The program will begin with a walk around Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park. Meet at the Park at 4:30 pm. Dr. Randall's talk will begin after the walk at approximately 7:00pm.
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Dr. Jan Randall is an animal behaviorist. She obtained her BS in Zoology in 1965 from the University of Idaho (Moscow). She then pursued an MEd. in 1969 at the University of Washington, Seattle and her Ph.D. in 1977 at Washington State University, Pullman. Dr. Randall was an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Texas from 1977 to 1979 and a visiting professor at Cornell University 1984-1985. From 1982-2003, Dr. Randall had almost continuous grants from among NIH, NSF, National Geographic Society and US Civilian Research and Development Foundation. She has over 60 peer-reviewed publications, and was an associate editor of Animal Behaviour (2008-2011). Dr. Randall was hired at SFSU in 1987. She taught courses in Introductory Biology, Nature Study, Mammalogy, Animal Behavior, Hormones and Behavior, and Behavioral Ecology. She conducted research on the evolution of communication and social behavior of rodents in the deserts of the U.S., Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. She was Secretary (2006-2009) and Member-at-Large (1986-1989) of the Animal Behavior Society, became a Fellow of the California Academy of Science (1993) and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2015). Dr. Randall was awarded Outstanding Alumnus from the University of Idaho in 2005. In 2013, she was elected a Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society, and in 2016 she received the Society’s Quest Award in recognition of her long-term productive research career which demonstrated the importance of social structure in species once considered asocial. She is interested in promoting women in science and has funded a seminar series (since 2003) at the University of Idaho that features outstanding women scientists. Since 2010, Dr. Randall has supported the SF State WISE program, which awards a scholarship to talented female graduate students in the College of Science and Engineering and sponsors a Distinguished Speaker series. She served on the Board of Directors of the Endangered Species Coalition, Washington, DC, and is Chair of their Scientific Advisory Committee. She authored “Endangered Species: A Reference Handbook” (Contemporary World Issues): An exploration of the variety of threats that endangered species are facing around the world from human impact.