BIOL7263 Portfolio

About me

Me with a Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)

Education

• BA: Simpson College (2015)
• MS: University of South Dakota (2020)
• PhD: University of Tulsa (Current)

Research Projects

I study birds! For my master’s I studied the presence and physiology of birds at grassland stopover sites. Currently, I study annual survival in Cliff Swallows by correlating features such as mass, tail length, and beak depth with probability of survival. To find out more about our research check out The Brown Lab Website. I was also a field tech for multiple grassland bird studies studying Dickcissels and interned as a hawk watcher at Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory.

Interests

• Birds
• Avian conservation and ecology
• Animal behavior
• Migration
• Grasslands

Photos of Study Species

Dickcissel (Spiza americana)	Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)	LeConte’s Sparrow (Ammodramus leconteii)

Assignment Links

Count	Date	Assignment Description	Assignment Link	Completed
1	9/2/2022	Hello World	Assignment 1	yes
2	9/10/2022	Profile index page	Assignment 2	yes
3	9/22/2022	Regular Expression, grep, and sed Practice	Assignment 3	yes
4	10/5/2022	eBird data with dpylr	Assignment 4	yes
5	10/30/2022	pivot and merge	Assignment 5	yes
6	11/8/2022	ggplot2	Assignment 6	yes
7	10/26/2022	GIS	Assignment 7	yes
8	10/28/2022	Acuity View	Mierow assignment	yes
9	11/17/2022	Phylogeny Tree	Bierbaum Assignment	yes
10	12/1/2023	Build Your Own Function	Lewis Assignment	yes
NA	11/3/2022	Model Selection	Lesson Code	na