Years at Knox: 2001 to present Education
Ph.D., Biology, 1993, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
M.S., Biology, 1987, Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada
B.S. Psychology; B.Sc. (Honors) Biology, 1985, Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada Professional Interests
"My research takes an interdisciplinary approach, spanning the fields of behavioral ecology, ornithology, experimental and comparative psychology, and neuroethology. The focus of my studies is on learning, memory, and foraging behavior, and involves experimental work in the field and lab. In particular, I am interested in the ecological and cognitive factors that have influenced the evolution of decision-making processes, information use, and learning in solitary and group-living species." Teaching Interests
Ecology, Animal Behavior, Behavioral Ecology; also supervising undergraduate students undertaking ecological and neuroethological studies of avian foraging, development, learning, and memory in lab and field Recent Scholarly Achievements
Publications and Presentations
Activities and Recognitions Publications and Presentations
"Lateralization of Visual Discrimination in the Zebra Finch." Paper Presentation with K. Wright, PEW Undergraduate Research Symposium, Chicago, Illinois. "Domestic Dogs and Social Learning: Do Dogs Learn Better from Conspecifics or Humans?" Paper Presentation with K. Cone and J. Thorn, PEW Undergraduate Research Symposium, Chicago, Illinois. "Searching for the Search Image in the Avian Brain." Paper Presentation with J. Christensen and S. Fink, International Society for Behavioral Ecology Meetings, Tours, France. "Conditioning shelter dogs to sit." With J.M. Thorn, K.M.M. Van Winkle, and R.R. Castillo. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 9: 25-39, 2006. "Reverse lateralization of visual discriminative abilities in the European Starling." With D.P. Gonzalez. Animal Behaviour. 67: 783-788, 2004. "Development of foraging skills and the transition to independence in fledgling Savannah Sparrows." With N.T. Wheelwright. Condor, 105: 279-287, 2003. "Environmental unpredictability and the value of social information for foraging starlings." With M. Rafacz. Ethology 109: 951-960, 2003. "Lateralization of the search image in the European Starling." With J.M. Christensen. Pew Undergraduate Research Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, October 2002. "Public information use: a novel mechanism for habitat selection via conspecific attraction." With T.J. Valone and S.E. Nordell. International Society of Behavioral Ecology, Montreal, Québec, Canada, July 2002. "Reverse lateralization of visual discriminative abilities in the brain of a passerine, the European Starling." With D.P. Gonzalez. International Society of Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, Florida, March 2002. "Public information for resource assessment: a widespread social phenomenon." With T.J. Valone. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 357: 1549-1558, 2002. "Advantages and disadvantages of using socially-acquired information." With L-A Giraldeau and T.J. Valone. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 357: 1559-1566, 2002. "Diving Birds: A field study of benthic and piscivorous foragers." With D.J. Mountjoy. Chapter in Exploring Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field. Eds. B.J. Ploger and K. Yasukawa. Academic Press, 215-220, 2002. "Sociality and social learning in two species of corvids." With A. Kamil & R. Balda, Journal of Comparative Psychology 113: 1-6, 1999. "Learning from others' mistakes: a paradox revisited." Animal Behaviour, 55: 79-85, 1998. "Vicarious sampling: the use of personal and public information by starlings foraging in a simple patchy environment." With L.-A. Giraldeau. Behavioural Ecology & Sociobiology 38: 105-114. 1996. "Life skills training for hatchery fish: social learning and survival." With M.D. Suboski. Fisheries Research 7: 343-352, 1989. "Patch assessment in foraging flocks of European starlings: Evidence for the use of public information." With L.-A. Giraldeau. Behavioral Ecology 6: 65-72, 1995. Activities and Recognitions
National Science Foundation Grant: Experimental examination of factors affecting public information use by birds. 2001. FCAR Postdoctoral Fellowship, Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l'Aide à la Recherche, 1994-96 McGill University/Bellairs Field Station Postdoctoral Fellowship, Barbados. 1993 Finalist in Montréal's "Prix d' Excellence" Doctoral Thesis Competition. 1993 Member: Animal Behaviour Society, Behavioral Ecology Society, Northeast Bat Working Group, Women in Neuroscience
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Contact
jtemplet@knox.edu What Students Say
"Professor Templeton's passion for her work is obvious. It is her influence that has inspired me to pursue a career as a researcher and professor. Jennifer's familiarity with the larger scientific community makes her an excellent resource for research projects and gives her classes an exciting appeal. Her ambition, enthusiasm, and determination are contagious, whether in her classroom or working in her lab."
--Joyce Christensen, Psychology Major, Biology Minor
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