Senior Lecturer
Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Wildlife & Conservation Biology
Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
University of New Hampshire
Jen’s UNH Faculty Page
| RESEARCH INTERESTS | My research interests center on the implications of changes in habitat quality on amphibians and reptiles in human-altered landscapes. I have used a wide range of methods–from molecular analyses and laboratory experiments to landscape-scale field experiments–to study the ecological impacts of habitat alteration on herpetofauna. I currently coordinate multiple long-term monitoring projects–of terrestrial salamanders, pool-breeding amphibians, and freshwater turtles in southern New Hampshire–which foster shorter-term studies conducted largely with undergraduate researchers. I am committed to collaborative research and am actively engaged with multiple research networks including the Ecological Research as Education Network (EREN) and the Salamander Population & Adaptation Research Collaboration Network (SPARCnet). I currently serve on the Board of Directors and as Web Coordinator for the Ecological Research as Education Network (EREN) and on the Board of Directors for the New Hampshire Turtle Rescue (non-profit). |
| COURSES TAUGHT (UNH) | – NR 417: Wildlife & Conservation Biology Seminar – NR 435/NR 435 Honors: Contemporary Conservation Issues & Environmental Awareness – NR 444f: Does Extinction Matter? (past) – NR 508: Communicating Science – NR 650: Principles of Conservation Biology – NR 740/840: Inventory & Monitoring of Ecological Communities – LSA 401: CONNECT-STEM / Scientific Research Immersion – IA 401: International Perspectives – Environmental Science (past) |
