Jorie M. Favreau,
PhD
Division of Forestry, Natural Resources, and Recreation
Paul Smith's College
Rt 86 & 30
Paul Smiths, NY 12970
Ph.D., Zoology, North
Carolina State University, 2006.
M.A., Integrated Professional Studies, emphasis on Wildlife Conservation Management,
DePaul University, 1997.
B.A., Biology, Illinois Wesleyan University,
1991.
Asst. Professor, Paul Smith's College, Paul Smith's, NY. 2005 to present
· Art of Being Human
· Introduction to Fisheries and Wildlife Management Lab
· Introduction to Wildlife Management
· Natural History of North American Vertebrates
· Conservation Biology
· Techniques in Wildlife Management
· Wildlife Management
· Mammalogy (beginning spring 2008)
Instructor,
Monitoring and Assessment of Biodiversity, Smithsonian, Front Royal
VA.
· Bird census techniques to international scientists, May 2005.
Visiting Instructor, Siena College, Loudonville, NY.
· Gen Bio I and II Lecture and Lab, Fall 2003 - Spring 2005.
Teaching Assistant, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC.
· Human Anatomy and Physiology Lab, Summer 2003.
· Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Lab, Spring 2003
· Animal Diversity Lab, Spring 2001 and 2002. Fall 2002. Summer 2003.
· Mammalogy Lab, Fall 2000 and 2001.
· Experimental Embryology Lab, Fall 2001.
· Developmental Anatomy Lab, NCSU. Fall 2000.
Research Assistant: Roger Powell, North Carolina State University, Pisgah National Forest, NC. Summer 2001.
- Trap and radio-track black bears
- Quantify berries and squaw root.
Wildlife Technician: NY Dept of Environmental Conservation, New Paltz NY. April to Aug 2000.
- Monitor nesting peregrine falcons.
- Mitigate disturbances from construction projects that threatened nesting peregrines.
General Assistant: The Adirondack Council, Albany, NY. Nov 1998 to Feb 2000.
- Research conservation topics related to the Adirondack Park.
- Assist with lobbying, litigation, and education on issues affecting the Adirondack Park.
Field Asst/Bio Science Tech (Wildlife) GS-4: Forestry Sciences Lab, Juneau, AK. Feb to Aug 1998.
- Trap and tag northern flying squirrels, southern red-backed voles, and Peromyscus.
- Set up study transects in Tongass National Forest.
Raptor Migration Assistant: Grassy Key, FL. Sep to Nov 1997.
- Census sixteen raptor species (in flight and roosting).
MAPS Field Biologist Intern: Institute for Bird Populations. May to Aug 1997.
- Conduct constant effort mist netting at an Indiana MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship) station following MAPS protocol including aging and sexing by plumage, skull, and other characteristics.
USGS-Biological Resources Division Intern: HI. Jan to Mar 1997.
- Search for nests and record foraging observations of endangered honey creepers.
- Monitor trap and poison stations for exotic predators (mongoose, rat, and cats).
Bio Science Technician (Wildlife) GS-4: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, CA. Apr to Dec 1996.
- Radio-track, trap and supplemental feed California condors while living in a national forest.
- Record behavioral observations of condors.
Zoo Keeper: Brookfield Zoo, IL. May 1991 to Apr 1996.
- Daily care of animals: feeding, animal restraint and transport, assist with some medical procedures, and banding/tattooing animals for identification.
- Majority of experience with small felids, canids, viverrids, mustelids and rodents.
- Mentor college interns in designing and conducting quantitative behavioral observations generally utilizing focal animal instantaneous sampling.
Temporary biologist: Arizona Game and Fish Department. Feb to May 1991.
- Field observations on two pairs of wild nesting bald eagles while camping in the Sonoran desert.
"MAPS in the Adirondacks: Constant effort mist netting as a method to document long term changes in local bird populations". Adirondack Research Consortium, June 2007.
"Effects of food abundance and distribution on animal movement" American Society of Mammalogists, Springfield MO, June 2005.
"Determining the effects of food distribution, density & abundance on animal movement" Northeast Ecology and Evolution Conference, Storrs CT, Mar 2004.
"Measuring Animal Movement" North Carolina Chapter of The Wildlife Society Professional Development Workshop, 28 April 2003.
"Crayons, Focal Species, And Inventories: Evaluating Conservation Planning Tools" Ashton Drew (presenter), Kate Eschelbach, Jorie Favreau, George Hess, Frank Koch, Matt Rubino. North Carolina Chapter, The Wildlife Society Professional Development Workshop, 28 April 2003.
"Effects of Resource Characteristics on Animal Movement" North Carolina
State University Graduate Student Symposium, March 2003.
"Modeling movement behavior as a function of resource distribution" Fourth Annual Student/Postdoc Symposium of the Wm Keck Center for Behavioral Biology, 2 Feb 200.
"Effects of expectancies on movements and home ranges" North Carolina State University Graduate Student Symposium, March 2002.
Animal Behavior Society, Burlington VT, July 2007.
The American Society of Mammalogists: Albuquerque, NM June 2007; Amherst, MA, June 2006; Springfield MO, June 2005.
The Wildlife Society, Burlington VT, Sept 2003; Tucson AZ Sept 2007.
Adirondack Research Consortium, Lake Placid NY, May 2006.
Northeast Natural History Conference, Albany NY, May 2004.
Conference of Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges and Universities, Tarrytown NY, Feb 2004.
International Society for Behavioral Ecology/8th Biennial Congress. Montreal, July 2002.
Zoos Committing to Conservation, Columbus Ohio. 1992.
The American Society of Mammalogists
International Society for Behavioral Ecology
The New York Chapter of The Wildlife Society
Association of Field Ornithologists
New York State Ornithological Association
High Peaks Audubon Society, Board of Directors
American Association of University Women
Reviewer for American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington,
D.C., Fall 2001 to present.
- Review zoology books for Science
Books & Film
Scientists in the Classroom, Raleigh NC. Fall 2000 to spring 2003.
- Expose grade school students to science through outreach into local classrooms so the students see science as fun . Discuss and lead activities that teach natural history and wildlife research.
Expanding Your Horizons, Raleigh NC. March 2001.
- Encourage seventh grade girls to pursue science as a career by facilitating wildlife research activities.
Mist netting, U.S. Forest Service, Juneau AK. June 1998.
- Assist biologists with mist netting according to MAPS protocol in southeast Alaska.
Small mammal trapping, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, MD. April 1997.
- Trap short-tailed shrews for an eco-toxicology study.
Prairie restoration, Wolf Road Prairie, IL. 1995.
- Collect seeds and weeded a tall grass prairie remnant.
Cheetah Conservation Fund, Namibia. April 1995.
- Daily care and assist with medical exam of cheetahs waiting for translocation. Data entry and office organization.
CERTIFICATIONS
- NCSU Training Program on the Humane Care and Use of Animals as Given in Accordance
with the Polices of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. 20 August
2002.
AWARDS
- North Carolina State University, Nominated for Outstanding TA Award,
2002
- U.S. Forest Service, Certificate of Appreciation, 1998
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Certificate of Appreciation, 1996
Last updated Sept 2007
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