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Jennie Rinehimer

Faculty
Biology
  • Chair and Associate Professor of Biology

jennie carr

Contact

 

Office Hours

TBD, also available by appointment

Education

B.S., Juniata College, 2008; Ph.D., Indiana State University, 2013.

Research

My research focuses on avian behavior, ecology and thermophysiology.  I am particularly interested in how predators influence bird behavior and how perceived predation risk interferes with a bird’s ability to thermoregulate and maintain energy reserves in challenging thermal environments.  These studies are conducted on a variety of avian species in both the field and lab.

Teaching

BIO 112: General Biology II

BIO 228: Ornithology

BIO 315: Ecophysiology

BIO 328: Behavioral Ecology

BIO 351: Evolution

BIO 294: Tropical Ecology (Winter travel course!)

BIO 100-30/31: Diversity & Adaptation

GRW-100-60: Biodiversity & Global Warming

 

Related Content

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Field Studies

October 16, 2017

By studying the behavior of field sparrows, Jennie Carr, assistant professor of biology, WC students, and staff at the Center for Environment & Society are hoping to learn how this declining bird species could become more successful at raising its young.

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George in the Jungle

February 24, 2016

Eleven students and two professors recently traveled to Nicaragua for a 15-day tropical ecology course offering one-of-a-kind, hands-on learning experiences not soon to be forgotten

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RAFC—A New Living Lab for WC Students

November 06, 2017

The River and Field Campus—a 4,700-acre living laboratory—helps launch Washington College’s environmental programs to national prominence.