Roger Thayer Stone Center For Latin American Studies

Tulane University

Jordan Karubian

Assistant Professor - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Degrees

  • B.S., University of California, San Diego, Ecology, 1993
  • M.S., University of Chicago, Ecology and Evolution, 1997
  • Ph.D., University of Chicago, Ecology and Evolution, 2001

Academic Experience

  • Instructor, University of California, Los Angeles, 2007-2009
  • Teaching Assistant, University of Chicago, 1996-2001
  • Teaching Assistant, The University of California, San Diego, 1993

Research & Teaching Specializations: Tropical Research; Animal Behavior; Conservation; Ecology; Evolution; Ornithology; Ecuador

Related Experience

  • Associate Researcher, University of California, Los Angeles, Institute for the Environment, 2007-
  • Latin America Director, University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Tropical Research at the Institute of the Environment, 2002-
  • Assistant Researcher, University of California, Los Angeles, 2004-2007
  • Reviewer, Auk, Behavioral Ecology, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Condor, Cotinga, Emu, Evolution, Journal of Avian Biology, Journal of Field Ornithology, Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Distinctions

  • Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement for Early Career Faculty, 2012
  • International Research Fellow, National Science Foundation, 2004-2006
  • Fulbright Fellow, Ecuador, 2003
  • Research Fellow, Wildlife Conservation Society and National Geographic Society, 2003
  • Visiting Scholar, Australia National University, 1997-2001

Languages: Spanish; Portuguese

Selected Publications

  • 2008. “The effects of delayed plumage maturation on aggression and survival in male red-backed fairy-wrens.” With Sillett TS and Webster MS. Behavioral Ecology. 19 (3): 508-516.
  • 2008. “Home range and habitat preferences of the Banded Ground-cuckoo Neomorphus radiolosus.” With Carrasco L. Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 120: 205-209.
  • 2008. “Advances in sexual selection theory: insights from tropical avifauna.” With Tori W, et al. Neotropical Ornithology. 19: 151-163.
  • 2008. “Extra-pair paternity and sexual selection in socially monogamous birds: are tropical birds different?” With Macedo R.H. and M.S. Webster. Auk. 125 (4): 769-777.
  • 2005. “Temporal and spatial patterns of macaw abundance in the Ecuadorian Amazon.” With J. Fabarra, et al. Condor. 107 (3): 617-626.

Number of Dissertations or Theses Supervised in the Past 5 Years: 8

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Two-week Public Service summer program in Ecuador

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Center for Public Service: International Programs
Ecuador: Tropical Field Biology and Conservation
Chocó Rainforest, Ecuador | Tentative dates: August 9 – August 23, 2013

Application deadline: January 28, 2013
Deadline extended!

All majors are welcome to apply to spend two weeks in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador. Ecuador: Tropical Field Biology and Conservation gives students the opportunity to apply the theory and knowledge they have acquired in the classroom to the real world. Students will travel with Dr. Karubian and Dr. Duraes to Ecuador for a two-week intensive field course. While on the course, students will experience first-hand the challenges and rewards of conducting field research and implementing conservation activities in tropical environments. These activities will take place within a context of community engagement based on active collaboration and interaction with Ecuadorian local residents in a variety of contexts.

For more information, click here to visit the Center for Public Service’s page on this program.