Resume

• 2013

  Local Organization Committee 2013

  Arkansas Academy of Science

  Best Dissertation at SIUC for 2012-13. First student in the Zoology Department to ever win this award since it was founded in 1987.\n

  Graduate School

  Southern Illinois University

  Outstanding Student Award

  First recipient to ever win this award

  The Wildlife Society

  North Central Section

  Richard R. Kudo Memorial Award

  Best Thesis/Dissertation in Zoology Department for 2012-13\n

  Zoology Department

  Southern Illinois University

• 2011

  Associate Wildlife Biologist

  The Wildlife Society

  Illinois Trapper

  Illinois Department of Natural Resources

• 2007

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Zoology

  Southern Illinois University

  Carbondale

• 2004

  Pennsylvania Hunter-Trapper

  Pennsylvania Game Commission

  Wilderness First Responder and CPR

  SOLO

  Certified Wildlife Biologist

  The Wildlife Society

  North American Basic Trapper Course

• 2002

  Secretary/Treasurer of Arkansas Chapter; Chair of the North Carolina Chapter Conservation Affairs Committee

  The Wildlife Society

• 2001

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

  Wildlife and Fisheries Science

  Penn State University

  Fish and Wildlife Administration

  Introduction to Environmental Studies

  Foundations of Environmental Conservation and Management

  Wildlife Techniques

  Applied Environmental Ecology

  Practicum in Environmental Studies

  Urban Wildlife Ecology and Management Graduate Seminar

  Exploring a \"Wild\" Profession

  Introduction to Environmental Science

  Applied Environmental Statistics

  Environmental Conservation

  Principles of Ecology

  Senior Seminar

  Applied Learning Service

  Natural Resources Communications

• Academic Advising

  Field Work

  University Teaching

  Biodiversity

  Research

  Environmental Science

  Statistics

  Ecology

  Grant Writing

  Courses

  Science

  Public Speaking

  Natural Resource Management

  Student Development

  GIS

  Higher Education

  ArcGIS

  Environmental Awareness

  Student Engagement

  Mitigation

  Perceived and desired outcomes of urban deer management methods.

  Brad D. Woodson

  Mae A. Davenport

  Clay K. Nielsen

  Perceived and desired outcomes of urban deer management methods.

  Brad D. Woodson

  Mae A. Davenport

  Clay K. Nielsen

  Determinants of public perceptions of suburban deer density

  Chapter 4: Impacts of outfitters on free access to white-tailed deer habitat

  hunting opportunities

  and local residents in Illinois. Pages 123 – 148 in O. P. Jenkins

  editor. Advances in Animal Science and Zoology. Volume 9.

  Tim S. Preuss

  Clay K. Nielsen

  Comparison of aerial surveys and pellet-based distance sampling methods for estimating deer density

  Clay. K. Nielsen

  Influence of landscape factors on density of suburban white-tailed deer. Landscape and Urban Planning

  Geriann Albers

  Casey Dukes

  Colleen Olfenbuttel

  See what you've been missing: an assessment of Reconyx cameras

  Vanessa Quinn

  Laura D'Acunto

  Darren Wood

  Casey Day

  Mentored conference experiences support students' career exploration and professional development

  Exurban feral cat seroprevalence of Feline Leukemia and Feline Immunodeficiency viruses and adult survival

  Mesocarnivore presence and behavior on a barrier island during sea turtle nesting season

  Clay K. Nielsen

  Effect of Northern raccoon reduction on Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) nest success

  Clay K. Nielsen

  Deer

  humans

  and vegetation: A case study of deer management in the Chicago Metropolitan Area

  Population density and annual and seasonal space use by feral cats in an exurban area

  Gary Potts

  Amy Carrozzino-Lyon

  Shifting demographics and attitudinal changes of TWS members (1991-2014)

  Brad D. Woodson

  Mae A. Davenport

  Clay K. Nielsen

  Acceptability and conflict of deer management methods in a suburban county

  Impacts of man-made structures on avian community metrics in 4 state parks in northwestern Arkansas

  Hope Sutton

  Jeff Hill

  Joanne Halls

  Distribution pattern of red fox (Vulpes vulpes) dens and spatial relationships with sea turtle nests

  recreation

  and environmental characteristics

  Vanessa Quinn

  Lauren D'Acunto

  Casey Day

  Darren Wood

  Elizabeth Flaherty

  A framework for mentoring students attending their first professional conference

  Local scale comparisons of avian and woody vegetation communities within 4 Arkansas State Parks

  Casey Dukes

  Colleen Olfenbuttel

  Effects of different attractants and human scent on mesocarnivore detection at camera traps

  Exploring the effects of non-consumptive recreation

  trail use

  and environmental factors on state park avian biodiversity

  Arkansas Tech University

  University of North Carolina Wilmington

  North Carolina Chapter of The Wildlife Society

  Russellville

  Arkansas

  Assistant Professor of Wildlife Science

  Arkansas Tech University

  Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences

  Wilmington

  North Carolina Area

  UNC Wilmington

  University of North Carolina Wilmington

  President

  North Carolina Chapter of The Wildlife Society

  Assistant Department Chair

  University of North Carolina at Wilmington