Dr. Jerry R. Choate

Former Graduate Students

1) Gordon K. Weddle
B.S. in Biology, Oakland City College, Indiana, 1972
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1974
Thesis topic: "Dental evolution of the meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) in mainland, peninsular, and insular environments in southern New England"
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, 1991
Presently member of faculty at Campbellsville College (Kentucky)

2) Mark D. Engstrom
B.S. in Biology, University of Minnesota--Duluth, 1975
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1978
Thesis topic: "Systematics of the northern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster) on the Central Great Plains"
Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1984
Presently Curator of Mammals, Royal Ontario Museum

3) Lynn W. Robbins
B.A. in Biology, California State University, Long Beach, 1967
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1978
Thesis topic: "Non-geographic and interspecific variation in four species of Hylomyscus (Rodentia: Muridae) in southern Cameroon"
Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 1983
Presently member of faculty at Missouri State University

4) Mark L. Sexson
B.S. in Zoology, Fort Hays State University, 1977
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1979
Thesis topic: "Ecogeographic relations of the pronghorn, Antilocapra americana, in Kansas"
Presently employed by Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks

5) Robert B. Wilhelm
B.S. in Zoology, Fort Hays State University, 1977
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1979
Thesis topic: "The mammals of Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge, Bennett County, South Dakota"
Presently Superintendent, Fort Hays State Historical Site

6) Sarah B. George
B.S. in Biology, University of Puget Sound, Washington, 1978
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1980
Thesis topic: "Taxonomic status of Blarina hylophaga Elliot"
Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 1984
Presently Director, Utah Museum of Natural History

7) Michael P. Moulton
B.S. in Biological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1972
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1980
Thesis topic: "Biogeographic relationships of pocket gopher (Rodentia: Geomyidae) in southeastern Colorado"
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 1984
Presently member of faculty at University of Florida

8) Nancy D. Moncrief
B.S. in Biology, Memphis State University, Tennessee, 1978
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1981
Thesis topic: "Morphometric and geographic relationships of short-tailed shrews (genus Blarina) in Kansas, Iowa, and Missouri"
Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1987
Presently Curator of Mammals, Virginia Museum of Natural History

9) Cheri A. Jones
B.S. in Biology, Hastings College, Nebraska, 1979
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1982
Thesis topic: "Paleontology and systematic relationships of short-tailed shrews (genus Blarina)"
Ph.D., University of Florida, 1990
Presently mamber of faculty at University of Colorado at Denver

10) David C. Lovell
B.S. in Biology, Regis College, Colorado, 1978
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1982
Thesis topic: "Succession of mammals, and associations of small mammals, in disturbed habitats at Barr Lake State Park, Adams County, Colorado"
Presently employed by Colorado Division of Wildlife

11) Deanna K. Tolliver
B.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1982
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1983
Thesis topic: "Nongeographic variation and covariation of electrophoretic and morphometric variability in Peromyscus leucopus"
DVM, University of Missouri, 1997
Presently in veterinary practice in Missouri

12) Jay C. Burns
A.S. degree, Pratt Community College, 1972
B.S. in Zoology, Fort Hays State University, 1974
B.S. in Mathematics, Fort Hays State University, 1979
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1983
Thesis topic: "Systematic relationships of pocket gophers (genus Geomys) in northern Kansas"
Presently Board Member, Kansas Association of Museums

13) David M. Zumbaugh
B.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1981
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1984
Thesis topic: "Natural history of foxes in Kansas"
Presently Business Development Manager for an American corporation

14) Peggy L. Svoboda
B.S. in Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University, 1977
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1984
Thesis topic: "Natural history and geographic relationships of the Brazilian free-tailed bat in the San Luis Valley of Colorado"
Present whereabouts unknown

15) Brett R. Riddle
B.A. in Zoology, University of Northern Colorado, 1979
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1984
Thesis topic: "Systematics and biogeography of northern grasshopper mice inhabiting the Great Basin, Colorado Plateau, Columbia Plateau, and Wyoming Basin"
Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 1990
Presently member of faculty at University of Nevada Las Vegas

16) Kent M. Reed
B.S. in Biology, University of Minnesota, 1983
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1985
Thesis topic: "Natural history and taxonomy of the plains pocket mouse"
Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1991
Presently member of research faculty at University of Minnesota

17) Philip D. Sudman
B.S. in Biology, Central College, Iowa, 1983
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1985
Thesis topic: "Taxonomy of chromosomal races of Geomys bursarius lutescens Merriam"
Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1989
Presently member of faculty at Tarleton State University (Texas)

18) Michael G. Karl
B.S. in Biology, Ripon College, Wisconsin, 1982
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1986
Thesis topic: "Control methods and management for black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) in northwestern Kansas"
Ph.D., Oregon State University, 1992
Presently employed by the Bureau of Land Management

19) William R. Whitworth
B.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1983
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1986
Thesis topic: "Distributions of pocket gophers in southeastern Colorado"
Presently employed by National Park Service

20) Jerry W. Dragoo
B.S. in Biology, University of New Mexico, 1984
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1988
Thesis topic: "Systematic and evolutionary relationships among North American arid-land foxes"
Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1996
Presently member of research faculty, University of New Mexico

21) Michael P. Reed
B.S. in Biology, University of Kansas, 1985
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1988
Thesis topic: "Taxonomy of Sigmodon hispidus on the Great Plains"
Presently member of faculty at Mount Hood Community College, Gresham, Oregon

22) Forrest W. Davis
A.A. in Engineering, Hutchinson Community College, 1982
B.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1985
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1989
Thesis topic: "Taxonomic significance of chromosomal races of Geomys bursarius on the Central Great Plains"
Presently forensic scientist for City of Wichita, Kansas

23) Jan Decher
Vordiplom in Biology, Philipps-Universitat Marburg, West Germany, 1985
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1989
Thesis topic: "Critical habitat of the gray bat (Myotis grisescens) in Kansas"
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1996
Presently member of faculty, University of Vermont

24) Michael Rezsutek
B.S. in Biology, Allegheny College, Pennsylvania, 1988
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1990
Thesis topic: "Associations of small mammals on Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge"
Ph.D., University of Houston, 1997
Presently postdoctoral associate, University of Houston

25) Keith Madsen
B.S. in Biology, Buena Vista College, Iowa, 1987
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1990
Thesis topic: "Biological survey of Browns Park, northwestern Colorado"
Presently employed by Colorado Division of Wildlife

26) Jan A. Nelson
B.S. in Biology, Friends University, Kansas, 1988
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1990
Thesis topic: "Cryptic coloration of the plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius"
Presently employed by Sedgwick County (Kansas) Zoo

27) Michael Zajic
B.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1990
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1992
Thesis topic: "Mammals of Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Refuge"
Presently employed by Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks

28) Robert R. Harms
B.S. in Biology, Buena Vista College, Iowa, 1988
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1992
Thesis topic: "Habitat breadths and associations of small mammals in southeastern Colorado characterized by vegetation cover and ground cover"
Presently employed as Wildlife Specialist by Missouri Army National Guard

29) Thomas D. Haner
B.S. in Wildlife Biology, Kansas State University, 1989
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1992
Thesis topic: "Assemblages of small mammals at interstate highway interchanges"
Presently Ph.D. candidate, University of Oklahoma

30) Eric R. Schreiber
B.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1990
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1993
Thesis topic: "Habitat breadth of small mammals in northeastern Kansas"
Presently employed as Wildlife Specialist by U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

31) James Robinson
B.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1990
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1993
Thesis topic: "Habitat preference of Cervus elaphus on the southern Great Plains"
Presently employed by Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks

32) John M. Anderson
B.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1989
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1993
Thesis topic: "Bats of Jewel Cave National Monument, South Dakota"
Presently in private business in Virginia

33) Julie M. McCullough
B.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1986
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1994
Thesis topic: "Biogeography of mammals in Kansas"
Presently employed as laboratory technician for chemical firm

34) Greg Wilson
B.S. in Biology, Central College (Iowa), 1991
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1994
Thesis topic: “Taxonomic status of populations of the southern bog lemming, Synaptomys cooperi, on the southern Great Plains”
Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 2001
Presently member of faculty, University of Central Oklahoma

35) Matthew E. Hopton
B.S. in Biology, John Carroll University (Ohio), 1990
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1995
Thesis topic: “Movement of small mammals at an interchange on Interstate Highway 70”
Presently Ph.D. candidate, University of Cincinnati

36) Steven P. Adams
B.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1990
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1995
Thesis topic: “Status of bats in the Gypsum Hills of south-central Kansas”
Presently employed by Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks

37) M. Neil Bass
B.S. in Biology, Southwestern College (Kansas), 1992
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1996
Thesis topic: “Effects of weed control on populations of small mammals in wheat fields”
Presently employed by Missouri Department of Conservation

38) Steven R. Hoofer
B.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1994
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1996
Thesis topic: “Mensural discrimination of Reithrodontomys megalotis and R. montanus”
Ph.D, Oklahoma State University, 2003
Presently Post-Doctoral Fellow, Texas Tech University

39) Dale Wayne Sparks
B.S. in Biology, Murray State University (Kentucky), 1993
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1996
Thesis topic: “Distribution, natural history, conservation status, and biogeography of bats in Kansas”
Ph.D., Indiana State University, 2003
Presently member of research faculty at Indiana State University

40) Victoria Jackson
B.S. in Wildlife Biology, Texas A&M University, 1992
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1996
Thesis topic: “Denning ecology of the swift fox, Vulpes velox, in western Kansas”
Ph.D., University of North Texas, 2002
Presently member of faculty at Central Missouri State University

41) Ernest Valdez
B.S. in Biology, Colorado State University, 1994
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1997
Thesis topic: “Taxonomic status of Myotis occultus Hollister”
Presently Ph.D. candidate, University of New Mexico and employed by Division of Biological Resources, U. S. Geological Survey

42) Carla Carr
B.S. in Biology, Midwestern State University, Texas, 1993
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1997
Thesis topic: “Subspecies of mammals on the central Great Plains”
Ph.D., University of North Texas, 2003
Presently of faculty at University of Rio Grande, Ohio

43) Robert S. DeBaca
B.S. in Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1990
B.S. in Environmental Conservation, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1990
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1998
Thesis topic: “Biogeography of heteromyids on the central Great Plains”
Presently Ph.D. candidate, Texas Tech University

44) Guillermo Castillo
B.S. in Biology, Central College (Iowa), 199?
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1998
Thesis topic: “Conservation of bats in Yucatan”
Presently employed as biologist by the government of the Mexican state of Campeche

45) Jon Storm
B.S. in Biology, Buena Vista College, 1999
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 2002
Thesis topic: “Effects on mammals of powerline corridors in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains”
Presently Ph.D. candidate at Indiana State University

46) Lacrecia Johnson-Haynie
B.S. in Conservation, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 1996
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 2002
Thesis topic: “Intraspecific phylogeography of Tamiasciurus hudsonius in Colorado”
Presently employed by an environmental firm in Colorado

47) Mark Omura
B.S. in Biology, Boston College, 1996
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 2002
Research report topic: “Taxonomic status of the Mexican woodrat, Neotoma mexicana, in eastern Colorado and New Mexico”
Presently employed by Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

48) Korrie Chapman
B. S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1997
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 2003
Research report topic: “Does the Arkansas River represent a contact zone between two chromosomal races of the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) in Kansas?”
Presently a taxidermist in Nebraska

49) Justin Hoffman
B.S. in Forestry, Fisheries, and Wildlife, University of Nebraska, 2001
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 2004
Thesis topic: "Biogeographic relationship of the plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) and the yellow-faced pocket gopher (Cratogeomys castanops) in Kansas"
Presently Ph.D. candidate at University of Nebraska

50) Shauna Marquardt
B.S. in Biology, Central Missouri State University, 2003
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 2005
Thesis topic: "Differential energetic demands of chiropteran maternity roosts as determined by diet"
Presently Ph.D. candidate at Oklahoma State University

51) Karen Wolfe
B.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 1996
M.S. in Biology, Fort Hays State University, 2005
Non-thesis research report topic: "Variation within and among populations of Microtus ochrogaster in Missouri"
Presently curator of a historical museum in Kinsley, Kansas

Current Graduate Students

Brian Bartels
B.S. in Biology, Tarleton State University (Texas), 1998
Thesis topic: “Identification and distribution of Sorex on the Great Plains”
Presently teaching high school at Otis-Bison, Kansas while completing his thesis