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.
See video 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
