Member since: January 26, 2012

A Little About Me

I am a second-year master's candidate in the Raptor Biology program at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho.  I came to this school and project through my combined interests in wildlife and in how psychological stress can affect the physical health of an organism.  Before I started hanging out with baby birds, I went to college in Illinois and grew up in Iowa.  After I graduate, I hope to move to Indiana to fulfill my lifelong ambition of living in every state that begins with the letter I.

Here is a link to a more technical description of my thesis project at the website of Boise State's Raptor Research Center:

http://raptorresearchcenter.boisestate.edu/wonder-erin-effects-of-handling-on-corticosterone-in-american-kestrel-nestlings/

If you'd like to see what other people in my lab are researching, here is a link to my research adviser's website: 

http://biology.boisestate.edu/faculty-and-staff/faculty/alfred-dufty/