STEVEN P. CAMPBELL, PHD
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    • Bird response to timber harvesting
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    • Plant hybrid zones as centers of biodiversity
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CURRICULUM VITAE

Steven P. Campbell

Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission
195 New Karner Road, Suite 1, Albany, NY 12205
Phone: 518-456-0655 x 1221 Fax: 518-456-8198
Email: [email protected]


EDUCATION

1998-2007 Doctor of Philosophy Degree. Department of Wildlife Ecology. University of Maine, Orono, Maine.
Dissertation title: Long-term effects of a group-selection timber harvest on the bird community of an oak-pine forest in Maine.
Advisor: Dr. Malcolm L. Hunter, Jr.
GPA: 4.00
1996-1998 Master of Science Degree. Department of Experimental Statistics. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Project title: A re-interpretation of principal components in the context of ordination of morphological data.
Advisor: Dr. Leigh Murray
GPA: 4.00
1994-1997 Master of Science Degree. Department of Biology. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Thesis title: Plant hybrid zones as centers of biodiversity: a test in the Quercus grisea × Quercus gambelii species complex.
Advisor: Dr. William J. Boecklen
GPA: 4.00
1990-1994 Bachelor of Science Degree. Department of Environmental and Forest Biology. State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York.
Major: Wildlife Ecology/Conservation Biology
Advisor: Dr. Guy A. Baldassarre
GPA: 3.93
1990 High School Diploma. East Syracuse-Minoa Central High School, East Syracuse, New York.


RESEARCH AND WORK EXPERIENCE

2012-present Conservation Biologist. Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission, Albany, NY.
2010-2012 Postdoctoral research associate. School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Project: Demography and population viability of the desert tortoise.
2009-2010 Postdoctoral research associate. Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY. Project: Use of willow short-rotation coppice plantations by birds, amphibians, and small mammals.
2008-2010 Postdoctoral research associate. Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY. Project: Population size and habitat use of the federally threatened Chittenango ovate amber snail and its competitive interactions with a non-native snail.
1998-2007 Doctoral dissertation research. Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, ME. Project: Long-term effects of a group-selection timber harvest on the bird community of an oak pine forest in Maine.
2007 Research assistant. Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine, Orono ME. Project: Forest succession and amphibian migrations: implications for landscape connectivity.
2006 Research assistant. Holt Research Forest, Arrowsic, ME. Responsibilities: Trapped small mammals to assess their population size and the incidence of Lyme disease and performed other annual tasks (e.g., seedling counts, timber inventory, and insect frass sampling).
2002-2004 Program coordinator. University of Maine, Orono, ME. Program: NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (NSF GK-12) Program at the University of Maine.
2002 Volunteer researcher. A Rocha Kenya, Watamu, Kenya. Responsibilities: Mist netted and banded birds in the Arabuko- Sokoke Forest and Mida Creek.
1999-2000 Project participant. University of Maine, Orono, ME. Project: National review of recovery plans for species listed under the Endangered Species Act.
1997-1998 Graduate research assistant. Department of Experimental Statistics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM. Responsibilities: Acted as a statistical consultant for professors and graduate students.
1997 Research specialist (Statistics). US Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division. Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, ND. Responsibilities: Aided with statistical analyses and data management.
1994-1998 Master’s thesis research. Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM. Project: Plant hybrid zones as centers of biodiversity: a test in the Quercus grisea × Quercus gambelii species complex.
1994 Volunteer research assistant. National Biological Survey. Project: Nesting ecology of geese along the Kashunuk River, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, AK.
1992-1994 Research assistant. Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY. Project: Introgressive hybridization of sympatric mallards and black ducks in the Adirondack park.


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2018-present Adjunct Professor. Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany - SUNY, Albany, NY. Developed and taught undergraduate courses in Conservation Biology and Wildlife Ecology and Management.
2014 Adjunct Professor. School of Mathematics and Sciences, College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY. Developed and taught lecture and lab of an undergraduate Terrestrial Ecology course.
2007-2008 Visiting Assistant Professor. Department of Biological Sciences, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY. Developed and taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Biostatistics (lectures and labs), Wildlife Population Analysis (lectures and labs), Conservation of Wildlife Resources, Population Ecology, Wetland Wildlife Management (lectures and labs), and Graduate Seminar.
2006-2007 Teaching assistant. Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, ME. Helped teach Ecology and Wildlife Habitat Evaluation labs and Wildlife Field Survey.
2006 Instructor. Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, ME. Developed and taught Statistical Ecology (lectures and labs).
2005 Adjunct faculty. School of Science and Humanities, Husson College, Bangor, ME. Taught Human Anatomy and Physiology II lab.
2002 Education outreach assistant. A Rocha Kenya, Watamu, Kenya. Conducted environmental activities with students and teachers from schools surrounding Arabuko-Sokoke Forest and Mida Creek.
2000-2002 NSF Graduate Teaching Fellow in K-12 Education. University of Maine, Orono, ME. Conducted hands-on science activities with students in grades 5-8 from 5 schools.
2001 Part-time faculty. Department of Wildlife Ecology. University of Maine, Orono, ME. Developed and taught Population Ecology and supervised a teaching assistant.
1996-1997 Teaching assistant. Department of Experimental Statistics. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM. Taught Introductory Statistics labs.
1994-1996 Teaching assistant. Department of Biology. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM. Taught Biology, Zoology, and Ecology labs.


PUBLICATIONS

Peer-reviewed articles:

2025 Edwards, C. B., E. F. Zipkin, E. H. Henry, N. M. Haddad, M. L. Forister, K. J. Burls, S. P. Campbell, E. E. Crone, J. Diffendorfer, M. R. Douglas, R. G. Drum, C. E. Fallon, J. Glassberg, E. M. Grames, R. Hatfield, S. Hershcovich, S. Hoffman Black, E. A. Larsen, W. Leuenberger, M. J. Linders, T. Longcore, D. A. Marschalek, J. Michielini, N. Neupane, L. Ries, A. M. Shapiro, A. B. Swengel, S. R. Swengel, D. J. Taron, B. Van Deynze, J. Wiedmann, W. E. Thogmartin, and C. B. Schultz. 2025. Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century. Science 387:1090–1094.
2024 Edwards, C. B., C. B. Schultz, S. P. Campbell, C. Fallon, E. H. Henry, K. C. King, M. Linders, T. Longcore, D. A. Marschalek, D. Sinclair, A. Swengel, S. Swengel, D. J. Taron, T. Wepprich, and E. E. Crone. 2024. Phenological constancy and management interventions predict population trends in at-risk butterflies in the United States. Journal of Applied Ecology. 61:2455–2469. DOI:10.1111/1365-2664.14735.
2023 Li, Y., D. Wilson, R. Grundel, S. Campbell, J. Knight, J. Perry, and J. J. Hellman. 2023. Extinction risk modeling predicts range-wide differences of climate change impact on Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis). PLoS ONE 18: e0262382. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262382
2022 Meehan, T. D., S. P. Saunders, W.V. DeLuca, N. L. Michel, J. Grand, J. L. Deppe, M. F. Jimenez, E. J. Knight, N. E. Seavy, M. A. Smith, L. Taylor, C. Witko, M. E. Akresh, D. R. Barber, E. M. Bayne, J. C. Beasley, J. L. Belant, R. O. Bierregaard, K. L. Bildstein, T. J. Boves, J. N. Brzorad, S. P. Campbell, A. Celis-Murillo, H. A. Cooke, R. Domenech, L. Goodrich, E. A. Gow, A. Haines, M. T. Hallworth, J. M. Hill, A. E. Holland, S. Jennings, R. Kays, D. T. King, S. A. Mackenzie, P. P. Marra, R. A. McCabe, K. P. McFarland, M. J. McGrady, R. Melcer, Jr., D. R. Norris, R. E. Norvell, O. E. Rhodes, Jr., C. C. Rimmer, A. L. Scarpignato, A. Shreading, J. L. Watson, and C. B. Wilsey. 2022. Integrating data types to estimate spatial patterns of avian migration across the Western Hemisphere. Ecological Applications 32:e2679. DOI: 10.1002/eap.2679
2021 Campbell, S. P., M. E. Akresh, N. A. Gifford, and D. I. King. 2021. Effects of light-level geolocators on return rates and inter-annual territory fidelity of prairie warblers Setophaga discolor. Bird Study 68:396-407. DOI:10.1080/00063657.2022.2103514
2018 Campbell, S. P., E. R. Zylstra, C. R. Darst, R. C. Averill-Murray, and R. J. Steidl. 2018. A spatially-explicit hierarchical model to characterize population viability. Ecological Applications 28: 2055-2065. DOI: 10.1002/eap.1794
2015 Campbell, S. P., R. J. Steidl, and E. R. Zylstra. 2015. Recruitment of desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii and G. morafkai): a synthesis of reproduction and first-year survival. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 10: 583-591.
Campbell, S. P., J. L. Frair, J. P. Gibbs, and R. J. Rundell. 2015. Coexistence of the endangered, endemic Chittenango Ovate Amber Snail (Novisuccinea chittenangoensis) and a non-native competitor. Biological Invasions 17: 711-723. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-014-0763-5
2014 Bried, J., T. Tear, R. Shirer, C. Zimmerman, N. Gifford, S. Campbell, and K. O’Brien. 2014. A framework to integrate habitat monitoring and restoration with endangered insect recovery. Environmental Management 54: 1385-1398. DOI: 10.1007/s00267-014-0351-6
2013 Darst, C. R., P. J. Murphy, N. W. Strout, S. P. Campbell, K. J. Field, L. Allison, and R. C. Averill-Murray. 2013. A strategy for prioritizing threats and recovery actions for at-risk species. Environmental Management 51: 786-800. DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-0007-3
2012 Campbell, S. P., J. L. Frair, J. P. Gibbs, and T. A. Volk. 2012. Use of short-rotation coppice willow crops by birds and small mammals in central New York. Biomass and Bioenergy 47: 342-353. DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.09.026
Campbell, S. P., J. W. Witham, and M. L. Hunter Jr. 2012. Long-term changes in spatial distribution of birds responding to a group-selection timber harvest. Wildlife Society Bulletin 36: 313-327. DOI: 10.1002/wsb.131
2010 Campbell, S. P., J. W. Witham, and M. L. Hunter Jr. 2010. Stochasticity as an alternative to deterministic explanations for patterns of habitat use by birds. Ecological Monographs 80: 287-302. DOI: 10.1890/08-2366.1
2007 Campbell, S. P., J. W. Witham, and M.L. Hunter Jr. 2007. Long-term effects of group-selection timber harvesting on abundance of forest birds. Conservation Biology 21: 1218-1229. DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00768.x
2005 Campbell, S. P., A. K. Fuller, and D. A. G. Patrick. 2005. Looking beyond research in doctoral education. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 3: 153-160. DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2005)003[0153:LBRIDE]2.0.CO;2
2002 Campbell, S. P., A. Clark, L. Crampton, A. D. Guerry, L. Hatch, P. R. Hosseini, J. J. Lawler, and R. J. O’Connor. 2002. An assessment of monitoring efforts in endangered species recovery plans. Ecological Applications 12: 674-681. DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[0674:AAOMEI]2.0.CO;2
Lawler, J. J., S. P. Campbell, A. D. Guerry, M. B. Kolozsvary, R. J. O’Connor and L. Seward. 2002. The scope and treatment of threats in threatened and endangered species recovery plans. Ecological Applications 12: 663-667. DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[0663:TSATOT]2.0.CO;2
Campbell, S. P. and W. J. Boecklen. 2002. Are plant hybrid zones centers of vertebrate biodiversity? A test in the Quercus grisea × Quercus gambelii species complex. Biodiversity and Conservation 11: 443-467. DOI: 10.1023/A:1014840915535

Book chapters:

2011 Campbell, S. P., D. A. Patrick, and J. P. Gibbs. 2011. Biodiversity, conservation, and sustainable timber harvest: can we have it all? Pages 277-320 in J. D. Castello and S. A. Teale, eds. Forest Health: An Integrated Perspective. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

Dissertation and thesis:

2007 Campbell, S. P. 2007. The long-term effects of a group-selection timber harvest on the bird community of an oak-pine forest in Maine. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Maine, Orono, Maine.
1997 Campbell, S. P. 1997. Plant hybrid zones as centers of biodiversity: a test in the Quercus grisea × Quercus gambelii species complex. M.S. Thesis. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Popular publications:

2019 Gifford, N. A, and S. P. Campbell. 2019. Blue blazes: in pursuit of a butterfly effect. Natural History 127(8): 30-31.

Other publications:

2020 Gifford, N. A., S. P. Campbell, and A. M. Dillon. 2020. Recovery of the Karner Blue (Plebejus samuelis) in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve, Albany NY. News of The Lepidopterists’s Society 62:156-159.
2019 Zylstra, E. R., S. P. Campbell, C. R. Darst, R. C. Averill-Murray, and R. J. Steidl. 2019. Demography of Sonoran desert tortoises. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 100:e01470.


FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS

2009-2010 Honeywell, Inc. “Wildlife Use of Short-rotation Willow Crops at the Solvay Waste Beds.” S. P. Campbell, T. A. Volk, J. P. Gibbs, and J. L. Frair. $109,871
2003-2007 Graduate Student Government, University of Maine. $1,085 (3 travel grants)
2001-2004 Green Endowment Fund, College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture, University of Maine. $2,400 (4 travel grants)
2001 Howard L. Mendall Memorial Scholarship, Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine. $200
2000-2001 Green Endowment Fund, College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture, University of Maine. $982 (2 research grants)
2000-2001 National Science Foundation Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education, University of Maine. $57,000 ($18,000/yr stipend + $10,500/yr tuition waiver)
1999-2000 Graduate Student Government, University of Maine. $915 (2 research grants)
1995-1997 Graduate Student Council, New Mexico State University. $659 (3 research awards)
1996 Summer Research Award, Department of Biology, New Mexico State University. “Plant hybrid zones as centers of biodiversity: a test in the Quercus grisea and Quercus gambelii species complex.” $2,500
1995 Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. “Plant hybrid zones as centers of biodiversity: a test in the Quercus grisea and Quercus gambelii species complex.” $500
1995 Department of Biology, New Mexico State University. $300


PRESENTATIONS

Conferences:

2021 Campbell, S. P, N. A. Gifford, and A. M. Dillon. Population response of the endangered Karner blue to recovery efforts at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference. (Virtual event)
2019 Campbell, S. P., N. A. Gifford, and A. M. Dillon. Population response of the endangered Karner blue to recovery efforts at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference, Groton, CT.
2018 Campbell, S. P., M. E. Akresh, N. A. Gifford, and D. I. King. Tracking movements of prairie warblers during the non-breeding season using geolocators. Northeast Natural History Conference, Burlington, VT.
Campbell, S. P., M. E. Akresh, N. A. Gifford, and D. I. King. Tracking movements of prairie warblers during the non-breeding season using geolocators. Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference, Burlington, VT.
2013 Campbell, S. P., N. A. Gifford, and A. M. Dillon. Numerical response of the endangered Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuleis) to recovery efforts at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. 18th Annual Pine Barrens Research Forum, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, N
Campbell, S. P., N. A. Gifford, and A. M. Dillon. Numerical response of the endangered Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuleis) to recovery efforts at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. 26th International Congress for Conservation Biology, Baltimore, MD (Poster).
Campbell, S. P., N. A. Gifford, and A. M. Dillon. Numerical response of the endangered Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuleis) to recovery efforts at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. Northeast Natural History Conference, Springfield, MA.
Campbell, S. P., N. A. Gifford, and A. M. Dillon. Monitoring the numerical response of the endangered Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuleis) to recovery efforts at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY.
2012 Campbell, S.P., R. J. Steidl, and E. R. Zylstra. A spatially-explicit population viability analysis for the Desert Tortoise. Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR.
Campbell, S.P., R. J. Steidl, and E. R. Zylstra. A spatially-explicit population viability analysis for the Desert Tortoise. The 37th Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council, Las Vegas, NV.
Campbell, S.P., R. J. Steidl, and E. R. Zylstra. A spatially-explicit population viability analysis for the Desert Tortoise. Joint annual meeting of the Arizona and New Mexico chapters of The Wildlife Society and the AZ/NM chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Phoenix, AZ.
2010 Campbell, S. P., J. L. Frair, J. P. Gibbs, R. Niver, and A. Breisch. Population ecology and habitat use of the federally-threatened Chittenango Ovate Amber Snail (Novisuccinea chittenangoensis) and its competitive interactions with a non- native snail (Succinea spp. B). New York State Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Alexandria Bay, NY (Poster).
2009 Campbell, S. P., J. L. Frair, and J. P. Gibbs. Disjunct phenologies allow the coexistence of a threatened and an invasive terrestrial snail species. Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, NM.
Campbell, S. P., J. L. Frair, and J. P. Gibbs. Population size and habitat use of the federally-threatened Chittenango Ovate Amber Snail (Novisuccinea chittenangoensis) and its competitive interactions with a non-native snail (Succinea spp. B). American Malacological Society, Ithaca, NY.
2007 Campbell, S. P., J. W. Witham, and M. L. Hunter, Jr. Long-term changes in spatial distribution of birds responding to small-scale disturbances. Wilson Ornithological Society, Boston, MA (Poster).
2004 Campbell, S. P., J. W. Witham, and M. L. Hunter, Jr. A twenty-year study of spatial responses of birds to a group-selection timber harvest in an oak-pine forest in Maine. American Ornithologist’s Union, Québec City, Québec, Canada.
Campbell, S. P., J. W. Witham, and M. L. Hunter, Jr. A long-term study on the effects of a selective timber harvest on a forest bird community in Maine. Northeast Biological Graduate Student Conference, Orono, ME.
2002 Campbell, S. P., E. Perry, M. E. Vayda, and J. Tredwell. Scientists as Educators: The N.S.F. GK-12 Program at the University of Maine. Annual meeting of NSF GK-12 Programs, Washington, D.C. (Poster).
Campbell, S. P., J. W. Witham, M. L. Hunter, Jr, and M. T. Jones. The long-term effects of a selective timber harvest on the bird community of an oak-pine forest in Maine. Society for Conservation Biology, Canterbury, Kent, UK.
2001 Campbell, S. P. An overview of the N.S.F. GK-12 Program at the University of Maine. Ecological Society of America, Madison, WI.
Campbell, S. P., S. L. Thomas, R. Purtell, and S. Hayhurst. Scientists as Educators: N.S.F. Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education at the University of Maine. Society for Conservation Biology, Hilo, HI (Poster).
1996 Campbell, S. P., and W. J. Boecklen. Plant hybrid zones as centers of biodiversity: a test in the Quercus grisea × Quercus gambelii species complex. Southwestern Association of Biologists, Camp Tontozona, AZ.

Invited:

2021 Campbell, S. P., A. M. Dillon, and N. A. Gifford. Recovery efforts for the endangered Karner blue in a globally-rare pitch pine-scrub oak barrens in eastern New York. Biology Seminar Series, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR. (Virtual event)
2017 Campbell, S. P., N. A. Gifford, and A. M. Dillon. Recovery efforts for the endangered Karner blue at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. Joint Colloquium Series of Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences and Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, University at Albany - SUNY, Albany, NY.
2016 Campbell, S. P., N. A. Gifford, and A. M. Dillon. Population response of the endangered Karner blue butterfly to recovery efforts at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lunchtime Seminar Series, University at Albany - SUNY, Albany, NY.
2013 Campbell, S. P., N. A. Gifford, and A. M. Dillon. Recovery efforts for the Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuleis) in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. Fish and Wildlife Seminar Series, Paul Smith’s College, Paul Smiths, NY.
Campbell, S. P., J. W. Witham, and M. L. Hunter, Jr. Long-term numerical and spatial responses of birds to a group-election timber harvest in Maine. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series, University at Albany - SUNY, Albany, NY.
2010 Campbell, S. P., J. L. Frair, J. P. Gibbs, R. Niver, and A. Breisch. Competition and coexistence between the federally threatened Chittenango Ovate Amber Snail (Novisuccinea chittenangoensis) and a non-native snail. School of Natural Resources and the Environment Seminar Series, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
Campbell, S. P., J. L. Frair, J. P. Gibbs, R. Niver, and A. Breisch. Population ecology and habitat use of the federally-threatened Chittenango Ovate Amber Snail and its competitive interactions with a non-native snail. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, New York Field Office, Cortland, NY.
2007 Campbell, S. P. Ecology and conservation of birds in New York, Alaska, New Mexico, Kenya, and Maine. Student Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY.
Campbell, S. P., J. W. Witham, M. L. Hunter, Jr. The long-term effects of a group- selection timber harvest on the bird community of an oak-pine forest in Maine. Department of Biological Sciences Seminar Series, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY.
1999 Campbell, S. P., and W. J. Boecklen. Plant hybrid zones as centers of biodiversity: a test in the Quercus grisea × Quercus gambelii species complex. Department of Wildlife Ecology Seminar Series, University of Maine, Orono, ME.

Public:

2020 Campbell, S. P, N. A. Gifford, and A. M. Dillon. Recovery efforts for the endangered Karner blue at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. Science Lecture Series, Albany Pine Bush Preserve Discovery Center, Albany, NY. (Virtual event)
Campbell, S. P, and M. A. Akresh.Tracking prairie warbler migration using light-level geolocators. Stay Connected from Home Lecture Series for Volunteers, Albany Pine Bush Preserve Discovery Center, Albany, NY. (Virtual event)
2018 Campbell, S. P, N. A. Gifford, and A. M. Dillon. Recovery efforts for the Karner blue at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. Science Lecture Series, Albany Pine Bush Preserve Discovery Center, Albany, NY.
Campbell, S. P. Ecology, Management, and Research at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. Falconer Natural History Lecture Series, Albany, NY.
2017 Campbell, S. P., and M. E. Akresh. Tracking movements of prairie warblers during the non-breeding season using geolocators. Science Lecture Series, Albany Pine Bush Preserve Discovery Center, Albany, NY.
2013 Campbell, S. P, N. A. Gifford, and A. M. Dillon. Recovery efforts for the Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuleis) in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. Science Lecture Series, Albany Pine Bush Preserve Discovery Center, Albany, NY.
2010 Campbell, S. P., J. L. Frair, J. P. Gibbs, R. Niver, and A. Breisch. Ecology and conservation of the Chittenango Ovate Amber Snail (Novisuccinea chittenangoensis). Cazenovia Public Library, Cazenovia, NY.

Guest lectures:

2020-2024 Department of Geography and Planning, University at Albany - SUNY, Albany, NY. Presented a seminar titled “Ecology, Management, and Research at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve” in a Landscape Ecology course.
2020-2024 Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany - SUNY, Albany, NY. Presented a seminar that provided a brief overview of the field of conservation biology and its relevance in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve in a Freshman Seminar course.
2021 Department of Natural Sciences, Castleton University, Castleton, VT. Led an ecological restoration field trip in the preserve for a Conservation Field Experience course.
Department of Biology, Union College, Schenectady, NY. Presented a seminar titled “Recovery efforts for the endangered Karner blue butterfly at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve” in a Conservation Biology course. (Virtual event)
2019 Department of Environmental Studies, Green Mountain College, Poultney, VT. Presented a seminar titled “Ecology, managment, and research at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve” and led a field trip in the preserve for an Urban Ecology course.
2018 Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY. Presented a seminar titled “Ecology and management in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve” and led a field trip in the preserve for a Forest Ecosystem and Conservation course.
Department of Biology, College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY. Presented a seminar titled “Habitat management at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve” and led a field trip for an Environmental Science course.
2017-2018 Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany - SUNY, Albany, NY. Presented a seminar titled “Population response of the endangered Karner blue to recovery efforts at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve” in a Meteorological and Environmental Measurement course.
2017 Department of Biology, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY. Presented a seminar titled “Recovery efforts for the endangered Karner blue at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve” in a Senior Capstone in Biology course.
2016 Department of Biology, SUNY Cobleskill, Cobleskill, NY. Presented a seminar titled “Research and management in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve” and led a field trip in a Conservation Biology course.
2015 Department of Biology, Union College, Schenectady, NY. Presented a seminar titled “Recovery efforts for the endangered Karner blue butterfly at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve” in a Conservation Biology course.
Department of Biology, SUNY Cobleskill, Cobleskill, NY. Presented a seminar titled “Research and management in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve” and led a field trip for a Conservation Biology course.
2013 Department of Biology, Union College, Schenectady, NY. Presented a seminar titled “Recovery efforts for the endangered Karner blue butterfly at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve” in a Conservation Biology course.
2012 Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY. Presented a seminar titled “Conservation at a wildland urban interface: the Albany Pine Bush Preserve” in a Conservation Biology course.
2011 School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Co-presented a short seminar on Bayesian analysis and hierarchical capture-recapture models to students in a weekly seminar on hierarchical models in ecology.
2008 Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY. Demonstrated some of the basic functions of R for a lab in the course “Quantitative Methods and Models in R”.


ACADEMIC SERVICE

2020 Member of graduate student committees at University at Albany - SUNY
2013 Reviewer of abstracts for student awards for 2013 International Congress of Conservation Biology
2010-2012 Member of the Science Advisory Committee for the USFWS Desert Tortoise Recovery Office
2010 Panelist for the ESF Graduate Student Association Professional Development Panel Series on “Careers for ESF Graduate Students”
2009 Panelist for the ESF Graduate Student Association Professional Development Panel Series on “Writing for Publication”
2006 Member of search committee for new faculty member at the Department of Wildlife Ecology at the University of Maine
Member of undergraduate honors thesis committee at the University of Maine
2005 Presenter for the Center for Teaching Excellence Workshop on “Preparing for Academic Careers Today: A Workshop for Graduate Students and People Who Care About Them”
Presenter for the Center for Teaching Excellence Workshop on “Mentoring Graduate Students: Best Practices Across the Disciplines”
2004 Co-organizer and co-host of the Northeast Biological Graduate Student Conference
2002 Department representative to the Green Endowment Fund Committee
Co-organizer and co-host of Department of Wildlife Ecology weekly seminar series
2001 Chair of Green Endowment Fund Committee
2000 Department representative to the Green Endowment Fund Committee
Graduate student representative for faculty meetings of the Department of Wildlife Ecology
1999 Co-organizer and co-host of Department of Wildlife Ecology weekly seminar series


TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS

2017-present Adult and pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED from American Red Cross. Instructor: Jacqueline Citriniti from Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission.
2013-2021 Wildland Firefighter Type II certification. Completed introductory coursework (S-130, S-190, ICS-100, ICS-700) and attended annual training events.
2014 Applied hierarchical modeling in ecology at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Instructors: Marc Kéry of the Swiss Ornithological Institute and Andy Royle of USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.
Spatial capture-recapture modeling workshop at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Instructor: Andy Royle of USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.

REVIEWS

Journal articles:

Animal Behaviour, Avian Conservation and Ecology, Biological Conservation, Conservation Biology, Emu – Austral Ornithology, Endangered Species Research, Forest Ecology and Management, Global Ecology and Conservation, Journal of Arid Environments, Landscape Ecology, Northeastern Naturalist, Silva Fennica, Wildlife Society Bulletin

Book chapters:

Saving the Earth as a Career: Advice on Becoming a Conservation Professional

Grant proposals:

National Science Foundation
USGS/USFWS Science Support Partnership

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Ecological Society of America
Society for Conservation Biology
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