Elizabeth Sherman,
Ph.D.
Professor of
Biology
sherman@bennington.edu
I am interested in how animals work. I teach
courses in animal behavior, animal physiology, neurobiology, and human
evolution. My research is devoted to the study of physiological and
behavioral
ecology of amphibians with particular emphasis on the responses of
amphibians
to environmental stresses.
Any insights that we can gain into the ecological requirements of
a species benefit us all. Perhaps the insights seem small, but we may
not
be able to anticipate how those insights will come to form a crucial
piece
of the biodiversity puzzle in the future.
Recently, I have become interested in coral reef biology
and
each
year I run a Coral Reef Biology Course that is held in the caribbean
island of Grand Cayman. Students learn to scuba dive and
participate in on-going research on coral reef fish diversity.
Photos from recent
course.
SELECTED COURSES
The Ocean
Project a design lab with sculptor Jon Isherwood
Evolution
in America
How Do Animals Work?
Comparative
Animal Physiology
Animal
Social Behavior
Women
and
Men:
the
Biology
of
the
Sexes
Sensory
Worlds of Animals
Neurons,
Networks,
and
Behavior:
Advances
in
Neurophysiology
Field
Course
in Coral Reef Biology January
2012
Science and
Anti-science in America: Belief and Knowing
Diversity
of
Coral
Reef
Animals
Human Nature
(with social
psychologist Ron Cohen)
Environmental Physiology
of Animals
No
Free
Lunch:
the
Second
Law
of
Thermodynamics
CURRENT RESEARCH
Newt
evolution and the chemistry of ponds
Fungal-like infections in
newts
COOL LINKS FOR ANIMAL DIVERSITY
Tree
of life
Integrated
Taxonomic
Information
System
Betsy's
animal
diversity
ppt
Nature/explorer
University
of
Michigan
Museum
of
Zoology
University
of
California
Museum
of Paleontology
EVOLUTION IN AMERICA
Union of Concerned Scientists
Scientific
Integrity
Statement
on
Evolutionary
Biology
from
President
of
the
National
Academies of
Sciences
Political
Interference
in
Science
Judge Jones Opinion on teaching
intelligent design in Dover, Pennsylvania schools
National Academies of
Sciences
Science
and
Creationism:
A
View
from
the
National
Academy
of Sciences:
download this article from this link
PUBLICATIONS
(papers
since
1991
available
in
pdf)
DETAILED
CV
STUDENT SENIOR THESES
