RESEARCH INTERESTS

Spatial ecology and habitat selection
Physiological ecology – performance and thermoregulation 
Wildlife responses to anthropogenic disturbance - prescribed fire
Parasite and host interactions​
Ecomorphology

Undergraduate
​Research

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The Risk and Response of Eastern Box Turtles  to Prescribed Fire in the North Carolina Sandhills 

​Graduate
​Research

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Fire Induces Phenotypic Plasticity in Locomotor Performance in Eastern Fence Lizards

Ph.D.
Research

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Understanding the Ecological Causes and Consequences of Sex Reversal in Central Bearded dragons 

“You can't see anything from a car; you've got to get out of the goddamn contraption and walk, better yet crawl, on hands and knees, over the sandstone and through the thornbrush and cactus. When traces of blood begin to mark your trail, you'll see something, maybe.”

- DESERT SOLITAIRE BY EDWARD ABBEY