Karina Sanchez
I am an urban behavioral ecologist and discipline-based education researcher. I am interested in understanding how wildlife alter behavioral patterns to adjust to novel environments and the evolutionary outcomes of behavior changes. My education research focuses on addressing systemic barriers to participation in the field of ecology. I do this through identifying barriers to thriving and the impacts of implementing anti-racist pedagogy in ecology courses.
Courses Taught
- NR 439: Environmental Biology
Research Interests
- Ecology
- Evolutionary Biology
- Biology
- Animal behavior
- Animal Communication
- Higher Education
Selected Publications
Barros, C. M., Benedict, L., & Sanchez, K. A. (2024). A review of the literature on female birdsong function. Animal Behaviour, 216, 23-35. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2024.07.018
Nelson-Olivieri, J. R., Layden, T. J., Antunez, E., Khalighifar, A., Lasky, M., Laverty, T. M., . . . Bombaci, S. P. (2024). Inequalities in noise will affect urban wildlife.. Nat Ecol Evol, 8(1), 163-174. doi:10.1038/s41559-023-02257-9
Sanchez, K. A., Bevan, A. J., Vita, A. A., Royse, E. A., Januszkiewicz, E., & Holt, E. A. (n.d.). Grit matters to biology doctoral students’ perception of barriers to degree completion. Journal of Biological Education, 1-24. doi:10.1080/00219266.2023.2192731
Sanchez, K. A., Fialko, K., Benedict, L., & Cicero, C. (2023). Time alters urban singing strategies in a North American songbird. Journal of Urban Ecology, 9(1). doi:10.1093/jue/juad001
