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Dr. Anne Houtman |
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Dr. Anne Houtman
Head, Professor
School of Life Sciences
Email: amhsbi@rit.edu
Phone: 585- 475- 6184
Office: 08-2106
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| Dr. Houtman received her doctorate in zoology from the University of Oxford and conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Toronto. Her research interests are in the behavioral ecology of birds, and current research in her laboratory focuses on the ecology and evolution of hummingbird song. She has written an introductory Environmental Science textbook due to publish in February 2012. Dr. Houtman came to RIT with experience at a variety of private and public institutions, which gives her a broad perspective and a wide view of the education landscape. She is strongly committed to evidence-based, experiential education and has been an active member since 1994 of Project Kaleidoscope Faculty for the 21st Century, a national science education reform organization. She serves on the Science Advisory Board for the College Board, and is involved in the new Advanced Placement curricula and exams as well as larger issues of the pre-college to college transition. |
Degrees
- D.Phil., University of Oxford
- M.A., University of California, Los Angeles
- B.A., Pomona College
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Areas of Interest
- Behavioral ecology of birds
- Sexual selection and mate choice
- Evolution of song in hummingbirds
- Anthropogenic noise and bird song
- Individual identification of small birds using RFID technology
- Molecular ecology
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Current research projects
- Song dialects in the Calypte hummingbirds
- The effect of anthropogenic noise on Anna’s Hummingbird song
- Song structure and geographic variation in the Black-Throated Sparrow
- Song development in Costa’s Hummingbird
- Female nesting and territorial behavior in Costa’s Hummingbird
- Correlates of song in the Calypte hummingbirds
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Recent selected publications
- Zuk, M. and Houtman, A.M. 2012. Wholphins and Other Wonders of Bio for Biz Majors. Chronicle of Higher Education 10 July 2012. http://chronicle.com/article/WholphinsOther-Wonders-of/128140/
- Houtman, A.M. and Walker, S. 2010. Decreasing plagiarism: what works and what doesn’t. The Journal on Excellence in College Teaching 21(1):51-71.
- Williams, B. & Houtman, A.M. 2008. Song of the Costa’s Hummingbird. Auk 125(3): 663–669.
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