Experience and Interests

Teaching Experience

• Assistant, Associate, and now Full Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point (2009-Present)
• Graduate Teaching Assistant and Preparing the Professoriate Participant, North Carolina State University (various semesters 2003-2006)
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Appalachian State University (1999-2002)

Research Interests

• Upland Game Birds
• Avian Ecology and Conservation
• Statistics

Professional Experience

• Gerald and Helen Stephens Professor of Wildlife (2017-2024)
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, North Carolina State University (2007-2009)
• Hoffman Forest Graduate Fellow, North Carolina State University (2003-2006)
• Biological Field Technician and Wilderness Ranger, US Forest Service (2002)

Involvement

Professional Memberships

• Representative to Council, North Central Section of The Wildlife Society (2022-Present)
• President (3-year cycle of president-elect, president, and past-president), North Central Section of The Wildlife Society (2020 – 2023)
• President (3-year cycle of president-elect, president, and past-president), Wisconsin Chapter of The Wildlife Society (2015-2018 with an additional stint as interim past-president 2019-2020)
• Various Committee Memberships, Wisconsin Chapter of The Wildlife Society (2017 – Present)
• General Member and Biometrics Working Group Member, The Wildlife Society (2006 – Present)

Fun Facts

Last book you read?

Braiding Sweetgrass

What do you enjoy most about teaching?

Watching a student discover