Resume

• 2009

  PhD

  Animal Behavior & Welfare

  President

  Animal Science Graduate Student Association\nUndergraduate Curriculum Committee Member

  Michigan State University

• 2006

  Masters

  Zoo & Aquarium Management

  Animal Behavior and Welfare Group\nVolunteer at Potter Park Zoo\nCertified cycling instructor for MSU Intramural sports

  Michigan State University

• 2000

  Bachelors

  Dean's honor roll

  Zoology

  Orchestra (2000-2004)\nWind Ensemble (2000-2004)\nStudy abroad

  Charles Darwin University (2003)\nOklahoma City Zoological Park (2000-2004)

  Oklahoma State University

• 1996

  High School Diploma

  National Honor Society\nOrchestra\nSoccer team

  Edmond Memorial High School

• Oklahoma City Zoo

  Volunteer

  video decoding

  Animal Welfare

  Animal Husbandry

  Public Speaking

  Laboratory

  Project Planning

  Education

  Animal Behavior

  Data Analysis

  Mentoring

  Experimental Design

  Scientific Writing

  Determination

  Lecturing

  Creative Problem Solving

  Microsoft Office

  People Management

  Statistics

  security camera installation

  Account Management

  Remote activity classification of hens using wireless body mounted sensors.

  Remote activity classification of hens using wireless body mounted sensors.

  WELFARE QUALITY PARAMETERS DO NOT ALWAYS REFLECT HEN BEHAVIOR ACROSS THE LAY CYCLE IN NON-CAGE LAYING HENS

  Detection of jumping and landing force in laying hens using wireless wearable sensors

  When continuous observations just won't do: developing accurate and efficient sampling strategies for the laying hen

  Ken Metz

  JP Schweihofer

  Effects of tail docking on behavior of confined feedlot cattle.

  Incorporating the philosophy of technology into animal welfare assessment

  Dynamic and rewarding environmental enrichment reduces feather pecking behavior in non-cage laying hens: implications for management practices and welfare.

  Elizabeth Freeman

  Richard Snider

  Multi-institutional socio-management-husbandry survey of the SSP African lion (Panthera leo) population: examining the effects of a breeding moratorium in relation to reproductive success

  Development of a wireless body-mounted sensor to monitor activity and location of laying hens in a non-cage housing system.

  Non-caged laying hens remain unflappable while wearing body-mounted sensors: levels of agonistic behaviors remain unchanged and resource use in not reduced after habituation

  Assessing immediate and long-term effects of environmental enrichment: implications for welfare of African clawless otters (Aonyx capensis

  Submitted

  Individual consistency of feather pecking behavior in laying hens: once a feather pecker always a feather pecker?

  Moving GIS Indoors: Spatiotemporal analysis of agricultural animals

  Moving GIS Indoors: Spatiotemporal analysis of agricultural animals

  Animal-Assisted Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder

  Baton Rouge Zoo

  Smithsonian Institution

  Animal Medical Center

  Michigan State University

  Purdue University

  American Association of Zookeepers

  Wageningen University

  Michigan State University

  Texas A&M University

  Taught basic biological concepts to non-science majors and performed all daily laboratory set-up including but not limited to buffer preparation and making gels for electrophoresis.

  Michigan State University

  Animal Technician

  Zookeeper in the carnivore and primate department. Performed daily husbandry and provided enrichment for large cats

  bears

  otters

  and old and new world primates. Operant conditioning of large cats.

  Baton Rouge Zoo

  Texas A&M University

  Bryan/College Station

  Texas Area

  Assistant Professor

  Anything with dogs and cats. You name it.

  Animal Medical Center

  Michigan State University

  Animal Behavior and Welfare Laboratory

  mentoring and training students\nanimal behavior project design

  data collection

  and data quality control\nassist with the Animal Welfare Judging Competition (soliciting donations and preparing competition materials)\nlaboratory computer and equipment maintenance and inventory\nequipment ordering and account tracking

  Research Technologist II

  Founded local Baton Rouge AAZK chapter and served as president for a 1 year term. Coordinated multiple fund raising efforts during my tenure which raised >$1200 for donation for wildlife conservation organizations.

  American Association of Zookeepers

  Wageningen University

  Wageningen

  the Netherlands

  Analyze whole blood serotonin and platelet serotonin uptake

  assist with multiple projects including hen brain micro-dialysis

  behavioral and blood collection from hens at rearing farms

  and disseminated information about sensor technology development at Michigan State University

  Junior Fellow

  Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences

  Extract and analyze stress and reproductive hormone assays using ELIZA of samples from captive African lions.

  Smithsonian Institution

  Purdue University

  West Lafayette

  Indiana

  Investigate the relationship between UV feather reflectivity and feather pecking behavior in laying hens

  Relationship among maternal hormones

  social support

  and piglet crushing in gestating sows

  Impact of multiple animal species on the social behaviors of autistic children

  impact of animals on behavioral development of people with autism

  Impact of service dogs on wellbeing of veterans with PTSD

  refinement of OHAIRE coding system to quantify human and animal behavior during human-animal interaction

  Research Associate

  Dutch

  Spanish

  Student paper competition - honorable mention

  Agriculture

  Food

  and Human Values Society

  PhD Student of the year

  Michigan State University

  Excellence in Graduate Teaching

  Center for Integrative Studies

  Excellence in Journalism

  Animal Keepers' Forum and American Association of Zookeepers

  1st Place

  team division

  Animal Welfare Judging and Assessment Competition

  Team Captain

  Michigan State University

  4th place

  individual division

  Animal Welfare Judging and Assessment Competition

  Michigan State University

  Young Scholar Award

  American Society of Animal Scientists