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General Interests
Function of song repertoires in Yellow-throated Vireos, including field work in Costa Rica on song variation in woodcreepers and song-sharing in White-breasted Wood-Wrens; comparative analyses of song repertoires in varied avian taxa.
Function of song repertoires and extended song learning in Red-eyed Vireos; comparative analyses of the evolution of song repertoire size in the genus Vireo.
Years at Knox: 2001 to present
Education
Ph.D., Biology, 1994, McGill University.
M.S., Biology, 1982, Queen's University.
B.S., Zoology, 1982, University of Guelph-Ontario.
Teaching Interests
Populations, vertebrate anatomy, behavioral ecology.
Honors/Grants
Franklin & Marshall Faculty Research Grant-Song Variation in Woodcreepers, 2000.
Hackman Fellowships for undergraduate research assistants, 1999, 2000.
Publications
"Family Bombycillidae (Waxwings)." Edited by J. In del Hoyo, A. Elliott and D.A. Christie. Handbook of the Birds of the World 10 (2005).
"Diving ducks: A field study of benthic and piscivorous foragers." Co-authored with Jennifer J. Templeton. Exploring Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field. Edited by B.J. Ploger and K. Yasukawa, Academic Press. In press.
"Vireo song repertoires and migratory distance: three sexual selection hypotheses fail to explain the correlation." Co-authored with Daniel W. Leger. Behavioral Ecology 12 (2001): 98-102.
Presentations
"Rapid Repertoire Turnover in Red-eyed Vireos." Paper, with Scholl, Jacob D., and Badger, E. Laine. Annual meeting of the Association of Field Orinthologists, Ogden, Utah, 2010.
"Old Birds, New Tricks? Song Complexity and Song Learning in Passerine Birds." Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois, 2010.
"Song Repertoires and Singing Patterns in the Red-Eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceus." With D. Racke, Animal Behavior Society, Snowbird, Utah.
"Song as a Quality Indicator in Indigo Buntings." With J. Wilcox and J. MacDonald, International Behavioural Ecology Congress, Tours, France.
"The Evolution of Complexity in Bird Song." Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois.
Campus & Community Involvement
Member, International Society for Behavioral Ecology.
Member, Animal Behavior Society.
Member, American Ornithologists' Union.
Reviewer, Behavioral Ecology.
Reviewer, Animal Behavior.
Reviewer, The Auk.
Reviewer, Behavior.
Reviewer, Journal of Avian Biology.
Reviewer, Bird Behavior.
Reviewer, The Journal of Comparative Psychology.
Holder, Master-personal bird-banding permits.
Like many Knox College students, Steve Galdek is fond of the squirrels wandering around campus. His research project is enabling him to learn more about their winter-survival strategies.
A few weeks after completing an international assignment to take photos of newly arrived pandas in Scotland, Knox College instructor Michael Godsil is asked to document the delivery of two more pandas in France.
Knox College introduces KnoxReads, an online book discussion. The first selection is "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion across the Islamic World," by writer and foreign policy analyst Robin Wright, who visits Knox on February 28.
