People

Dalton Blue. Supported by UWG SRAP Grant. Dalton is studying wildlife camera trap data collected by Snapshot USA.

Jessica Anderson. Supported by USFWS White-nose Syndrome Grant. Jessica investigated winter activity and population connectivity of tricolored bats in traditional and nontraditional hibernacula in the Southeastern US as it relates to susceptibility to white-nose syndrome. Jessica works as a biologist for ERG Consulting.

Andrew Pitt. Supported by USFS grant and UWG teaching assistantship. Andrew studied the effect of prescribed fire regimes on the bat and insect community at the Talladega National Forest. Andrew is employed as a bat biologist for Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc.

Kassandra Arts, graduate student; Supported by Alabama Pittman-Robertson Grant. Kasey is studying the fine-scale activity and movement patterns of eastern spotted skunks. Kasey is employed by the National Park Service in Wisconsin.

Michelle Baldwin, graduate student; Supported by UWG teaching assistantship and US Forest Service. Michelle's project focused on how prescribed fire influences snag abundance and recruitment. Michelle is currently employed as an ecologist by VHB.

Cody Cornelison, graduate student; Supported by Alabama Section 6 Grant. Cody studied eastern spotted skunk space use. Cody is currently employed as an ecologist by the Georgia Department of Transportation.

Kaitlyn Rountree, graduate student; Supported by USFWS White-Nose Syndrome Grant and US Forest Service. Kaitlyn examined roost tree selection and foraging space use of Indiana and northern long-eared bats in fire-maintained landscapes. Kaitlyn is currently employed as a bat biologist by Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc.

Ty Sprayberry, graduate student; Supported through a teaching assistantship. Thesis: Denning ecology of eastern spotted skunks in the southern Appalachians. Ty is currently employed as an ecologist by the Georgia Department of Transportation.

Dr. JT Pynne, graduate student; Supported through a teaching assistantship. Thesis: Fox squirrel occupancy across fragmented pine forests of the Talladega National Forest, Alabama. JT received his Ph.D. in wildlife biology from the Univ. of Georgia and studied southern pocket gophers. He is currently working as a private lands biologist for the Georgia Wildlife Federation.

Grace Camp. Supported by UWG SRAP grant. Grace is completed an honors thesis based on camera trap data collected through Snapshot USA.

Janet Gembe Garcia, undergraduate student; Supported through SRAP grant. Janet examined how prescribed fire influences insect diversity. She is currently a surgical assistant at Bowdon Animal Hospital. 

Joanne Wasdin, undergraduate student; Supported by UWG SRAP grant. Joanne studied the niche partitioning of carnivores based on camera trap data. Joanne is the education and outreach coordinator for Bear Creek Nature Center.

Thalia Young, undergraduate student; Supported by UWG SRAP grant. Thalia studied the niche partitioning of carnivores based on camera trap data. She is currently attending Veterinary School at University of Edinburgh. 

Mattea Lewis, undergraduate researcher; Supported by US Forest Service. She completed her M.S. in biology at Ohio Univ., studying bat ecology. Currently, she is pursuing a Ph.D. at Univ. of Cincinnati.

Zach Bell, UWG undergraduate Student; Supported by SRAP. Zach completed his M.S. in zoology at Univ. of Wyoming studying spotted skunks. He currently works for the US Dept. of Labor.

Isik Benson, undergraduate student; Supported by SRAP grant. Isik studied rest-site activity patterns of spotted skunks.

Katherine Sheffield, undergraduate student; Supported by SRAP. Katie is pursuing her MAT at UWG.

Austin Kirkland, undergraduate student; Supported by SRAP. Austin currently works for Georgia Dept. of Health.

Mel Adobah, undergraduate student; Supported by LSAMP. He works as an ophthalmic technician at Georgia Retina.