Virginia Hayssen
Student Research Supervised
GRADUATE
2007-2009Alyssa Ward: Hair and salivary cortisol from dogs Canis familiaris [Masters]
1998-2000Joy Lapseritis: DNA sequence of agouti and nonagouti alleles from Peromyscus maniculatus [Masters]
1994-1999Nigel Goodwin: Effect of ovarian luteinization rate on offspring gender in dominant and subordinate red deer [Doctoral program]
1991-1993Samantha Gunawardhana: Effects of L-dopa, carbidopa, and bromocriptine on locomotor activity, climbing, and grooming behavior of two color-morphs of Peromyscus maniculatus [Masters]
1991-1992Kathryn Gorski: Grooming patterns in two color morphs of Peromyscus [Masters program: withdrew to attend veterinary school]
1985-1986Sri Miththapala: Reproductive investment in gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) [Masters program: changed topic]
 
DOCTORAL COMMITTEES
1997-1999D Scott Reynolds: Reproductive investment in bats. Boston University
1995-1997Ellen Shores: Determinants of aromatase activity in porcine theca. University of Nottingham
1995-1997Kristy Bird: Maternal recognition of pregnancy in red deer. University of Nottingham
 
HONORS THESES
SMITH COLLEGE and UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
2007-2008Alex Webster: Throughfall in 3 habitats.
2004-2005Abigail Gambrill: Behavioral flexibility in crow foraging.
1998-1999Bronwyn Williams: Phylogeography of Eptesicus fuscus.
1996-1997Timothy Cooke: MSH-influenced behaviors in agouti and non-agouti deermice
1995-1996Justin Beard: An investigation into the effects of sex, photoperiod and coat colour on food intake in deermice (Peromyscus maniculatus.)
1995-1996Annette Herrloff-Anwar: Mate choice in deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus.
1995-1996Lucy Reardon: The effects of the agouti protein, daylength and sex on spleen size and composition in Peromyscus maniculatus
1995-1996Duncan Rusby: The effect of photoperiod and sex on the nesting behavior of agouti and non-agouti deermice (Peromyscus maniculatus)
1994-1995Rebecca Wynniatt-Husey: The effects of the agouti locus and photoperiod on the behaviour, anatomy and physiology of the deermouse, Peromyscus maniculatus
1992-1993Priyamvada Narayanan: Dominance hierarchies in nursery-raised, peer-socialized rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)
1988-1989Erica Hellman: Behavior of Peromyscus maniculatus gracilis: Sexual diethism and diel activity
1987-1988Cathryn Starr: Investigation of time budgets for female Rattus norvegicus during gestation and lactation
 
STRIDE RESEARCH
2009-2010Shannon Pettit (Peromyscus maniculatus coat color)
2008-2010Samantha Ross (Peromyscus reproduction)
2008-2009Sophia Ong (lagomorph reproduction)
2007-2009Sara Markman (mammalian coat-color)
2007-2009Cora Waterman (mammalian coat-color)
2007-2009Jennifer Yoo (measuring stress in dogs)
2006-2008Emily Hart (mammalian reproduction)
2006-2008Miki Duruz (mammalian coat-color)
2006-2008Caitlin Miller (mammalian coat-color)
2005-2007Britni Steingard (mammalian reproduction)
2005-2007Collette Roy (mammalian coat-color)
2004-2006Taryn Pestalozzi (mammalian gestation)
2003-2005Talya Davis-Johnson (aguoti locus pleiotropy)
2003-2005Katherine Morris (reproductive biology of Felidae)
2002-2004Brittany Hopkins (academic publishing, women in science)
2001-2003Lindsey Lattinville (mammalian coat color)
2000-2002Laura Frye-Levine (academic careers at Smith)
2000-2002Alicia VandeVusse (allometry of gestation)
2000-2002Lesley Weaver (body mass profiles in deermice)
2000-2001Courtney Ek (metabolism of agouti and nonagouti deermice)
1998-2000Sarah Soss (reproduction in tree vs ground nesting squirrels)
1998-2000Ilene Weinger (brown patterning in nonagouti deermice)
 
AEMES RESEARCH
2009-2010Allison Corbosiero (lagomorph reproduction)
2008-2010Lauren Bridges (canid reproduction)
 
SPECIAL STUDIES - SMITH COLLEGE
Fall 2009Ashley Urrutia: Peromyscus coat-color
Spring 2009Martha Maloney-Huss: Connected ground work in horses
Spring 2009Katherine Lofgren: Alpine tundra
Fall 2008Sarah Gregory: Methods in animal behavior
Fall 2008Rebecca Jacobson: Methods in animal behavior
Fall 2008Martha Maloney-Huss: Methods in animal behavior
Spring 2008Michelle Lai: Thyroxine in Peromyscus
Spring 2006Michelle Lai: Mammals of Wisconsin
Spring 2006Amelia Keller: Review of Bradypus
Fall 2004Lindsey Lattinville: Reproduction in agouti and nonagouti deer mice
Spring 2004Maryalice Walker: Tail function in bat flight
Fall 2003Maryalice Walker: Aerodynamics of bat flight
Spring 2003Mariam Ali: Phylogenetic and allometric patterns of reproduction in hoofed mammals
Spring 2003Meridith Toth: Animal care guidelines: euthanasia and sedation
Fall 2002Mariam Ali: Seasonality and reproduction in artiodactlys
Fall 2002Meridith Toth: Pair behavior in agouti and nonagouti deer mice
Fall 2002Kris Wraight: Sustainability on campus
Spring 2002Katie Lefebvre: Leptin levels in agouti and nonagouti deer mice
Spring 2001Sarah Kanagy: Biology of bats
Spring 2001Olisa Opar: Biology of bats
Fall 2000Katie Lefevre: Tumorogenesis in deermice
Spring 2000Rachel DeFina: Corticosteroids in agouti and nonagouti deer mice
Spring 2000Angela Hadlock: Humpback whale response to catamaran vs diesel boats
Fall 1999Sarah Schulten: Maternal investment in agouti and nonagouti deer mice
Spring 1999Sloane York: Skeletal adaptations in mammals
Fall 1998Suzanna Shin: Pollution: Contaminants in marine mammals.
Spring 1998Christina Bird: "Doug: the Roseate Tern"
Spring 1998Joanne Hausladen: What is intelligence?
Spring 1998Bronwyn Williams: Ecological correlates of litter size in Eptesicus fuscus
Fall 1997Selena Kong: Organ weights in agouti and nonagouti deer mice
Spring 1994Samantha Pitts: Interdemic selection and social behavior
Spring 1994Worder Henline: Territoriality in Anolis
Fall 1993Joy Lapseritis: Aerial behavior of humpback whales
Spring 1993Susan Bissell: Behavior of deermice which are homozygous or heterozygous at the agouti coat-color locus
Spring 1993Lara DeSanti: Neuroanatomical localization of tyrosine hydroxylase in two color-morphs of Peromyscus maniculatus
Spring 1993Danielle Grubin: Neuroanatomical localization of choline acetyltransferase in two color-morphs of Peromyscus maniculatus
Fall 1992Kyle Feldgus: Effects of coat color on the behavioral development of Peromyscus maniculatus gracilis
Fall 1992Kathryn Mandal: Investigation of the neurochemical mechanisms of yawning behavior in rodents
Spring 1992Karen Messerschmitt: Physiological causes and ecological consequences of weaning
1991-1992Nicole Parsons: Comparative anatomy of long and thin ectotherms: Western garter snake vs three-toed amphiuma
Fall 1991Courtney Stirling: Behavior of humpback whales
Spring 1991Christine Burhans: Behavior patterns of mutant vs normal Peromyscus
Spring 1990Elicia Estrella: Energetic cost of behavior
Spring 1990Eve DeRosa: Do mice show a preference for the urinary olfactory cues of the opposite sex?
Spring 1990Thanh Phan: Homing behavior in mice: Effect of temperature
Spring 1990Valerie Stack: Environmental factors that induce skin color change (metachrosis) in frogs
Spring 1990Tina Blank: Dominance in male anoles (Anolis carolinensis): Does the resident win?
Spring 1989Pat Tsai: Optimal foraging in rats
Spring 1989Jerilyn Jacobs: Classical conditioning in a horse to determine the extent of color vision
Spring 1989Larissa Hansen: Characteristics of bird eggs
Spring 1988Sabine Lehmann: Sex differences in the activity patterns of mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus)
 
SUMMER PROJECTS - SMITH COLLEGE
2009Katheryn Dickhut: Viverrid and herpestid reproduction
2009Arianne Flick: coat color, size, and location in Peromyscus leucopus
2009Shannon Petit: coat color, size, and location in Peromyscus maniculatus
2009Alyssa Ward: Partitioning of cortisol in hair
2008Jennifer Yoo: Corticosteroids in canids
2008Shari Jainuddin: Reproduction within and between Peromyscus species
2008Quinn Tompkins: Reproduction in Lagomorpha
2007Christine Ricci: Body size and coat color in Peromyscus
2006Michelle Lai: Thyroid function in deer mice
2005Mary Rose Stevens: Hair dimensions in agouti and nonagouti deer mice
2005Laurie Gayes: Measuring coat color in mammals
2004Abigail Gambrill: Corvid behavior
2004Talya Davis-Johnson: Organ allometry in agouti and nonagouti deer mice
2003Lindsey Lattinville: Coat-color development
2002Morgan Garvin: Demography of agouti and nonagouti deer mice
2002Lindsey Lattinville: Aggression in agouti and nonagouti deer mice
2002Mariam Ali: Reproductive patterns and litter size in mammals
2002Christine MacKenzie: Food hoarding in agouti and nonagouti deer mice
2001Courtney Ek: Metabolism of agouti and nonagouti deer mice
2001Morgan Garvin: Behavior of agouti and nonagouti deer mice in the cold
2001Laura Frye-Levine: Academic careers of women at Smith College
2000Sarah Kanagy: Tumerogenesis in deer mice
2000Shabeen Ally: Growth patterns in deer mice
1999Sarah Schulten: Developmental patterns in agouti and nonagouti deer mice
1999Catherine Rafferzeder: Developmental patterns in two color-morphs of deer mice
1998Bronwyn Williams: Microsatellite DNA of Eptesicus fuscus
1998Kesha Wilford: Organ weights of agouti and nonagouti deer mice
1997Selena Kong: Huddling behavior of agouti and nonagouti deer mice
1994Megan McCusker: Reproductive difference in color morphs of Peromyscus
1993Megan Mahoney: Pelage density in color morphs of Peromyscus
1993Nicole Bartlett: Wing morphology and reproduction in bats
1992Lara DeSanti: Pelage differences in color morphs of Peromyscus
1987Theresa Wright: Activity budget of guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus)
1987Cathryn Starr: Reproductive investment in rabbits (Oryctolagus)



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