Terri Maness

PhD Candidate

Wake Forest University

Department of Biology

Winston-Salem, NC 27109

Phone:     (336)-758-5573

email:  manetj2@wfu.edu

 

 

Education:

 

PhD, Biology. (anticipated 2008) Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC.

MS, Biology.  University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

BS, Biology. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

BS, Psychology.  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Study Abroad Program. University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

 

Publications:

 

Maness, TJ and DJ Anderson (2008) Mate rotation by female choice and coercive divorce

            in Nazca boobies (Sula granti). Animal Behaviour (in press).

Maness, TJ and DJ Anderson (2007) Serial monogamy and sex ratio bias in Nazca

            boobies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Biology 274: 2047–2054.

Maness, TJ, MA Westbrock, and DJ Anderson (2007) Ontogenic sex ratio variation in

            Nazca boobies ends in male-biased adult sex ratio. Waterbirds 30(1): 10-16.

Townsend, HM, TJ Maness, and DJ Anderson. (2007) Offspring growth and parental care

            in sexually dimorphic Nazca boobies (Sula granti). Canadian Journal of Zoology 85:

            686-694.

Maness, TJ and SD Emslie. (2001) An analysis of possible genotoxic exposure in adult

            and juvenile Royal Terns in North Carolina, USA. Waterbirds 24(3): 352-360.

Maness, TJ (2000) An analysis of possible genotoxic exposure in adult and juvenile Royal

Terns (Sterna maxima) in North Carolina. MS Thesis. University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

 

Teaching Experience:

 

2004-present             Graduate Teaching Assistant. Department of Biology, WFU

Introductory Biology; Ecology and Evolution; Avian Biology

2007                           Guest Lecturer. Department of Biology, Wake Forest University.

Animal Behavior: “Sex Ratio Theory”

Avian Biology: “Parental Sex Allocation”

2007 (summer)          Graduate Student Instructor. University of Michigan Biological

                                                Station, Pellston, MI.  Behavioral Ecology

Guest Lecturer. University of Michigan Biological Station, Pellston, MI

Behavioral Ecology: “Mating System Theory”

2006                           Guest Lecturer. Department of Biology, WFU.

Avian Biology: “Mate Choice and Sexual Selection”

1997-2000                 Graduate Teaching Assistant. Department of Biology, UNC at

Wilmington. Introductory Biology; Genetics; Microbiology

 

Mentoring:

 

Undergraduate Thesis:

Diego García, 2006.  Influencia de la eficiencia y de la condición física en varias

características reproductivas del piquero de Nazca (Sula granti), Isla

Española, Galápagos. La Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.

“Influence of foraging efficiency and body condition on reproductive

characteristics of the Nazca Booby (Sula granti)”

Diana Astorga, 2005. Crecimiento y competencia en un ave fratricida obligada: el

Piquero de Nazca (Sula granti) de las Islas Galápagos. La Pontificia

Universidad Católica del Ecuador. “Growth and competition in an obligately

siblicidal bird: the Nazca Booby (Sula granti)”

Undergraduate research:

            Kristen Bretz, 2008. Effects of silt run-off on the foraging behavior of the Queen

            snake (Regina septemvittata). WFU.

Molecular Techniques:                                                                              

WFU Graduate students: Jill Awkerman, Martina Mϋller, Mark Westbrock

WFU Undergraduate students: Audrey Calkins, Andrew D’Epagnier

Work Study Students:

WFU Undergraduates: Julie Campbell, Amber Jones

           

 

Research Experience:

 

2000-2002     Research Associate. Department of Biology, UNC at Wilmington. 

Project: Effects of genotoxic exposure on Royal Terns (Sterna maxima) in North Carolina

2001               Research Assistant. Department of Zoology, North Carolina State

University, Raleigh, NC. 

Project: Behavioral Ecology and Population Status of Wood Thrush and

 Ovenbird in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

1999-2001     Seabird Survey Monitor and Scientific Crew Member of R/V Cape Fear.

Department of Biology, UNC at Wilmington.

Project: Coastal Ocean Monitoring

1991-1997     Laboratory Technician III. Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center,

                        University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. 

Project: DNA binding kinetics and molecular activation of endonucleases and topoisomerases. 

1987-1990     Research Aide. Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, RTP, NC.

Project: Molecular control and genetic organization of transposon-mediated genes in Drosophila melanogaster.

 

 

Presentations:

 

Maness, TJ and DJ Anderson. (2007) Serial monogamy and sex ratio bias in Nazca

            Boobies. 44th Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, Burlington, VT.

Maness, TJ and DJ Anderson. (2006) Mate-Switching in the Long-Lived Nazca Booby: Out

with the Old, in with the New. 4th North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz, Mexico.

Maness, TJ, MA Westbrock, and DJ Anderson. (2005) Ontogenic sex ratio variation, male-

biased adult sex ratio, and higher female variance in reproductive success in Nazca Boobies. 123rd Annual Meeting of the American Ornithological Union, Santa Barbara, CA.

Maness, TJ, MA Westbrock, and DJ Anderson. (2005) Ontogeny of the sex ratio in Nazca

            Boobies. 28th Annual Meeting of the Waterbird Society,Portland Oregon.

Maness, TJ (2000) An analysis of possible genotoxic exposure in adult and juvenile Royal

Terns in North Carolina. 24th Annual Meeting of the Waterbird Society.  Manomet, Massachusetts.

 

 

Grants and Awards:

 

2007                           Alumni Travel Award, Wake Forest University.

2006                           Sigma Xi Grants-in-aid of Research Award.

2005                           Marcia Brady Tucker Award, American Ornithological Union.

2004                           Student Travel Award, Waterbird Society; Cocke Travel Award, Wake Forest University.

1999                           Sigma Xi Grants-in-aid of Research Award.

1998/1999                 Summer Stipend Award for Graduate Research, Center for Marine Science Research, UNC at Wilmington.

1984-1988                 Escheats Scholarship. UNC at Chapel Hill.

 

 

Professional Affiliations:

Animal Behavior Society, American Ornithological Union, Waterbird Society, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

 

 

Professional Service:

 

Reviewer: Journal of Avian Biology

2007-present             Graduate Representative to Biology Faculty Council, Wake Forest University.

1998-1999                 President of Biology Graduate Student Association, UNC at Wilmington.

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