Graduate Students
- Daniel Benson (Jan 2021 - Current)
- Thesis: Status and predicted habitat use of the Plain's Spotted Skunk (Spilogale interrupta) in Kansas. In collaboration with Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.
- Jenell de la Peña (Jan 2021 - Current)
- Thesis: A systematic literature review and population status assessment of the plains spotted skunk (Spilogale interrupta) in Kansas. In collaboration with Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.
- Luke Headings (May 2020 - Current)
- Co-advised with Dr. Andrew George
- Thesis: Bird community response to vegetation structure and exotic plant influence on shrubland birds on mined lands. In collaboration with Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.
- Emma Buckardt (May 2020 - Dec 2022)
- Co-advised with Dr. Andrew George
- Thesis: Assessing herpetofauna communities on reclaimed coal strip mines in southeast Kansas. In collaboration with Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.
- Amy Hammesfahr (May 2018 - Dec 2020)
- Thesis: Summer habitat use and roost ecology of tricolored bat (Perimyotis subflavus), little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus), and northern long-eared bat (M. septentrionalis). In collaboration with Missouri Department of Conservation.
- Katie McMurry (Jan 2017 - May 2019)
- Thesis: Impacts of residential garden practices on bird and butterfly communities in Southeast Kansas (Pittsburg Backyard Nature Project)
Undergraduate Students
- Jordan Hendy (2021): Mammal community diversity along an urbanization gradient; Snapshot USA.
- Morgan Smith (2019 - 2021): Tar Creek remediation effects on bird and plant diversity. Grant support from K-INBRE.
- Caleb Durbin (2019 - 2021): Mammal community diversity along an urbanization gradient; Snapshot USA; Eastern spotted skunk preliminary survey in southeast Kansas. Grant support from KDWPT Chickadee Checkoff.
- Ximena Bogarin (2019 - 2020): Mammal community diversity in reclaimed mined-lands & Snapshot USA.
- Kyle Findley (2019 - 2020): Establishing baseline ecological data (herpetofauna and bird community) to enhance habitat restoration on reclaimed mined land. Grant support from KDWPT Chickadee Checkoff.
- Maggie Murray (2019 - 2021): Capture success of imperiled bat species across different mist netting techniques.
- Robin Goodreau (2018): Tar Creek remediation effects on bird and plant diversity. Grant support from K-INBRE.
- Rachel Styers and Jake Wright (2018 - 2019): Establishing baseline ecological data (herpetofauna and bird community) to enhance habitat restoration on reclaimed mined land. Grant support from KDWPT Chickadee Checkoff.
- Kelly (Talley) Mallatt (2017 - 2018): Tar Creek remediation effects on bird and plant diversity. Grant support from K-INBRE.
- Emily Fry and Kylie Carnahan (2017 - 2018): Campus tree ecosystem services: Carbon sequestration and student cognition. Grant support from K-INBRE.
