Athens, GA, 20 and 22 September.

Dickinson, J.L. 2007. "Tracking variation in complex life history traits," National Phenology Network Workshop, Milwaukee, WI, August 28.

Dickinson, J.L. 2007. "Environmental and social determinants of behavioral variability: examples from western bluebirds," Departmental Seminar, Ecology and Evolution, SUNY Stony Brook, March 7.

Dickinson, J.L. 2007. Theodosia Hamilton Hadley seminar in Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, Public Lecture: "Citizen science: what the public can bring to real science in residential landscapes;" Deparatmental Seminar: "Rules for life: behavioral decisions and the varied social behaviors of western bluebirds," Feb 1-2.

Dickinson, J.L. 2006. "Environmental and social determinants of behavioral variability," Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Monday Night Seminar Series, Oct 2.

Dickinson, J.L. 2006. Poster presentation on “Urban Bird Studies” at the 12th Annual Coalition for National Science Funding Exhibition & Reception, 7 June 2006, Capitol Hill.

Dickinson, J.L. 2006. “Where the people are: Citizen Science as a conservation tool in human dominated landscapes,” Conserving birds in human dominated landscapes: weaving a common future, Spring Symposium, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York, April 27-29.

Dickinson, J.L. 2005. “Citizen Science: empowering the global conservation community,” Department of Natural Resources and Cornell Lab of Ornithology Seminar, Cornell University, June.

Dickinson, J.L. 2005. “Winter resource wealth drives delayed dispersal in western bluebirds,” Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, March.

Dickinson, J.L. 2004. “The UC Natural Reserves: safe havens for the study and preservation of biodiversity,” University of California Alumni Camp – The Lair of the Golden Bear, August.

Dickinson, J.L. 2004. “Vision for Citizen Science at Cornell, Department of Natural Resources and Cornell Lab of Ornithology,” Cornell University, June.

Dickinson, J.L. 2004. “Mistletoe wealth: the key to delayed dispersal in western bluebirds,” Department of Natural Resources and Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, June.

Dickinson, J.L. 2003. “Mistletoe as a determinant of survival and reproductive success in western bluebirds,” Department of , University of California, Santa Cruz, March.

Dickinson, J.L. 2001. “Western bluebird family group living: dependence on mistletoe in central California,” School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Michigan, March.

 
CONTRIBUTED PAPER PRESENTATIONS
(Last five years only)

YEAR	PRESENTATION
2005	Posters: Kleiber, D., Rockwell, S., Kyle, K., & Dickinson, J.L. “Factors influencing the intensity of defense by members of western bluebird winter groups.”
2005	Dickinson, J.L. & A. Budden, “ Delayed plumage maturation and multiple signals: teasing apart age, condition, and performance in western bluebirds.” Animal Behavior Society Meeting, Snowbird, UT.
2004	Talks: Dickinson, J.L. & A. McGowan, “Mistletoe wealth drives delayed dispersal in western bluebirds,” International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Jyvaskyla, Finland.
2004	Dickinson, J.L. & A. McGowan, “Mistletoe wealth drives delayed dispersal in western bluebirds,” International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Jyvaskyla, Finland Animal Behavior Society Meeting, Oaxaca, Mexico.
2002	Talks: Dickinson, J.L., “Why local competition for mates outstrips "repayment" in predicting facultative sex ratio adjustment in western bluebirds,” International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Montreal,Canada.
2002	Graham, C. & J.L. Dickinson, “Habitat use in western bluebirds in California’s oak savannah,” American Ornithologist’s Union, New Orleans, LA.
2001	Talk: Dickinson, J.L., “Breeding constraints explain facultative sex ratio adjustment in western bluebirds,” Animal Behavior Society, Corvallis, Oregon.
2000	Talk: Dickinson, J.L., “Extrapair copulations and paternal care in western bluebirds,” International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Zurich, Switzerland.

MEDIA

YEAR	ACTIVITY
2006	Cornell Lab of Ornithology Monday Night Seminar Series, October 16: "Evirnonmental and social determinants of behavioral variability: examples from western bluebirds"; online video presentation: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/LabPrograms/Education/J_Dickinson_100206.mov
2006	Nature Podcast (near middle):http://www.nature.com/nature/ podcast/v442/n7105/nature-2006-08-24.mp3
2006	Maker Faire: 22-23 April Marketing event in San Mateo CA ("Bluebird Nest Box Construction and Monitoring & Citizen Science ") http://www.makezine.com/pub/ev/271
2005	Featured in 8-part BBC Radio4 series "The Rules of Life" with Aubrey Manning. Near end of programme 5, 'Happy Families,' aired fall 2005 - Winter 2006 http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/ science/rulesoflife.shtml

 

NONACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

YEAR	ACTIVITY
2005	Participant, Jazzmasters Workshop Ensemble, fiddle improvisation, weekly with Bruce Forman
2002-3	Student, Ceilidh Trail School (Cape Breton Fiddle), Inverness, Cape Breton Island, N.S., Canada, with Buddy MacMaster, Richard Wood, J.P. Cormier, Joe Cormier, Brenda Stubbert.
2001	Student, Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddle Camp, Ben Lomond, CA, with Alasdair Fraser, Annbørg Lien, and Howie MacDonald.