EDUCATION

PhD         2003      GPA 4.0

University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS                                     

Major:  Experimental/Comparative Psychology                                                

Dissertation Title:  Mother-calf interactions during the first year of life for bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).

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MA          2000      GPA 4.0

University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS                                     

Major:  Experimental/Comparative Psychology                                                

Thesis Title:  Can sea lions use the information in a mirror image to locate a hidden object?

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BS           1996      GPA 3.96

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Major: Psychology     Minor: Oceanography                                           

Honor’s Thesis: The influence of circulation variability on postlarval brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus) recruitment.