Jennifer Campbell-Smith Email & Phone Number

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Teaching science expedition courses focused around the study of a central topic in order to develop skills in the life sciences.

Natural history research projects with the Department of Zoology

Highlands Ranch, CO

Taught 8th grade physical science and am now teaching high school Zoology, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Biology, and Research & Lab Methodology using problem-based learning models. I created and run a Natural Science Club and Birds Across Borders, work with students on an American kestrel and black-billed magpie research project among other research.

Photographing individual finished birds and progress of the 70’ x 40’ “From So Simple a Beginning: Celebrating the Evolution and Diversity of Birds” mural being painted by artist Jane Kim, commissioned by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Unifying and re-organizing collection including repairing specimens; creating a database for the specimens in the Department of Biological Sciences for use in courses and in displays. Specimens include nearly all animal phyla, with extensive vertebrate specimens in wet and dry preservation.

Taught the Ecology lab for the summer Ecology course. Worked closely with students on simulations in the lab and data collection in the field.

Cleaned the rainforest aviary and fed the birds daily. Cleaned, maintained, fed animals, and monitored the goat petting yard. Engaged in public education about goats, general animal biology, and the zoo throughout each day.

Co-taught with Dr. Miranda Kearney. Prepared and gave original lectures and exams on genetics, animal behavior, and zoology.

Taught the labs for Botany, Zoology, and Animal Behavior. Collaborated with a colleague and wrote most of a comprehensive laboratory manual for the zoology course. Worked with students on anatomy (plant and animal), behavioral simulation, and field work.

Binghamton, NY

Entered data in to EthoSearch database, an ethogram archive meant for professional and public education and collection. My job was to collect ethograms, enter them, advise on site design and usability, participate in planning meetings with colleagues at the Lincoln Park Zoo (also working on the database), and created a user manual for entering ethograms.

Taught labs for Intro Biology, Botany, and Macroevolution. Worked with students on basic biology, evolution, phylogeny and taxonomy, and animal and plant anatomy in the lab and in the field.

Fort Collins, Colorado & Estes Park, Colorado

Worked with Rocky Mountain Cat Conservancy and Arctic Slope (in contract with the USGS). Assisted in radio-telemetry tracking and downloads of collared mountain lions (Puma concolor). Assisted with setting foot-snares, positioning call boxes near trap sites, and investigating kill sites. Edited video and photos taken with camera traps, organized data, and.

Fort Collins Area, Colorado

Surveyed sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) leks, developed routes for future surveys, and reported on their status in the Colorado northeastern plains for 2007. Monitored big horn sheep (Ovis canadensis) herds, keeping track of ewes and lambs for analysis of Pasteurella spp. symptoms and mortalities.

Assisted in laboratory research involving honey bees (Apis mellifera) infected with Nosema apis. Collected data on the temperature preference of honey bees infected with N. apis for my University Honors Thesis.

Highlands Ranch, Colorado

Patrolled trails in order to create a safe outdoor recreation experience for people and to protect and preserve parks and natural areas. Participated in incidental and organized public education about conservation and wildlife to foster responsible stewardship.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Animal Behavior, Behavioral Ecology

Activities and Societies: EvoS, BGSOI study how crows learn new things and transmit that information to other crows.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Zoology (With Honors)

Activities and Societies: Co-founder of Zoology Club. Inducted into National Society of Collegiate Scholars.