I became interested in evolutionary ecology and natural history growing up in Minnesota, through spending time outdoors, observing animals and plants in their natural habitats. After completing my undergraduate Biology degree at Carleton College (MN), I became committed to avian behavioral ecology as an intern at Point Reyes Bird Observatory (now Point Blue Conservation Science, CA). I completed my PhD at the University of California, Riverside, studying the behavioral ecology of yellow warblers in the Sierra Nevada. I then pursued postdoctoral work on the behavioral genomics of the dimorphic white-throated sparrow (Indiana State University), avian urban ecology (University of Antwerp, Belgium) and most recently the behavioral ecotoxicology of Arctic seabirds in the context of climate change (La Rochelle University, France). I am currently starting as an Assistant Professor of Biology at Indiana State University and looking for students! See the Research Section for more details about my work and current research initiatives.