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CURRICULUM VITAE

Michael Dean Carey

Biology Department
University of Scranton
Scranton, PA 18510
Office Phone: 570-941-7544
Home Phone: 570-586-8312
E-mail: careym1@uofs.edu

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Date of Birth: 18 April 1946
Place of Birth: South Bend, Indiana
Marital Status: married, three children

EDUCATION

Wittenberg University, 1964 - 1968, B.A. in Biology

Indiana University, 1968 - 1969, 1971 - 1976, M.A. in Zoology, 1976, Ph.D. in Ecology, 1977 ( major: ecology, minor: animal behavior, minor: physiology)

GRANTS AND AWARDS

NSF Predoctoral Traineeship, 1968 - 1969
NDEA Title IV Predoctoral Fellowship, 1971 - 1974
Carl H. Eigenmann Predoctoral Fellowship, Indiana University, 1975 - 1976
University of Scranton Faculty Research Grants, 1979, 1981, 1983-84, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1993-94, 1998-99, 2001-2002, 2006-2007.
University of Scranton Summer Research Grant, 1987
University of Scranton Intersession Research Grant, 1992

TEACHING/PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Associate Instructor, Indiana University; 1971, 1974 - 1975, Laboratories in general biology and developmental anatomy, advanced ornithology

Instructor, Indiana University, 1976 (spring semester), Advanced ornithology

Assistant Professor, Clark College, Vancouver, WA, 1976 - 1977. Ecology, general zoology, field biology, desert ecology, rocky intertidal ecology

Assistant Professor, Central Michigan University, 1977 - 1978. General biology, environmental science, nature study, ornithology

Guest Lecturer, University of Minnesota Itasca Station, Summer 1981. Animal behavior (mating systems)

Asst/Assoc/Professor, University of Scranton, 1978 - present. Given tenure and promoted to associate professor in 1982. Promoted to full professor 1989. General biology (both majors and nonmajors), ecology, animal behavior, ornithology, evolution, physiology, social biology, environmental science, genetics.

Chair, Biology Department, University of Scranton, 1984-1987.

Co-director, Environmental Science Program, University of Scranton, 1994-Present.

COURSE BACKGROUND: SUMMARY

Ecology: general ecology (two courses), population ecology, population genetics, limnology, stream limnology, evolution, and seminars in physiological ecology, marine ecology, ecological succession, and the ecological niche.

Animal Behavior: animal behavior (biology), animal behavior psychology), evolution of behavior, comparative psychology lab, and seminars in behavioral ecology and the evolution of mating systems.

General: advanced ornithology, entomology, invertebrate zoology, comparative physiology, human physiology, neurobiology, embryology, genetics, cytology, cell physiology, and developmental anatomy.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Ornithologists' Union
American Society of Naturalists
Animal Behavior Society
Cooper Ornithological Society
Ecological Society of America
Association of Field Ornithologists
International Society for Behavioral Ecology
Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology
The Society of Sigma Xi
Wilson Ornithological Society

I am also a member of the American Museum of Natural History, the National Geographic Society, and the National Audubon Society.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Member of the board of directors of the Lackawanna Audubon Society (PA) since 1981. Vice-president 1982-84. President 1984 - 1986. Vice- president 1994-1995. President 1995-2000, 2007-2009. Editor of the LAS newsletter since 2010.

Member of the board of directors of the Lacawac Nature Sanctuary 1981-1990, chairman of the science committee 1987-1990.

Member of the Technical Advisory Board of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Environmental Council 1980-1989.

Member of the Northeast Photography Club since 2002. Editor of the club newsletter since 2003.

Member of Church Council, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Clarks Summit, PA 1990-1996. Chair of the Finance and Budget Committee 1993-1996.

Serve as Merit Badge Councilor for the local Boy Scout Council for badges in bird study, botany, environmental science, insect study, nature, reptile study since 1980. Also served as a member of the Troop 160 (Clarks Summit, PA) Advisory Board 1990-1995.

I have given presentations on birds and nature subjects and have led numerous nature walks and hikes for a large number of regional societies.

REFERENCES

Val Nolan Jr. (dissertation advisor-deceased), Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405.

Janice Voltzow, Chair, Biology Department, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA 18510.

Daniel S. Townsend, Biology Department, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA 18510.

John Alcock, Department of Zoology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287.

PUBLICATION AND SCHOLARLY RECORD

PUBLICATIONS

Alcock, J. and M. Carey. 1988. Hilltopping behaviour and mating success of the tarantula hawk wasp, Hemipepsis ustulata (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), at a high elevation peak. Journal of Natural History. 22:1173-1178.

Burhans, D.E., B.M. Strausberger, and M.D. Carey. 2001. Regional variation in response of field sparrows to the threat of borwn-headed cowbird parasitism. Auk. 118:776-780.

Carey, M. 1982. An analysis of factors affecting pair- bonding period and onset of laying in indigo buntings. Journal of Field Ornithology. 53:240-248.

______. 1990. Effects of brood size and nestling age on parental care by male field sparrows (Spizella pusilla). Auk. 107:580-586.

______. 2008. Revision of M. Carey, D. E. Burhans and D. A. Nelson. Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/103

______. 2010. Early successional and shrubland communities with special reference to field sparrow (Spizella pusilla) breeding biology. Pgs 75-85 in Avian Ecology and Conservation: A Pennsylvania Focus with National Implications (S.K. Majumdar, T.L. Master, M.C. Brittingham, R.M. Ross, R.S. Mulvihill, and J.E. Huffman, Eds). The Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.

______. 2012. Field Sparrow, Spizella pusilla. Pgs 401-411 in 2^nd Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania (A.M. Wilson, D.W. Brauning, and R.S. Mulvihill eds). Pennsylvania State University Press. University Park, PA.

______. 2012. Eastern Towhee, Pipiloerythropthalmus. Pgs 404-405 in 2^nd Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania (A.M. Wilson, D.W. Brauning, and R.S. Mulvihill eds). Pennsylvania State University Press. University Park, PA.

Carey, M., D.E. Burhans, and D.A. Nelson. 1994. Field sparrow (Spizella pusilla). In The Birds of North America, No 103 (A. Poole and F. Gill eds). American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.

Carey, M. and V. Nolan Jr. 1975. Polygyny in indigo buntings, a hypothesis tested. Science. 190:1296-1297.

______. 1979. Population dynamics of indigo buntings and the evolution of avian polygyny. Evolution. 33:1180-1192.

Nolan, V. Jr., M. Carey, and C.F. Thompson. 1975. Fidelity of indigo buntings (Passerina cyanea) to sites occupied in previous breeding seasons. Emu. 74:289.

Rutowski, R.L., J. Alcock, and M. Carey. 1989. Hilltopping in the pipevine swallowtail butterfly (Battus philenor). Ethology. 82:244-254.

PRESENTED PAPERS

Site fidelity in indigo buntings. At the International Ornithological Congress, Canberra, Australia, 1974.

Polygyny in indigo buntings. Presented at the American Ornithologists' Union, Philadelphia, PA, 1976.

Population dynamics of indigo buntings and the evolution of polygyny. Presented at the Michigan Audubon Society, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 1978.

Effects of male age on breeding biology in indigo buntings. Presented at the American Ornithologists' Union, College Station, TX, 1979.

Breeding delay as a means of avoiding cowbird parasitism. Presented at the American Ornithologists' Union, Ft. Collins, CO, 1980.

Breeding biology of house finches in the eastern United States. Presented at the American Ornithologists' Union, New York, NY, 1983.

Environmental effects on breeding biology in eastern house finches. Presented at Wilson Ornithological Society, Wilmington, NC, 1984.

Factors affecting male and female nestling care in field sparrows. Presented at the American Ornithologists' Union, Pittsburg, PA, 1989.

Variation in mate and territory fidelity in a population of field sparrows. Presented at Northeast Regional Animal Behavior Society, Amherst, MA, 1991.

Parental care in field sparrows. Presented to the Behavioral Ecology Research Group, University of Kentucky, January 30, 1992.

Variation in parental sex roles in field sparrows, Presented at Eastern Bird Banding Association, University Park, PA, 1992.

Mate fidelity and site fidelity in a population of field sparrows. Presented at International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Princeton, NJ, 1992.

Mating system variation in a population of field sparrows. Presented at the Wilson Ornithological Society, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 1993.

Parentage analysis in field sparrows using DNA fingerprinting. Presented at joint meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, Wilson Ornithological Society, and Cooper Ornithological Society; Missoula, MT, 1994.

Effects of age and settlement date on extra-pair mating in Field Sparrows. Presented at the Wilson Ornithological Society, Williamsburg, VA, 1995.

Patterns of extra-pair mating in Field Sparrows. Presented at American Ornithologists' Union, Cincinnati, OH, 1995.

Effects of old field succession on settlement, site fidelity, and reproductive success in a population of Field Sparrows. Presented at the American Ornithologists' Union, Boise, ID, 1996.

Parental care and extra-pair mating in Field Sparrows, Presented at the Vertebrate Zoology Symposium, Shippensberg, PA, 1996.

Low frequency of extra-pair copulations in a population of Yellow Warblers (Dendroica petechia) in northeastern Pennsylvania. Presented at the American Ornithologists' Union, Minneapolis, MN, 1997. With Stephen Bekanich and Karen Zolnowski.

Parental care and extra-pair mating in Field Sparrows. Presented to the Biology Research Colloquium, East Stroudsburg University, PA, 1997.

Survivorship and lifetime reproduction in a population of Field Sparrows (Spizella pusilla) in northeastern Pennsylvania. Presented at the North American Ornithological Conference (seven societies meeting concurrently), St. Louis, MO, 1998.

Nest-site selection and breeding biology of Field Sparrows in a rapidly changing old field habitat. Presented at the Wilson Ornithological Society, Waterville, ME, 1999. With Jeffrey Mills.

Long term trends in frequency of extra-pair mating in Field Sparrows. Presented at the American Ornithologists' Union, Ithaca, NY, 1999.

Decline in rate of extra-pair fertilizations with successional changes in a population of Field Sparrows. Presented at the American Ornithologists' Union, Seattle, WA, 2001.

Fifteen years of old field succession and its effects on breeding and reproductive behavior in a population of Field Sparrows. Presented at the Animal Behavior Society, Bloomington, IN, 2002.

Fifteen years in an old field: Field Sparrow breeding biology. Presented at Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology, Indiana, PA, 2003.

Lack of response to Brown-headed Cowbirds at the nest by female Field Sparrows in an unparasitized northeast Pennsylvania population. Presented at the American Ornithologists' Union, Urbana, IL, 2003.

Nest-site selection of Field Sparrows in a rapidly changing old field habitat. Presented at the American Ornithologists' Union and the Society of Canadian Ornithologists joint meeting in Quebec City, QC, Canada, 2004.

Fifteen Years in the Life of an Old Field Biologist. Invited presentation at Pennsylvania State University, Worthington/Scranton. Dunmore, PA, 2005.

Effects of Old Field Succession on a Population of Field Sparrows Breeding in Northeastern Pennsylvania, USA. Presented at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 2006.

Responses to Brown-headed Cowbirds by Female Field Sparrows in an Unparasitized Population. Presented at the Animal Behavior Society, Snowbird, UT, 2006.

Effect of Spring Temperature on the Arrival Timing of a Short Distance Migrant, the Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla), at Breeding Grounds in NE Pennsylvania. Presented at the American Ornithologists Union, Laramie, WY, 2007.

Lifetime Reproductive Success and Survivorship in a Population of Field Sparrows. Presented at the American Ornithologists Union, Portland, OR, 2008.

Effect of Blood Sampling on Survivorship and Site Fidelity in Field Sparrows. Presented at the Animal Behavior Society and International Ethological Congress joint meeting, Bloomington, IN, 2011.

The Influence of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors on Arrival Timing and Seasonal Reproductive Performance in Field Sparrows (Spizella pusilla). Presented at the North American Ornithological Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2012. With Robert Smith.