Mentoring Philosophy
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Prepare students for scientific research through guidance and encouragement
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Mentor students closely when needed while allowing them to maintain sense of ownership and freedom
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Allow students to make mistakes and not be afraid to attempt creative solutions
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Recruit underrepresented students through outreach and alleviate barriers to entry
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Treat students with dignity and respect as you would colleagues
Students
Undergraduates
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Nina Kappel - Predator avoidance behaviors in white-tailed deer in Florida. Virginia Tech
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Tyvante Gillison - Spatial and temporal partitioning of mesopredators in response to a novel predator (i.e., coyote) in Florida. Virginia Tech
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Bella Delullo - Developing methods to estimate fawn age through morphometrics and game camera photos. University of Georgia