Virginia Hayssen
Biography
EDUCATION

Cornell University (Ithaca, NY), Field of Neurobiology and Behavior, PhD, 1985.
Pomona College (Claremont, CA), Department of Botany, BA, 1973.

EMPLOYMENT

Professor of Biology, Smith College, Northampton, MA, 2000-present.
Associate Professor of Biology, Smith College, Northampton, MA, 1985-2000. Tenured 1993.
Lecturer in Physiological Ecology, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, England, 1994-1997
Administrative Supervisor, Liddell Laboratory for Animal Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1980-1984.
Teaching Assistant, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1978-1985.
Research Assistant, E.K. Shriver Center for Mental Retardation, Waltham, MA, 1976-1978.
Research Assistant, Boston Biomedical Research Laboratory, Boston, MA, 1974-1976.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
  LIFE MEMBERSHIPS

American Society of Mammalogists (Patron Member)
National Wildlife Federation
Sigma Xi
Wisconsin Society for Ornithology (Patron Member)

  ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS

Australian Mammal Society
British Mammal Society

TEACHING
  SMITH COLLEGE (1985-1993; 1997-PRESENT)

Vertebrate Biology: lecture and laboratories (intermediate level)
Animal Behavior: lecture and laboratory (upper level)
Lions: Science and Science Fiction: First Year Seminar
Mammalian Reproductive Ecology: seminar (upper level)
> Tropical Ecology of Belize: interterm field course; co-taught
Introductory Biology: lecture and laboratory; co-taught
Introductory Statistics Laboratory: in Mathematics department
>Science: Myth and Method: non-majors course in History of Science Program

  UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (1994-1997)

Environmental Science field course: Norfolk coast; co-taught, avian foraging
Endocrinology and Digestive Physiology: lectures and exam papers (intermediate level)
Introduction to Physiological Ecology: intermediate level; lectures, coursework, exam papers
Principles of Ecology: team taught, lectures on evolutionary ecology
Physiological Ecology: advanced level, seminar format
Integrative Physiology: team taught, lectures on synthesis and integration
Mammalian Reproductive Ecology: tutorial format (advanced level)

  CORNELL UNIVERSITY (1978-1985)

Introductory Biology Laboratories: 3 separate courses: majors, non-majors, summer
Palaeoclimatology and Ecophenotypicity: seminar, co-taught



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