New wildlife ecologist joins Natural Resources Management
Kerry Griffis-Kyle, a wildlife ecologist from New Mexico State University, has been named an assistant professor in Texas Tech University's Department of Natural Resources Management, according to officials with the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. She began her teaching and research duties on Sept. 1.
"My research focuses on how terrestrial-wetland linkages and the spatial arrangement of wetlands influence wetland dependant species," Griffis-Kyle said. "Anything that affects the availability or quality of water resources can have significant impacts on wildlife."
At Texas Tech, she will teach wetland ecology, wildlife techniques and introductory wildlife management. In the past she has led classes at other universities in cell and organismal biology, avian field ecology and environmental conservation.
Prior joining Texas Tech, Griffis-Kyle was on the adjunct and graduate faculty in the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology at New Mexico State. She has also served as a postdoctoral research fellow studying the effects of livestock and livestock management on amphibian breeding site selection in arid grasslands with that department.
Griffis-Kyle worked as a graduate research assistant in Syracuse University's Department of Biology,Utah State University's Ecology Program, and Northern Arizona University's Department of Forestry.
A native of Ohio, she received her bachelor's degree in wildlife ecology from the University of Florida, and her master's degree in forestry from Northern Arizona University. Her doctorate in biology is from Syracuse University. She's a member of The Wildlife Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ecological Society of America and Society of American Naturalists.
Written by Norman Martin
CONTACT: Kerry Griffis-Kyle, assistant professor, Department of Natural Resources Management, Texas Tech University at (806)-742-2841 or Kerry.griffis-kyle@ttu.edu
Davis College NewsCenter
-
Address
P.O. Box 42123, Lubbock, Texas 79409-2123, Dean's Office Location:Goddard Building, Room 108 -
Phone
(806)742-2808 -
Email
kris.allen@ttu.edu