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Our lab welcomes graduate and undergraduate research students. Lab projects examine the function and evolution of male and female vocalizations among parrots, Colorado wren species, New World sparrows, blackbirds, and more.
Our lab welcomes graduate and undergraduate research students. Lab projects examine the function and evolution of male and female vocalizations among parrots, Colorado wren species, New World sparrows, blackbirds, and more.
Graduate Students
Graduate Students
Seeking new students in 2026 and 2027!
Seeking new students in 2026 and 2027!
Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate Students
Kristina Christensen is studying female vocalizations at the nest among red-winged blackbirds
Lucina Washburn is quantifying how male red-winged blackbirds respond to female songs
Alyssa Wright and Hyatt Pulliam are investigating parrot vocalizations
Lab Alumni
Lab Alumni
Graduate Students:
Cristina Barros - Ph.D. 2026 - Dissertation: Song Function in Female Birds; Using the Red-winged Blackbird as a Model
Karla Vilches Castaño - M.S. 2026 - Thesis: Companion Parrot Vocal Learning and Reproduction of Human Speech Sounds
Casper (Wynn) Buchanan - M.S. 2025 - Thesis: Phylogenetic Comparative Vocal Evolution in Parrots
Leah Crenshaw - M.S. 2023 - Thesis: Analyzing grassland bird song and success at the landscape-level: the impact of landscape characteristics on Western Meadowlarks (Sturnella neglecta)
Karina Sanchez - Ph.D. 2022 - Dissertation: Effects of Noise, Light, and Landscape on Birds in a Recently Urbanized County
Braelei Hardt - M.S. 2020 - Thesis: Assessing the effects of habitat on bird song propagation.
Lorraine Dargis - M.S. 2020 - Thesis: Does population density affect the singing behavior of female canyon wrens (Catherpes mexicanus)?
Nadje Najar - Ph.D. 2018 - Dissertation: Geographic variation in rock wren song complexity
Stephanie Pitt - M.S. 2018 - Thesis: Why sing so many songs? Testing the significance of song repertoire size in rock wrens
TJ Hathcock - M.S. 2017 - Thesis: Vocal Coordination of Male and Female Canyon Wrens
Nora Covy - M.S. 2016 - Thesis: Rock Climbing and Avian Cliff Communities: The Effects of Climbing Use on Avian Diversity and Behavior in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks, Colorado
Nathanial Warning - M.S. 2014 - Thesis: Canyon and Rock Wren Coexistence in the Northern Colorado Foothills
Undergraduates:
Chris Walker, Alex Colpitts, Alex Charles, Amirah Brockington, Tahais Guererro-Rocha, Branden Lawson, Joelle Jenkins, Yessica Rodriguez, Kali Thompson, Abigail Hayes, Cameron Kennedy, Paul McPhail, Kasha Strong, Megan Heier, Nick Godlove, Devyn Bailey, Annie Lin, Hannah Best, Kelsey Eickelman, Rhaya Espe, Carissa King, Daynia Lashaway, Cynthia Murguia, Becky Nowak, Xuan Mai Phan, Anne Rose, Lauren Rudman, Nathan Sheppard, Christi Stuchel
Pictured: Nat Warning, Nora Covy, TJ Hathcock, Stephanie Pitt, Nadje Najar
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