September 2005
CURRICULUM VITAE
OFFICE ADDRESS:
Department of Biology
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona 86011
Phone: (602)-523-7231
(602)-523-7233
(602)-523-2381
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Behavior; communication in social systems; sociality and the effects of resources on social systems.
EDUCATION:
Ph. D., University of California, Berkeley (1971).
B. S. (with honors), University of California, Berkeley (1966).
A. A. (with honors), San Francisco City College, California (1964).
ACADEMIC HONORS:
Keynote Address, Colorado Prairie Dog Summit, Denver 2003
Keynote Address, Colorado Prairie Dog Summit, Denver 2001
Keynote Address, Balancing People and Wildlife, Audubon Denver 1998
Plenary Lecture, 5th International Rodent Meetings, Morocco, 1995.
Teacher-Scholar Award, Northern Arizona University, 1990.
Buchman Memorial Lecture, California Institute of Technology, 1988.
Visiting Professor, Kenyatta University, Kenya, 1983.
Fulbright Fellow, Kenya, 1983.
Sigma Xi Faculty Scholar Award, Northern Arizona University,1982.
Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Scholar Award, Northern Arizona University, 1979.
National Defense Graduate Fellowship, 1967-1970.
University of California Regents Fellowship, 1966-1967.
James Monroe MacDonald Scholarship, 1965-1966.
Department Citation for Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley, 1965.
AFFILIATIONS:
Animal Behavior Society
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PERTINENT EMPLOYMENT:
1983 - Professor of Biology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona. Responsible for teaching a graduate and an undergraduate course in animal behavior.
1979-83. Associate Professor of Biology, Northern Arizona University.
1971-79. Assistant Professor of Biology, Northern Arizona University.
1969. Teaching Assistant, Division of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley.
1966. Research Assistant, Division of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley.
RESEARCH GRANTS:
2003. (CoPI). Distributions of Prairie Dogs at Camp Navajo, AZ.
2001-03 Heritage Fund, Doney Park Interpretive Trail
2001-03 Heritage Fund, Prairie Dog Brochure.
2000-02 Heritage Fund. Interpretative Prairie Dog Trail.
1994-95. NSF (PI) REU in Neurobiology and Behavior.
1993-94. NAU Organized Research (PI). Communication in prairie dogs.
1985-91. NAU Organized Research (PI). Social structure and communication in prairie dogs.
l983-85. NSF (PI). Woodrats and junipers: how plant biochemistry affects woodrat foraging behavior.
1983. National Geographic Society. Vocalizations and social structure of African bats.
1981-83. NAU Organized Research (PI). The relationship between resources, sociality, and alarm vocalizations in prairie dogs.
1978-81. NAU Organized Research (PI). Experimental studies of prey selection by predators.
1978. Transition Foundation (co-PI). Community structure and analysis of habitat use on islands in the Gulf of California.
1975-77. NAU Organized Research (PI). Development of mathematical models in biological systems.
1974-76. NSF (co-PI). Community structure of arthropods on coastal sand dunes.
COURSES TAUGHT (last six years):
Bio 100 Introductory Biology for Nonmajors
Bio 300 Animal Communication (undergraduate)
Bio 366 Behavior of Animals (undergraduate), lecture classes, web class, and interactive TV class for majors and nonmajors
Bio 666 Animal Behavior (graduate)
Bio 698 Seminar: Resources and Social Systems (graduate)
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ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE/SERVICE:
2005-07 Member, Biology Department Outreach and Public Relations Committee
2003-05 Member, Biology Department Advisory Committee
2000-03 Member, Graduate Program Committee
1999-01 Member, Academic Excellence Committee
1998-01 Member, Applied Behavior Committee, Animal Behavior Society
1996-97 Member, Biology Department Advisory Committee.
1996-97 Member, Biology Department Integrated Biology Committee.
1995-96. Chair, Biology Department Advisory Committee.
1995-96. Chair, Biology Department Library Committee.
1995-96. Chair, Organizing Committee, Animal Behavior Society Meetings, Flagstaff, AZ.
1994-95. Member, Graduate Council, NAU.
1994-95. Member, Biology Department Graduate Selection Committee, NAU.
1992-94. Member, Biology Department Graduate Affairs Committee, NAU.
1992-94. Member, Biology Department Library Committee, NAU.
1991-94. Member, Policy and Planning Committee, Animal Behavior Society.
1990-91. Chair, Biology Department Committee on Faculty Status, NAU.
1990-93. Member, Graduate Council, NAU.
1987-89. President-Elect, President, Past-President, Sigma Xi,
Flagstaff Chapter.
1985-87. President-Elect, President, Past-President, Phi Kappa Phi,
Flagstaff Chapter.
1986-89. Member, Policy and Planning Commitee, Animal Behavior Society.
1986-89. Member, NAU Organized Research Committee.
1986-87. Chair, NAU Biology Seminar Committee.
1982-87. Member, Steering Committee, Center for Ecological Research.
1985-86. Member, NAU Faculty Senate.
1985-87. Coordinator, Seminar Program in Ecology, Center for Ecological Research,NAU.
1978-81. Member, NAU Library Committee.
1977-83. Director, NAU Small Animal Zoo.
1977-81. Chair, NAU Biology Seminar Committee.
1977-80. Member, NAU Faculty Senate.
1977-78. Member, NAU Biology Executive Committee.
1975-81. Member, NAU Computer Users Committee.
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SYMPOSIA, MEETINGS ORGANIZED:
1996. Chair, Organizing Committee, Animal Behavior Society meetings, Flagstaff, AZ.
1996. Coorganizer, Symposium on Referential Communication, Animal Behavior Society Meetings, Flagstaff, AZ.
1995. Organizer, Symposium on Communication, Fifth International Conference, Rodents and Space, Rabat, Morocco.
1986. Organizer, International Ecology Conference: Ecology of Social Behavior.
1982. Coorganizer, International Ecology Conference: A new ecology.
PAPERS PRESENTED AT MEETINGS:
Slobodchikoff, C. N. and H. V. Daly. 1971. Systematic and evolutionary implications of parthenogenesis in the Hymenoptera. American Institute of Biological Sciences, Chicago, IL.
Slobodchikoff, C. N. 1972. Patterns of variation in a parthenogenetic wasp. Entomological Society of America, Montreal, Canada.
Slobodchikoff, C. N. 1975. Habitat use by mimetic tenebrionid beetles. Entomological Society of America, New Orleans, LA.
Slobodchikoff, C. N. 1976. Tenebrionid mimics and the strategy of predator-free periods. Ecological Society of America, New Orleans, LA.
Slobodchikoff, C. N. 1978. Skunk predation on beetles with defensive secretions. Animal Behavior Society, University of Washington, Seattle. June 19-23.
Slobodchikoff, C. N. and Joanne Itami. 1979. Aggression and territoriality in vinegaroons (Mastigoproctus giganteus). Animal Behavior Society, Tulane University, New Orleans June 10-15.
Slobodchikoff, C. N., Terry A. Vaughan and R. Warner. 1980. How insect defensive secretions affect optimal foraging of the grasshopper mouse. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, June 9-13.
Slobodchikoff, C. N. 1982. Predator-specific vocalizations of the Gunnison’s prairie dog. Sociality in Ground Squirrels, Banff, Alberta, Canada. 30 Sept-2 Oct. 1982.
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Slobodchikoff, C. N. 1983. Resources and the evolution of sociality. Ecology Conference, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff.
Slobodchikoff, C. N. 1985. Resources and the evolution of sociality. Ethologie 85, 19th International Ethological Conference, Universite P. Sabatier, Toulouse, France.
Slobodchikoff, C. N. 1986. Micro and macro geographical variation in territorial calls of the rock hyrax (Procavia johnstoni). Animal Behavior Society, University of Arizona, Tucson, June 9-13.
Slobodchikoff, C. N. 1986. Resource patches and social groups in Gunnison’s prairie dogs. International Behavioral Ecology Meeting, New York State Museum, Albany October 16-19.
Slobodchikoff, C. N. and W. C. Schulz. 1986. Cooperation, aggression, and the evolution of sociality. Ecology of Social Behavior Conference, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff.
Slobodchikoff, C. N., Cheryl Fischer and Edward D. Creef. 1987. Alarm calls of prairie dogs identify individual predators. Animal Behavior Society, Williams College, Williamstown MA, June 21-26.
Slobodchikoff, C. N. 1987. Prairie dog alarm call vocalizations as elements of language. 20th International Ethological Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison, August 7-16.
Slobodchikoff, C. N. and Judith Kiriazis. 1988. The dynamics of social systems: a predictive model. 2nd International Behavioral Ecology Conference, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. October 6-9.
Slobodchikoff, C. N., C. Fischer, and E. Creef. 1988. Elements of semantics in the alarm calls of prairie dogs. Southwestern Association of Biologists, Portal, AZ.
Kiriazis, J. and C. N. Slobodchikoff. 1988. Predator-specific alarm calls of prairie dogs. Southwestern Association of Biologists, Portal, AZ.
Robinson, Anthony, and C. N. Slobodchikoff. 1988. Philopatry and dispersal in Gunnison's prairie dogs. Southwestern Association of Biologists, Portal, AZ.
Slobodchikoff, C. N. and Judith Kiriazis. 1989. Animal language: anthropomorphism or anthropocentrism? Animal Behavior Society, Highland Heights, KY. June 11-16.
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Travis, Steven and C. N. Slobodchikoff. 1989. Effects of variable resources on the mating system of Gunnison's prairie dogs. Southwestern Association of Biologists,
Ghost Ranch, NM.
Robinson, Anthony T. and C. N. Slobodchikoff. 1990. Intracolony dispersal in Gunnison's prairie dogs. American Society of Mammalogists, Frostburg State University, Frostburg ML, June 9-13.
Hetz, M. and C. N. Slobodchikoff. 1991. Predation rates in a Batesian model-mimic system. Entomological Association of America, Reno, NV.
Kiriazis, J. and C. N. Slobodchikoff. 1992. Semantic structure of prairie dog alarm calls. Animal Behavior Society, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Travis, Steven E., C. N. Slobodchikoff, and Paul Keim. 1993. Multiple polygyny in Gunnison's prairie dog territories: a DNA fingerprint analysis. Animal Behavior Society, Davis, CA, July 24-29.
Travis, Steven E., C. N. Slobodchikoff, and Paul Keim. 1993. Assessment of population structure in Gunnison's prairie dogs by DNA fingerprinting. Joint meetings: American Society of Naturalists, Society of Systematic Biology, Society for the Study of Evolution, Snowbird, UT.
Travis, Steven E., C. N. Slobodchikoff, and Paul Keim. 1994. Ecological and demographic effects on intraspecific variation in the social system of prairie dogs. Southwestern Association of Biologists, Ghost Ranch, NM.
Ackers, Steven and C. N. Slobodchikoff. 1994. Effect of habituation on prairie dog alarm calls to artificial stimul. Southwestern Association of Biologists, Ghost Ranch, NM.
Slobodchikoff, C. N., S. H. Ackers, J. Johnson, V. Gilbert, and J. Kiriazis. 1994. Syntax in social chatters of Gunnison's prairie dogs. Animal Behavior Society, Seattle, WA.
Ackers, S. H. and C. N. Slobodchikoff. 1994. Variation and information content of Gunnison's prairie dog alarm calls. Animal Behavior Society, Seattle, WA.
Slobodchikoff, C. N., S. H. Ackers, and M. Van Ert. 1995. Macrogeographic variation in the alarm calls of Gunnison's prairie dogs. Animal Behavior Society, Lincoln, NE.
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Slobodchikoff, C. N. 1995. Semantics and proto-language in rodent vocalizations. Plenary Lecture, 5th International Rodent Meetings, Rabat, Morocco.
Blankenship, V. and C. N. Slobodchikoff. 1995. Research internships in the neural and behavioral sciences. Fourth Annual National Conference of the Quality Education for Minorities in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Network, Washington, DC., February 10-12.
Slobodchikoff, C. N. 1996. Towards a predictive model of referential specificity. Symposium Lecture, Animal Behavior Society, Flagstaff, AZ.
Frederiksen, J. K. and C. N. Slobodchikoff. 1996. Referential specificity in the alarm calls of the black-tailed prairie dog. Animal Behavior Society, Flagstaff, AZ.
Bangert, R. and C. N. Slobodchikoff. 1997. The effects of prairie dog burrows on the distribution of Eleodes beetles. Southwestern Association of Biologists, Payson, AZ.
Long, S. and C. N. Slobodchikoff. 1998. Prairie dog alarm calls communicate levels of threat. Animal Behavior Society, Carbondale, IL.
Bangert, R. and C. N. Slobodchikoff. 1998. The ecology of the Gunnison's prairie dog landscape at Petrified Forest National Park, AZ. Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH.
Verdolin, J. and C. N. Slobodchikoff. 2000. Vigilance in Gunnison’s prairie dogs. Animal Behavior Society, Corvallis, OR.
Husband, E. M. and C. N. Slobodchikoff. 2002. Analysis of prairie dog alarm calls. Animal Behavior Society, Bloomington, IN.
Ballesteros, J. and C. N. Slobodchikoff. 2003. The All Clear call of Gunnison’s prairie dogs. Animal Behavior Society, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Paseka, A. and C. N. Slobodchikoff. 2005. Discrimination of color by Gunnison’s prairie dogs in alarm calls. Society of Integrative Biology, San Diego.
Slobodchikoff, C. N. and J. Placer. 2005. Acoustic structures in the alarm calls of Gunnison’s prairie dogs. Animal Behavior Society, Snowbird, UT