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Recent Accomplishments May, 2005: Pamela Thomas, Jane Waterman, and John Weishampel have been recommended as 2005 CAS Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) award recipients. The TIP program rewards faculty for teaching productivity and excellence. Selection criteria include teaching quality and effectiveness, commitment to instruction, innovation, creativity, and productivity based on a portfolio of assignments and evaluations collected over the previous 4 academic years. Research Interests
Selected Publications Waterman, J. M. 2007. Male mating strategies. In: Wolff, J. O. and Sherman, P., eds., Rodent Societies, An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, In Press. | |
Dr. Waterman's research has focused on the selective factors that influence the evolution of sociality and mating systems. The species diversity of squirrels and other small mammals in North America allows her to continue to pursue investigations into the environmental factors affecting social and mating systems. By comparing the intra- and interspecific variation in behavioral development, dispersal, reproduction, life history and social structure, the significance of various selective factors on the evolution of sociality can be ascertained. Dr. Waterman also study male grouping in the polar bear, a marine species in which amicable male groups form. Such all-male groups are quite rare among mammals and thus provide an excellent opportunity to gain important insights into selective forces leading to sociality. Human-polar bear interactions are another research focus, in order to provide data for the sound management and conservation of this species.
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