How do animals make decisions?
I am a current Ph.D. student at Georgia State University and a graduate researcher at the Language Research Center. I am broadly interested in how animals make decisions within more socially relevant contexts. My specific interests include understanding prosocial behavior, how non-human animals react to unequal outcomes, how these behaviors influence decision-making, and the relationship that hormones have to all of these topics. In the past, I have worked on a range of species including, tufted capuchin monkeys (Sapajus apella), beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas), and loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta).
In addition to my research, I am proficient in both Python and R programming languages and have a wealth of knowledge on GLMM statistical models. If you are interested in using any of my programs or apparatus designs in your research, check out my coding and design pages.
Recent News!
Placed 2nd and won People’s Choice Awards at the Annual 3-Minute Thesis Competition
hosted by Georgia State University’s College of Arts and Sciences
Watch the talk here!
I will end on a highly personal note. The wisest decision I ever made with regard to science, I made as a child. In the summer of 1932, shortly after my thirteenth birthday, I decided to become a zoologist, because I thought it would be fascinating to visit distant parts of the world and study exotic animals.
I was right. It has been.
– George A. Bartholomew (2005) p. 332