Janis Dickinson - History
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
| Molecular Ecology/Citizen Science |
| Animal Behavior and Ecology/ Avian Conservation |
EDUCATION
| YEAR | DEGREE | MAJOR | UNIVERSITY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Ph. D | Entomology/Animal Behavior | Cornell University |
| 1981 | B.S | Biology | Binghamton University |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| YEAR | POSITION | DEPARTMENT | UNIVERSITY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 – | Arthur A. Allen Director of Citizen Science | Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology | Cornell University |
| 2011 – | Professor | Department of Natural Resources | Cornell University |
| 2011 – | Professor | Graduate Field of Neurobiology and Behavior | Cornell University | 2005 – 2011 | Associate Professor | Department of Natural Resources | Cornell University |
| 2005 - 2011 | Associate Professor | Graduate Field of Neurobiology and Behavior | Cornell University |
| 2003 - 2005 | Associate Research Zoologist | Museum of Vertebrate Zoology | UC Berkeley |
| 1995 - 2003 | Assistant Research Zoologist | Museum of Vertebrate Zoology | UC Berkeley |
| 1998 - fall | Visiting Ecologist | Spatial Ecology Program | University of Helsinki |
| 1992 - 1994 | NIH Postdoctoral Fellow | Museum of Vertebrate Zoology | UC Berkeley |
| 1990 - 1992 | NSF Postdoctoral Fellow | Museum of Vertebrate Zoology | UC Berkeley |
| 1989 - 1995 | Research Associate | Museum of Vertebrate Zoology | UC Berkeley |
| 1988 - 1989 | Visiting Scientist | Department of Genetics | University of Cambridge |
| 1987 - 1988 | Maytag Visiting Assistant Professor | Department of Zoology | Arizona State University |
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS
| YEAR | POSITION | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | HCOMP3 Program Committee; Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing | |
| 2012 | Planning commission, World Bank funded CCRES (Capturing Coral Reef Ecosystem Services), Indonesia, January 2013 | |
| 2012 | Elected Fellow, California Academy of Sciences | |
| 2009 | Elected Fellow, A.A.A.S. | |
| 2008 | Cook Award for changing the climate for women at Cornell University | |
| 2008 | Member, Education advisory board, Encyclopedia of Life, Harvard University | |
| 2008-2011 | Council member, American Ornithologist's Union | |
| 2007-2009 | Board Member, Cooper Ornithological Society | |
| 2007- 2011 | Member, National Phenology Network Working Group, Univ. of Milwaukee | |
| 2006- 2007 | Invited to Scifoo camp at Google, sponsored by Nature Publishing, Google, and O'Reilly Publishing | |
| 2006 | Chair, Task force on highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza and impacts on wild birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology | |
| 2005 - 2006 | Content Adviser, "Conserving birds in human dominated landscapes: weaving a common future," Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York, Spring Symposium. | |
| 2003 | Elected Fellow, American Ornithologists' Union | |
| 2002 | Etho-informatics workshop participant, Indiana University | |
| 2000 - 2004 | Associate Editor, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Springer-Verlag | |
| 2000 - 2001 | Associate Editor, Auk (published by American Ornithologists' Union) | |
| 1999 - 2003 | Membership committee chair, Animal Behavior Society | |
| 1996 - 2002 | Elected councilor, Executive Committee, International Society for Behavioral Ecology | |
| 1998 - 1999 | National Science Foundation Animal Behavior Panel Member | |
| 1997 | Elective member, American Ornithologist's Union | |
| 1996 - 1998 | National Science Foundation, Dissertation Grant Panel Member | |
| 1998 | Scientific Committee Chair, International Society for Behavioral Ecology Conference, Asilomar, Pacific Grove, California, 27 | |
| 2000-2004 | Reviewer for Animal Behaviour, American Naturalist, Auk, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Behavioral Ecology, Condor, Ibis, J. Animal Ecology, J. Applied Ecology, Molecular Ecology, Proceedings of the Royal Society, The Ostrich, National Science Foundation. Member of AAAS, Animal Behavior Society, AOU, Cooper Ornithological Society, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Sigma Xi. |
GRANTS
| TITLE | DESCRIPTION | DEPARTMENT | YEARS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Principal Investigator | Can socially networked citizen science generate massively collective environmental behavior? | Atkinson Center Rapid Response Fund | 2012-2013 | Principal Investigator | Citizen science as an instrument for youth development across America | Smith-Lever Fund | 2011-2014 |
| Principal Investigator | YardMap apprentice program for undergraduates: Connecting Northeast farmers and land managers to sustainable practices through map-based social networking | CALS Organic Agricultural Research, Teaching & Outreach Grant | 2011 |
| Principal Investigator | The YardMap Network | National Science Foundation - Informal Science Education | 2009-2013 |
| Principal Investigator | Urban Bird Gardens Planning Grant | National Science Foundation - Informal Science Education | 2008-2009 |
| Principal Investigator | Delayed dispersal: teasing apart the effects of resources and parents | National Science Foundation - Animal Behavior Program | 2007-2010 |
| Principal Investigator | Unraveling the effects of mercury deposition and acid rain on forest-breeding bird species in New York | Federal Formula Funds | 2006-2008 |
| Principal Investigator | Celebrate Urban Birds |
Extension Funds | 2006-2009 |
| Co-Principal Investigator | Citizen Science: A Model for Program Development and Evaluation | National Science Foundation Informal Science Education Program | 2006-2007 |
| Co-Principal Investigator | Project NestWatch – a citizen science project | National Science Foundation Informal Science Education Program | 2006-2010 |
| Principal Investigator | The role of winter sociality in the evolution of facultative social behavior | National Science Foundation - Animal Behavior Program, Long Term Research in Environmental Biology | 2001-2007 |
| Principal Investigator | Bioinformatics approaches to genetic resources at Hastings Reserve | Genetic Resource Conservation program Grants, UC Davis | 1989-2004 |
| Principal Investigator | A Ceramic Arts Center for the Jamesburg Family Coop | Monterey Community Foundation: Rural outreach at Hastings Reserve, Monterey Community Foundation | 1999 |
| Principal Investigator | Reproductive Options in a variable Social System | National Science Foundation - Animal Behavior program | 1995-1999 |
| Principal Investigator | Certainty of paternity and parental care in the western bluebird | NRSA | 1992-1994 |
| Principal Investigator | Sexual conflict over mate guarding and extrapair paternity in western bluebirds | National Science Foundation Postdoctoral fellowship in environmental biology | 1990-1992 |
| Principal Investigator | Experimental tests of mate guarding in western bluebirds | Ellis Bird Farm Research grant | 1990-1992 |
| Principal Investigator | Extrapair paternity in the western bluebird |
North American Bluebird Society Grant | 1990 |
| Maytag Visiting Assistant Professor | Postdoctoral Fellowship | Arizona State University1987-1988 | |
| Student Proposal, Co-Principal Investigator with George C. Eickwort (PI) |
The costs and benefits of prolonged mating in the milkweed leaf beetle |
National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant | 1985-1987 |
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Dickinson, J.L., Crain, R.L., Reeve, H.K., and J. Schuldt. 2013. Can deliberate design of social networks make it easier to be green? Trends in Ecology and Evolution (In Press). |
Akcay, C., Swift, R.J., Reed, V.A., and J.L. Dickinson. 2013. Vocal kin recognition in kin neighborhoods of western bluebirds. Behavioral Ecology (Advance access) doi:10.1093/beheco/art018. |
Dickinson, J.L., Crain, R.L., Yalowitz, S., and T. Cherry. 2013. How framing climate change influences interest in doing something about it. Journal of Environmental Education (In Press). |
Cooper, C.B., Loyd, K. Murante, T., Savoca, M., and J.L. Dickinson. 2012. Natural history traits associated with detecting mortality within residential bird communities: Can citizen science provide insights? Environmental Management 50: 11-20. |
Dickinson, J.L., Shirk, J., Bonter, D., Bonney, R., Crain, R.L., Martin, J., Phillips, T., and K. Purcell. 2012. The current state of citizen science as a tool for ecological research and public engagement. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 10: 291-297. |
Zuckerberg, B.J., A. DesRochers, W.M. Hochachka, D. Fink, W.D. Koenig, and J.L. Dickinson. 2011. Overlapping landscapes: A persistent, but misdirected concern when collecting and analyzing ecological data. Journal of Wildlife Management, 76: 1072-1080. |
Ferree, E.D. and J.L. Dickinson. 2011. Natural extra-pair paternity matches receptivity patterns in unguarded females: Evidence for importance of female choice. Animal Behaviour 83: 1167-1173. |
Abbot, P. et al. (137 authors) 2011. Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality. Nature 471: E1-E4. |
Bushway, L.J., J.L. Dickinson, R.C. Stedman, L.P. Wagenet, D.A. Weinstein. 2011. Benefits, motivations, and barriers related to environmental volunteerism for older adults: Developing a research agenda. The International Journal for Research on Aging and Human Development 72: 189-206. |
Zuckerberg, B., Bonter, D. N., Hochachka, W. M., Koenig, W. D., DeGaetano, A. T., Dickinson, J. L. 2011. Climatic constraints on wintering bird distributions are modified by urbanization and weather. Journal of Animal Ecology 80: 403-413. |
Koenig, W. D., Hochachka, W. M., Zuckerberg, B., Dickinson, J. L. 2010. Ecological determinants of American crow mortality due to West Nile virus during its North American sweep. Oecologia 163: 903-909. |
Ferree, E., J.L. Dickinson, W. Rendell, C. Stern, and S. Porter. 2010. Hatching order explains extra-pair chick advantage in western bluebirds. Behavioral Ecology 21: 802-807. |
Dickinson, J.L., B. Zuckerberg, and D. Bonter. 2010. Citizen science as an ecological research tool: challenges and benefits. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 41: 149-172. |
Bonter, D., B. Zuckerberg, and J.L. Dickinson. 2010. Invasive birds in a novel landscape: habitat associations and effects on established species. Ecography, Published Online: Oct 14 2009 6:46AM DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06017.x. |
Koenig, W.D., Knops, J.M.H., Dickinson, J.L., and B. Zuckerberg. 2009. Latitudinal decrease in acorn size in bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) is due to environmental constraints, not avian dispersal. Botany, 87: 349-356. |
Dickinson, J.L. 2009. The people paradox: self-esteem striving, immortality ideologies, and human response to climate change, Ecology and Society 14(1): 34. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol14/iss1/art34/. |
Bonney, R., C. Cooper, J. Dickinson, S. Kelling, T. Phillips, K.V. Rosenberg, and J. Shirk. 2009. Citizen science: a new paradigm for increasing scientific knowedge and scientific literacy. BioScience, 59: 977-984. |
Dickinson, J., Euaparadorn, M., Greenwald, K., Mitra, C., Shizuka, D. 2009. Cooperation and competition: nepotistic tolerance and intra-sexual aggression in western bluebird winter groups, Animal Behaviour, 77: 867-872. |
Budden, A.E. and J.L. Dickinson. 2009. Signals of quality and age: the information content of multiple plumage ornaments in male western bluebirds, Sialia mexicana. Journal of Avian Biology, 40: 18-27. |
Cooper, C.B., J. Dickinson, T. Phillips, R. Bonney. 2008. Using citizens to do science versus citizens and scientists. Ecology and Society , 13 (2). |
Ferree, E., Dickinson, J., D. Kleiber, C. Stern, J. Haydock, M.T. Stanback, V. Schmidt, L. Eisenberg, and C. Stolzenberg. 2008. Development and cross-species testing of western bluebird (Sialia mexicana) microsatellite primers. Molecular Ecology Resources , 8: 1348-1350. |
Cooper, C.B., J. Dickinson, T. Phillips, R. Bonney. 2007. Citizen science as a tool for conservation in residential ecosystems. Ecology and Society, 12 (2): 11. |
Dickinson, J.L. 2007. Decoding dumping ducks. Molecular Ecology, 16: 2610-2612. |
Kleiber, D., Turner, J., Budden, A., and J.L. Dickinson. 2007. Interspecific egg-dumping by a violet-green swallow in an active western bluebird nest. The Wilson Bulletin, 119: 126-127. |
| Koenig, W.D., Marcus, L., Scott, T.W., and J.L. Dickinson. 2007. West Nile Virus and breeding bird declines. Ecohealth, 4:18-24. |
| Kleiber, D., Kyle, K., Rockwell, S., and J.L. Dickinson. 2007. Sexual competition and group size explain individual investment in winter territory defence in western bluebirds. Animal Behaviour, 73: 763-770. |
| Dickinson, J.L. and A. McGowan. 2005. Resource wealth drives family group living in western bluebirds. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 272: 2423 - 2428. |
| Shizuka, D. and J.L. Dickinson. 2005. Using molt limits to age western bluebirds. J. Field Ornithology. 76: 193-195 |
| Saether, B.-E., Engen, S., Møller, A.P, Visser, M.E., Matthysen, E., Fiedler, W., Lambrechts, M.M., Becker, P.H. Brommer, J.E., Dickinson, J., du Feu, C., Gehlbach, F.R., Merila, J., Rendell, W., Robertson, R., Thomson, D.L., Torok, J. 2005. Time to extinction in bird populations. Ecology 86: 693-700. |
| Saether, B.-E., Engen, S., Møller, A.P, Weimerskirch, H., Visser, M., Fiedler, W., Matthysen, E., Lambrechts, M.M., Freckleton, R., Badyaev, A., Becker, P.H. Brommer, J.E., Bukacinski, D., Bukacinska, M., Christensen, H., Dickinson, J., du Feu, C., Gehlbach, F.R., Heg, D., Hotker, H., Merila, J., Nielsen, J.T., Rendell, W., Robertson, R.J., Thomson, D.L., Torok, J., and P. Van Hecke. 2004. Life history variation predicts the effects of demographic stochasticity on avian population dynamics. American Naturalist 164: 793-802. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2004. Facultative sex ratio adjustment by western bluebird mothers with stay-at-home helpers-at-the-nest. Animal Behaviour 68: 373-380. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2004. A test of the importance of direct and indirect fitness benefits for helping decisions in western bluebirds, Behavioral Ecology 15: 233-238. |
| Dickinson, J.L. and W.D. Koenig 2003. Desperately seeking similarity. Science 300: 1887-1889. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2003. Male share of provisioning is not influenced by actual or apparent loss of paternity in western bluebirds. Behavioral Ecology 14: 360-366. |
| Marks, J., J.L. Dickinson, and J. Haydock. 2002. Serial polyandry and alloparenting in Long-eared Owls. Condor 104: 202-204. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2001. Extrapair copulations in western bluebirds: female receptivity depends on male age. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 50: 423-429. |
| Kraaijeveld, K. and J.L. Dickinson. 2001. Family-based winter territoriality in western bluebirds: the structure and dynamics of winter groups. Animal Behaviour. 61: 109-117. |
| Dickinson, J.L., Kraaijeveld, K. and F. Smit-Kraaijeveld. 2000. Specialized extra-pair mating display in western bluebirds. Auk 117: 1078-1080. |
| Parker, P.G., Jones, T.C., Haydock, J., Dickinson, J.L., and B.D. Worden. 1999. Multilocus minisatellite DNA fingerprinting and cooperative breeding. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 47: 108-111. |
| Marks, J., J.L. Dickinson, and J. Haydock. 1999. Genetic monogamy in semi-colonial Long-eared Owls. Condor 101: 854-859. |
| Dickinson, J.L. and W.W. Weathers. 1999. Replacement males in the western bluebird: opportunity for paternity, chick-feeding rules, and fitness consequences of male parental care. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 45: 201-209. |
| Dickinson, J.L. and J.J. Akre. 1998. Extrapair paternity, annual inclusive fitness, and within-group benefits of helping in the western bluebird. Molecular Ecology 7: 95-105. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 1997. Male detention affects extra-pair copulation frequency and pair behaviour in western bluebirds. Animal Behaviour 53: 561-571. |
| Dickinson, J.L. and M.L. Leonard. 1996. Mate attendance and copulatory behaviour in western bluebirds: evidence of mate guarding. Animal Behaviour 52: 981-992. |
| Koenig, W.D. and J.L. Dickinson. 1996. Nestling sex ratio variation in western bluebirds. Auk 113: 902-910. |
| Dickinson, J.L., W.D. Koenig, and F.A. Pitelka. 1996. The fitness consequences of helping behavior in the western bluebird. Behavioral Ecology 7: 168-177. |
| Leonard, M.L., J.L. Dickinson, A.G. Horn, and W. Koenig. 1995. An experimental test of offspring recognition in western bluebirds. Auk 112: 1062-1064. |
| Dickinson, J.L, J. Haydock, W.D. Koenig, M.T. Stanback, and F.A. Pitelka. 1995. Genetic monogamy in single-male groups of acorn woodpeckers. Molecular Ecology 4: 765-770. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 1995. Tradeoffs between postcopulatory riding and mate location in the blue milkweed beetle. Behavioral Ecology 6: 280-286. |
| Leonard, M.L., K.L. Teather, A.G. Horn, W.D. Koenig, and J.L. Dickinson. 1994. Provisioning in western bluebirds is not related to offspring sex. Behavioral Ecology 5: 455-459. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 1992. Scramble competition polygyny in the milkweed leaf beetle: combat, mobility, and the importance of being there. Behavioral Ecology 3: 32-41. |
| Dickinson, J. L. 1992. Egg cannibalism by larvae and adults of the milkweed leaf beetle (Labidomera clivicollis, Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Ecological Entomology 17: 209-218. |
| Dickinson, J.L. and P.P. Rabenold. 1992. Dispelling the skinny well myth. Fingerprint News 4: 3-4. |
| Koenig, W.D., Gowaty, P.A., and J.L. Dickinson. 1992. Boxes, barns, and bridges: confounding factors or exceptional opportunities in ecological studies? Oikos 63: 305-308. |
| Koenig, W.D., Albano, S.S., and J. L. Dickinson. 1991. Selection acting via components of fitness: or do larger male bullfrogs have greater hatching success? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 4: 309-320. |
| Rutowski, R. L., Dickinson, J.L., and B. Terkanian. 1991. Behavior of male desert hackberry butterflies, Asterocampa leilia (Nymphalidae) at perching sites used in mate location. Journal for Research on Lepidoptera 30: 129-139. |
| Dickinson, J.L. and C.E. McCulloch. 1989. Use of maximum likelihood estimation to apportion broods among potential sires. Animal Behaviour 38: 719-721. |
| Dickinson, J.L. and R. L. Rutowski. 1989. The function of the mating plug in the chalcedon checkerspot butterfly. Animal Behaviour 38: 154-162. |
| Rutowski, R.L. and J.L. Dickinson. 1989. The structure of the mating plug of the chalcedon checkerspot butterfly. Psyche 96: 279-285. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 1988. Determinants of paternity in the milkweed leaf beetle. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 23: 9-19. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 1986. Prolonged mating in the milkweed leaf beetle (Labidomera clivicollis): a test of the "sperm-loading" hypothesis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 18: 331-338. |
| Silberglied, R.E., J.G. Shepherd, and J.L. Dickinson. 1984. Eunuchs: the role of apyrene sperm in Lepidoptera? American Naturalist 123: 255-265. |
EDITED BOOKS
| Dickinson, J.L. and R. Bonney (editors). 2012. Citizen Science: Public Collaboration in Environmental Research. Cornell University Press, Ithaca. |
| Koenig, W.D. and J.L. Dickinson (editors). 2004. Ecology and Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in Birds. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. |
BOOK CHAPTERS
| Dickinson, J.L. and R.L. Crain. 2013. Socially networked citizen science and the crowdsourcing of environmental collective actions. In Agrawal, N., Lim, M., and Wigand, R. (eds), Online Collective Action: Dynamics of the Crowd in Social Media. Hamburg: Springer-Verlag, Accepted for publication. |
| Fawcett, L. and J.L. Dickinson. 2013. Pyschological resilience, uncertainty, and biological conservation: Junctures between emotional knowledges, nature experiences, and environmental education. Pp. XXX-XXX in Krasny, M. and J. Dillon (eds), Transdisciplinary Environmental Education, London, England: Peter Lang Publishing. | Koenig, W.D. and J.L. Dickinson. 2013. Let’s get together: The evolution of social behavior. In Yasukawa, K., Animal Behavior: How and Why Animals Do what they Do, London: Praeger (In Press). |
| Dickinson, J.L. and R. Bonney. 2012. Introduction. Pp 1-14 in Dickinson, J.L. and R. Bonney (eds), Citizen Science: Public Collaboration in Environmental Research. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. |
| Bonney, R. and J.L. Dickinson. 2012. Evolution and overview of internet-based citizen science. Pp 19-26 in Dickinson, J.L. and R. Bonney (eds), Citizen Science: Public Collaboration in Environmental Research. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. |
| Triezenberg, H., B. Knuth, J.L. Dickinson, and Y.C. Yuan. 2012. Internet-based social networking and collective action models of citizen science: theory meets possibility. Pp 226-233 in Dickinson, J.L. and R. Bonney (eds), Citizen Science: Public Collaboration in Environmental Research. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. |
| Purcell, K. and J.L. Dickinson. 2012. A gateway to science for all. Pp 191-200 in Dickinson, J.L. and R. Bonney (eds), Citizen Science: Public Collaboration in Environmental Research. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. |
| Koenig, W.D. and J.L. Dickinson. 2008. Cooperative breeding as an alternative reproductive tactic. Pp 451-470 in R. Oliveira, M. Taborsky and J. Brockmann (eds), Alternative Reproductive Tactics: an Integrative Approach. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. |
| Dickinson, J.L. and B.J. Hatchwell. 2004. Fitness conseqeuences of helping behavior. Pp 48-66 in: W.D. Koenig and J.L. Dickinson (eds) Evolution and Ecology of Cooperative Breeding in Birds. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. |
| Koenig, W.D. and J.L. Dickinson. 2004. Introduction. Pp 1-4 in: W.D. Koenig and J.L. Dickinson (eds) Evolution and Ecology of Cooperative Breeding in Birds. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. |
| Ekman, J., J.L. Dickinson, B.J. Hatchwell, and M. Griesser. 2004. Delayed dispersal. Pp 35-47 in: W.D. Koenig and J.L. Dickinson (eds) Evolution and Ecology of Cooperative Breeding in Birds. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 1997. Multiple mating, sperm competition, and cryptic female choice in the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Pp 164-183 In B. J. Crespi & J. C. Choe, eds, Social Competition and Cooperation in Insects and Arachnids: Vol. I. Evolution of Mating Systems. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 1996. The behavior and ecology of Labidomera Chevrolat. Pp 323-335 In P. Jolivet, T. Hsaio, and M.L. Cox, eds, The Biology of the Chrysomelidae, III, SPB Academic Publishing, Amsterdam. |
TECHNICAL ARTICLES
| Stern, C.A. and J.L. Dickinson. 2010. Pigeons. In: Breed, M.D. and J. Moore (eds), Encyclopedia of Animal Behaviour, Volume 2, pp 723-730. |
| Phillips, T. and J.L. Dickinson. 2009. Tracking the nesting success of North America’s breeding birds through public participation in NestWatch, Pp 633-640 in T.D. Rich, C. Arizmendi, D. Demarest, and C. Thompson (eds), Tundra to Tropics: Birds, Habitats and People, Proceedings of the Fourth International Partners in Flight Conference, 13-16 February 2008, McAllen, TX. Partners in Flight. |
| Dickinson, JL and W.D. Koenig. (2009) Animal Social Behaviour. In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved July 31, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/550897/animal-social-behaviour |
OUTREACH PUBLICATIONS
| Stern, C., Dickinson, J.L., and E.D. Ferree. 2010. The importance of family for western bluebirds. Birdscope, 24: 3. [Reprinted in The Bluebird) |
| Lohnes, R. and J.L. Dickinson. 2008. Common Nighthawks No Longer Common: Can corporate partnerships bring them back? Birdscope, 22(2): 1. |
| Dickinson, J.L. and M. Chu. 2007. Animal funerals, Birdscope, 21: 8. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2006. The future of citizen science: documenting environmental change,building communities, transforming landscapes for conservation. Birdscope, 19 (4): 6. |
| Dickinson, J.L., Cooper, C., and T. Phillips. 2006. Cautious or courageous: How bold are your birds? Birdscope, 19 (4): 7. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2006. Personality profiles: when is boldness best? Carmel Valley Country Magazine, April Issue, Carmel Valley, CA |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2006. Your backyard birds count: so get out there and bring a buddy too! Carmel Valley Country Magazine, February Issue, Carmel Valley, CA |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2005. Hastings Natural History News. Carmel Valley Country Magazine, October Issue, Carmel Valley, CA |
| Dickinson, Carmel Valley Country MagazineJ.L. 2005. Old growth oak forest or vineyard clearcuts? Our choice. Carmel Valley Country Magazine, August issue, Carmel Valley, CA |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2005. Return of the natives: a “grass roots” conservation project. Carmel Valley Country Magazine, July issue, Carmel Valley, CA |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2005. Animal funerals: how much do animals feel? Carmel Valley Country Magazine, May issue, Carmel Valley, CA |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2005. Wacky woodpeckers: Details of the most shocking alternative lifestyle in Carmel Valley. Carmel Valley Country Magazine, March 2005, Carmel Valley, CA |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2005. What local folks should know about oaks. Carmel Valley Country Magazine, January 2005, Carmel Valley, CA |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2004. Oak mistletoe: a keystone species with a fascinating history. Carmel Valley Country Magazine, December issue, Carmel Valley, CA |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2004. California tiger salamander listed as “federally threatened”. Carmel Valley Country Magazine, October issue, Carmel Valley, CA |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
| YEAR | COURSE |
|---|---|
| 2013 | BIONB 6702/NTRES 6702 Sexual selection and sperm competition (with Co-Instructor Walt Koenig) |
| 2012 | BIONB 6702/NTRES 6702 Graduate seminar: The evolution of cooperation (with Co-Instructor Walt Koenig) |
| 2010 | BIONB 6702/NTRES 6702 Graduate seminar: Social Networking Meets Evolution (with Co-Instructor Walt Koenig) |
| 2009 | BIONB 6702/NTRES 6702 Graduate seminar: The Evolution of Mutual Understanding (with Co-Instructor Walt Koenig) |
| 2008 - 9 | BIONB 7210 Graduate Seminar in Animal Behavior (team taught) |
| 2008 | BIONB 7200/NTRES 6940 Graduate seminar: Animal Personality! (with Co-Instructor Walt Koenig) |
| 2007 | BIONB 221: Intro to Animal Behavior (team taught) |
| 2006 | BIOEE 759/NTRES 694 Seminar: Climate Change in Birds, Cornell University (with Co-Instructor André Dhondt) |
| 2006 - 8 | BIOEE 758/NTRES 758 Ornithology Seminar, Cornell University (with Co-Instructors André Dhondt, Irby Lovette, and David Winkler) |
| 2003 | Instructor, IB144/Psych. 115B, Animal Behavior, UCB Graduate seminar in Behavioral Ecology, UCB Lecturer, IB 291, Museum and Field Techniques, UCB |
| 1992 | Team Lecturer, Animal Behavior, U.C. Berkeley (with Co-Instructors Eileen Lacey and Lucy Jacobs) |
| 1990 | Team Lecturer, Eco-ethology, U.C. Berkeley (with Lead Instructor George Barlow) |
| 1987 - 1988 | Instructor, Behavioral Ecology Seminar, Arizona State University |
| 1981 - 1986 | Laboratory Instructor, Cornell University: Introductory Biology (2 years), Introductory Entomology, Insect Morphology, Insect Physiology, Applied Entomology, Insects and Man |
ACADEMIC ADVISING
| YEAR | COMMITTEE |
|---|---|
| 2008 – | Cornell University: Postdoctoral advisor to Caglar Akcay, mechanisms of kin-based sociality in western bluebirds (2011-); Elise Ferree, behavioral and molecular ecology, western bluebirds (2007-2010); Ben Zuckerberg, spatial/landscape ecology studies using citizen science data (2008-2011); Co-supervisor of Dr. Caren Cooper, Research Associate in Citizen Science and Bird Population Studies (2005-2008). |
| 2006 – | Cornell University: Special Committee Chair for Jake Blessing (M.S. stduent in DNR, 2011-), Esther Cline (Ph.D. student in NB&B, 2011-), Jim Goetz (Ph.D. student in DNR, 2009-), Kristin Hook (Ph.D. student in NB&B, 2010-), Rebecca Lohnes (M.S./Ph.D. student in DNR, 2006-2009), Caitlin Stern (Ph.D. student in NB&B, 2006-), Taza Schaming (M.S./Ph.D. student in DNR, 2007-) |
| 2006 – | Cornell University: Minor Committee Member to Jennifer Shirk, Jamie Herring, Andrea Townsend, Heather Triezenberg, Becky Cramer, Jenelle Dowling, Jon Lambert, Josh Lapergola, Julie Miller, Jacqueline Dillard (Ph.D. students) |
| 2002 - 2006 | Minor Committee Member, Elise Feree, UC Santa Cruz, Ph.D. 2007, Major Professor: Bruce Lyon |
| 2000 - 2004 | UC Berkeley: Postdoctoral advisor to: Dr. Amber Budden, Dr. Andy McGowan, Dr. Andrew Zink |
| 2000- 2003 |
Outside committee Member, Jennifer Pretare, Environmental Science and Policy Management, UC Berkeley, Ph.D. granted 2003, Major Professor: Don Dahlsten |
SYMPOSIA AND INVITED PRESENTATIONS
(Last five years only)
| “Dickinson, J.L. 2013. Citizen science: Public participation in environmental research. Ecology Seminar, University of Huelva, Spain, March. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2013. Western bluebirds and their relationship with Oak Misteltoe. Ecology Seminar, University of Huelva, Spain, March. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2012. The power of the crowd: Socially networked citizen science as an integrative tool for emergent conservation research and management. Emerging issues conference of the Ecological Society of America, 27 February – 1 March, National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, W. Virginia. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2011. “Beyond the people paradox: How do we support human capacity to engage with dire environmental problems,” Keynote, Ernest Becker Foundation, Seattle, WA, 21 October. | Dickinson, J.L. 2011. “Eyes in the field, boots on the ground: Citizen Science,” Panel, SXSW Eco Conference, Austing, Texas, 5 October. | Dickinson, J.L. 2011. “Under the mistletoe; The evolution of families in western bluebirds,” Lectures of the Linnaean Society of New York, 22 March. |
| Dickinson, J.L. and B. Selman. 2011. “Crossing Boundaries with Citizen Science,” Co-organized and spoke at a 180-minute symposium on citizen science at the 2011 AAAS Meeting in Washington, D.C. |
| Dickinson, J.L., R. Crain, and Chris Marx. 2010. “A 3D YardMap in Google Earth: Cool tools to promote sustainable living through citizen science.” Googleplex, 28 July. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2009. “Citizen Science: Building citizen-refuge connections for bird conservation.” 21 February, Friends of the Wildlife Refuges meeting, Washington D.C. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2009. “Citizen Science: Joining science and people for bird conservation,” Vassar Brothers Institute, Science in Your Life series,” 11 February. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2008. “Citizen Science: Joining Science and People for Birds,” Keynote at For Our Birds 2008: Sharing Science Conservation, and Education about Birds, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S. Canada, 15 Nov. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2008. Citizen Science for science and community,” New York State Council for the Environment, Keynote at St. Lawrence University, 11 October. |
| Purcell, K. & J.L. Dickinson. 2008. Celebrate urban birds: Exploring gateways to science for all. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, SYMP 9 - Linking Scientists With Non-Traditional Public Audiences to Enhance Ecological Thought, August, Milwaukee, WI. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2007. "The opportunities and challenges of citizen science ," Northeast Bird Monitoring Workshop, Patuxent, Laurel, MD, 5 October. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2007. Two talks: "Wealth and family: mistletoe and the stay-at-home sons of western bluebirds," and "The future of bluebird conservation: why we need a centralized database and what NestWatch can do for you," Bluebird partnerships: The science of bluebirds; North American Bluebird Society Meeting, Athens, GA, 20 and 22 September. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2007. "Tracking variation in complex life history traits," National Phenology Network Workshop, Milwaukee, WI, August 28. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2007. "Environmental and social determinants of behavioral variability: examples from western bluebirds," Departmental Seminar, Ecology and Evolution, SUNY Stony Brook, March 7. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2007. Theodosia Hamilton Hadley seminar in Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, Public Lecture: "Citizen science: what the public can bring to real science in residential landscapes;" Deparatmental Seminar: "Rules for life: behavioral decisions and the varied social behaviors of western bluebirds," Feb 1-2. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2006. "Environmental and social determinants of behavioral variability," Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Monday Night Seminar Series, Oct 2. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2006. Poster presentation on“Urban Bird Studies” at the 12th Annual Coalition for National Science Funding Exhibition & Reception, 7 June 2006, Capitol Hill. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2006. “Where the people are: Citizen Science as a conservation tool in human dominated landscapes,” Conserving birds in human dominated landscapes: weaving a common future, Spring Symposium, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York, April 27-29. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2005. “Citizen Science: empowering the global conservation community,” Department of Natural Resources and Cornell Lab of Ornithology Seminar, Cornell University, June. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2005. “Winter resource wealth drives delayed dispersal in western bluebirds,” Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, March. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2004. “The UC Natural Reserves: safe havens for the study and preservation of biodiversity,” University of California Alumni Camp – The Lair of the Golden Bear, August. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2004. “Vision for Citizen Science at Cornell, Department of Natural Resources and Cornell Lab of Ornithology,” Cornell University, June. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2004. “Mistletoe wealth: the key to delayed dispersal in western bluebirds,” Department of Natural Resources and Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, June. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2003. “Mistletoe as a determinant of survival and reproductive success in western bluebirds,” Department of , University of California, Santa Cruz, March. |
| Dickinson, J.L. 2001. “Western bluebird family group living: dependence on mistletoe in central California,” School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Michigan, March. |
CONTRIBUTED PAPER PRESENTATIONS
(Last five years only)
| YEAR | PRESENTATION |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Dickinson, J.L., “Hierarchical kin recognition in western bluebirds,” International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Lund, Sweden. |
| 2011 | Dickinson, J.L., B. Zuckerberg, E.D. Ferree, and C.A. Stern, “Delayed dispersal in western bluebirds: Resources and parents,” American Ornithologists’ Union Meeting, Jacksonville, FL. |
| 2010 | Dickinson, J.L. & E.D. Ferree, “Competition, nepotism, and food: fitness consequences of kin-based winter territoriality for western bluebirds,” International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Perth, Australia. |
| 2010 | Ferree, E.D. & J.L. Dickinson, “Lifetime survival and reproductive success of extra-pair and within-pair Western Bluebirds (Sialia mexicana),” Wilson Ornithological Society Meeting, May, Geneva, NY. |
| 2009 | Ferree, E.D. & J.L. Dickinson. “Non-genetic effects masquerade as genetic benefits in western bluebirds,” Animal Behavior Society, Brazil. |
| 2009 | Shen, Sheng-Feng, Dickinson, J.L. “Winter territorial defense as a collective action in western bluebirds," American Ornithologists Union Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. |
| 2008 | Poster: Stern, C., Reeve, K., Dickinson, J.L. “The influence of help on reproductive effort within cooperative groups," International Society for Behavioral Ecology. |
| 2005 | Posters: Kleiber, D., Rockwell, S., Kyle, K., & Dickinson, J.L. “Factors influencing the intensity of defense by members of western bluebird winter groups.” Animal Behavior Society Meeting, Snowbird, UT. |
| 2005 | Dickinson, J.L. & A. Budden, “ Delayed plumage maturation and multiple signals: teasing apart age, condition, and performance in western bluebirds.” Animal Behavior Society Meeting, Snowbird, UT. |
| 2004 | Talks: Dickinson, J.L. & A. McGowan, “Mistletoe wealth drives delayed dispersal in western bluebirds,” International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Jyvaskyla, Finland. |
| 2004 | Dickinson, J.L. & A. McGowan, “Mistletoe wealth drives delayed dispersal in western bluebirds,” International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Jyvaskyla, Finland Animal Behavior Society Meeting, Oaxaca, Mexico. |
| 2002 | Talks: Dickinson, J.L., “Why local competition for mates outstrips "repayment" in predicting facultative sex ratio adjustment in western bluebirds,” International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Montreal,Canada. |
| 2002 | Graham, C. & J.L. Dickinson, “Habitat use in western bluebirds in California’s oak savannah,” American Ornithologist’s Union, New Orleans, LA. |
| 2001 | Talk: Dickinson, J.L., “Breeding constraints explain facultative sex ratio adjustment in western bluebirds,” Animal Behavior Society, Corvallis, Oregon. |
| 2000 | Talk: Dickinson, J.L., “Extrapair copulations and paternal care in western bluebirds,” International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Zurich, Switzerland. |
MEDIA
| YEAR | ACTIVITY |
|---|---|
| 2007 | IT Conversations: Jon Udell's Interviews with Innovators - http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail3643.html |
| 2006 | Nature Podcast (near middle):http://www.nature.com/nature/ podcast/v442/n7105/nature-2006-08-24.mp3 |
| 2006 | Maker Faire: 22-23 April Marketing event in San Mateo CA ("Bluebird Nest Box Construction and Monitoring & Citizen Science ") http://www.makezine.com/pub/ev/271 |
| 2005 | Featured in 8-part BBC Radio4 series "The Rules of Life" with Aubrey Manning. Near end of programme 5, 'Happy Families,' aired fall 2005 - Winter 2006 http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/ science/rulesoflife.shtml |
NONACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
| YEAR | ACTIVITY |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Participant, Jazzmasters Workshop Ensemble, fiddle improvisation, weekly with Bruce Forman |
| 2002-3 | Student, Ceilidh Trail School (Cape Breton Fiddle), Inverness, Cape Breton Island, N.S., Canada, with Buddy MacMaster, Richard Wood, J.P. Cormier, Joe Cormier, Brenda Stubbert. |
| 2001 | Student, Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddle Camp, Ben Lomond, CA, with Alasdair Fraser, Annbørg Lien, and Howie MacDonald. |
Contact Information
Janis L. Dickinson
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Rd, Ithaca NY 14850
Office: 607 - 254-2194
jld84@cornell.edu
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Photo Credits
- Pictures of Hastings Reserve and California by David Gubernick
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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