New College of the University of South Florida, Sarasota, FL

Honors college of the State University System of Florida

Graduation Date: May 2000 - BACHELOR OF ARTS – PSYCHOLOGY

Manatee Community College, Bradenton, FL

Graduation Date: May 1997 - ASSOCIATE OF ARTS, MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Synchrony between a Mother-Calf Pair of Bottlenose Dolphins

Investigated the ontogeny of synchronous behavior between a newborn calf and her mother. Also examined the synchronous relationships between the calf and two unrelated adult female tankmates. Several hours of videotape were analyzed on a second by second basis as to which behavioral characteristics were most frequent during synchrony and to document changes that occurred throughout the calf’s development. (.pdf file, approx. 400K)

RELATED COURSEWORK

• Advanced Comparative Cognition Lab
• Animal Language Research
• Animal Learning
• Basic DolphinLab at Dolphin Research Center
• Biological Psychology
• Ethics and Experimentation
• Experimental Lab in Comparative Cognition
• Experimental Research
• Research Methods
• Sensation and Perception
• Topics in Marine Mammal Cognition

GRANTS

• New College Foundation Research and Travel Grant (Dec., 1999)
• New College Alumnae/i Student Grant (Dec, 1999)
• American Association of University Women Scholarship (Yearly, 1997 – 1999)
• Frank S. Spain Community College Transfer Scholarship (1997)
• USF Grant (Yearly, 1997 – 1999)
• USF New College Grant (Yearly, 1997 – 1999)
• New College Foundation Scholarship (Yearly, 1998 – 1999)
• Florida Undergraduate Scholarship Fund (Yearly, 1997 – 1999)

New College is an academic community of 600 students and 60 faculty working closely together to create a learning environment virtually unique in our modern age. The academic program consists of a rigorous graduate school preparatory curriculum combined with numerous opportunities for independent research. We receive no grades, but participate in a formalized faculty and self-evaluation process. The majority of the graduates go to the best graduate schools in the nation.