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Graduate Students: 2009-2010

GTA = Graduate Teaching Assistant [Department of Biological Sciences]
GRA = Graduate Research Assistant [Fleharty Fellowship, Balthazar Fellowship, or external funds]
GWA = Graduate Wetlands Assistant [Kansas Wetlands Education Center at Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area]
GCA = Graduate Curatorial Assistant [Sternberg Museum of Natural History]

Image of Student Justin Anderson  GRA
Bachelor's degree: Emporia State University, KS
Hometown: Emporia, KS
Thesis topic: Effects of burning and grazing treatments on populations of small mammals in the central Platte River Valley, Nebraska.
Advisor: Finck
E-mail: j_anderson5@scatcat.fhsu.edu
Image of Student Elita Baldridge  GRA - Fleharty Fellowship
Bachelor's degree: Kansas State University
Hometown: Emporia, KS
Thesis topic: Influences of scale, abundance, and range position on nested subsets.
Advisor: Channell
E-mail: embaldridge@scatcat.fhsu.edu
Image of Student Jason Black  GWA - Cheyenne Bottoms
Bachelor's degree: Emporia State University, KS
Hometown: Hughes Springs, TX
Thesis topic: Stable isotope analyses of waterfowl diet and assessment of natal origin of hunter-harvested ducks at Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area, Kansas.
Advisor: Finck
E-mail: jkblack3@scatcat.fhsu.edu
Image of Student Andree Brisson
Bachelor's degree:
Hometown:
Thesis topic: Global patterns of range expansion in endangered species recovery.
Advisor: Channell
E-mail: a_brisson@scatcat.fhsu.edu

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Alex Galt  GTA
Bachelor's degree: North Dakota State University
Hometown:
Thesis topic: Effects of restoration techniques on avian and vegetative communities of Minnesota wetlands.
Advisor: Finck
E-mail: algalt@scatcat.fhsu.edu
Image of Student Chasen Gann  GRA
Bachelor's degree: Northeastern State University
Hometown: Beggs, OK
Thesis topic: Human Dimensions of Public Land Hunters in Northern Kansas.
Advisor: Finck
E-mail: ccgann@scatcat.fhsu.edu
 

Hyunjoo (Julie) Gim  
Bachelor's degree: Sungkyunkwan University
Hometown: Korea
Thesis topic:
Advisor: Bennett
E-mail: h_gim@scatcat.fhsu.edu

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Justin Hamilton  GWA - Cheyenne Bottoms
Bachelor's degree: Northwest Missouri State Univ.
Hometown: Kirksville, MO
Thesis topic: Effects of prescribed burning on grassland nesting birds in Gove County, Kansas.
Advisor: Finck
E-mail: jvhamilton@scatcat.fhsu.edu

  Megan Hughes  GTA
Bachelor's degree: Fort Hays State University, KS
Hometown: , KS
Thesis topic:
Advisor: Channell
E-mail: mrhughes@scatcat.fhsu.edu
Image of Student Ashley Inslee  GTA
Bachelor's degree: Fort Hays State University, KS
Hometown: Harper, KS
Thesis topic: Habitat preference of the Texas horned lizard on Matagorda Island, Texas.
Advisor: Stark
E-mail: aainslee@scatcat.fhsu.edu
Image of Student Shingo Ishihara  GRA - Balthazar Fellowship
Bachelor's degree: Fort Hays State University, KS
Hometown: Yokohama, Japan
Thesis topic: Vancomycin-resistant Gram-positive cocci from migratory songbirds: Analysis of vanA, vanB, vanC, and vanD genes.
Advisor: Gillock
E-mail: s_ishihara@scatcat.fhsu.edu
Image of Student Georgina Jacquez  GTA
Bachelor's degree: New Mexico State University
Hometown: Las Cruces, NM
Thesis topic: Influence of climate change on distribution of montane mammals of the Great Basin.
Advisor: Channell
E-mail: gyjacquez@scatcat.fhsu.edu
Image of Student Stephanie Kane  GTA
Bachelor's degree: Colorado State University
Hometown: Dolores, CO
Thesis topic:
Advisor: Farley
E-mail: sakane@scatcat.fhsu.edu
Image of Student Jennifer O'Neill
Bachelor's degree: University of Minnesota
Hometown: Apply Valley, MN
Thesis topic: Variation in the southern short-tailed shrew (Blarina carolinensis).
Advisor: Choate
E-mail: jroneill@scatcat.fhsu.edu
Image of Student Ryan Pinkall  GWA - Cheyenne Bottoms
Bachelor's degree: Friends University, KS
Hometown: Pratt, KS
Thesis topic: Distributional survey of the crayfishes of Kansas.
Advisor: Stark
E-mail: rlpinkall2@scatcat.fhsu.edu
Image of Student Kristen Polacik  GTA
Bachelor's degree: Marshall University, WV
Hometown: New Martinsville, WV
Thesis topic: Comparative physiological response to flooding of Tamarix ramosissima, Salix, and Populus.
Advisor: Maricle
E-mail: kapolacik@scatcat.fhsu.edu
Sarah Rages  GCA - Sternberg Museum
Bachelor's degree: University of Kansas
Hometown: Hutchinson, KS
Thesis topic:
Advisor: Stark
E-mail: sarages@scatcat.fhsu.edu
Image of Student Zach Schwenke
Bachelor's degree: New Mexico State University
Hometown: Albuquerque, NM
Thesis topic: Genomic introgression and variation of Geomys in Kansas.
Advisor: Choate
E-mail: zjschwenke@scatcat.fhsu.edu
Image of Student Bryan Sowards  GTA
Bachelor's degree: Fort Hays State University, KS
Hometown: Washington, KS
Thesis topic:
Advisor: Stark
E-mail: bjsowards@scatcat.fhsu.edu
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Katie Talbott  GCA - Sternberg Museum
Bachelor's degree: Doane College, Crete, NE
Hometown: Olathe, KS
Thesis topic:
Advisor: Finck
E-mail: @scatcat.fhsu.edu

Photo by Heather York

Image of Student Trey Towers  GTA
Bachelor's degree: Texas A&M University
Hometown: Corpus Christi, TX
Thesis topic:
Advisor: Finck
E-mail: lwtowers@scatcat.fhsu.edu
Image of Student Lizz Waring  GRA - Fleharty Fellowship
Bachelor's degree:
Hometown: Milwaukee, WI
Thesis topic: Effects of flooding on light harvesting, CO2 fixation, and carbon isotope discrimination in native and nonnative grasses of central Kansas.
Advisor: Maricle
E-mail: efwaring@scatcat.fhsu.edu

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