{"id":33,"date":"2019-05-29T20:45:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T02:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/kcrooks\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2022-01-16T21:37:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T04:37:16","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/kcrooks\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Dr. Crooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>EDUCATION<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Ph.D. Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, December 1999<\/strong><br \/>\nDissertation:\u00a0<em>Mammalian carnivores, mesopredator release, and avifaunal extinctions in a fragmented system.<\/em><br \/>\nAdvisor: Michael Soul\u00e9, Department of Environmental Studies<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>M.S. Ecology, University of California, Davis, May 1994<\/strong><br \/>\nThesis:\u00a0<em>Comparative ecology of the island spotted skunk and the island fox of Santa Cruz Island, California.<\/em><br \/>\nAdvisor: Dirk Van Vuren, Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>B.S. Zoology (Honors), Colorado State University, May 1989<\/strong><br \/>\nHonor\u2019s Thesis:\u00a0<em>The relationship between kinship and affiliative behavior in a free-ranging troop of primates.<\/em><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Director<\/strong>\u00a0(2020-Present)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/centerforhumancarnivorecoexistence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center for Human-Carnivore Coexistence<\/a>; Colorado State University<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Full Professor<\/strong>\u00a0(2012-Present)<br \/>\nDepartment of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology; Graduate Degree Program in Ecology; Colorado State University<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Monfort Professor<\/strong>\u00a0(2010-2012)<br \/>\nColorado State University<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Associate Professor<\/strong>\u00a0(2007-2012)<br \/>\nDepartment of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology; Graduate Degree Program in Ecology; Colorado State University<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Assistant Professor<\/strong>\u00a0(2003-2007)<br \/>\nDepartment of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology; Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Assistant Professor<\/strong>\u00a0(2001-2003)<br \/>\nDepartment of Wildlife Ecology; Institute for Environmental Studies; University of Wisconsin Madison<\/h4>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/kcrooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2019\/05\/crooks-678x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado State University Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology professor Kevin Crooks\" height=\"1024\" width=\"678\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>AFFILIATIONS<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Director,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/centerforhumancarnivorecoexistence\/\">CSU Center for Human-Carnivore Coexistence<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><b>Professor,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/warnercnr.colostate.edu\/fwcb\/\">CSU Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology<\/a><\/b><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Faculty,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecology.colostate.edu\/index.aspx\">CSU Graduate Degree Program in Ecology<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Faculty,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sustainability.colostate.edu\/\">CSU\u00a0School of Global Environmental Sustainability<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Executive Committee,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biodiversity.colostate.edu\/\">CSU Global Biodiversity Center<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EDUCATION Ph.D. Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, December 1999 Dissertation:\u00a0Mammalian carnivores, mesopredator release, and avifaunal extinctions in a fragmented system. Advisor: Michael Soul\u00e9, Department of Environmental Studies M.S. Ecology, University of California, Davis, May 1994 Thesis:\u00a0Comparative ecology of the island spotted skunk and the island fox of Santa Cruz Island, California. Advisor: Dirk Van&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/kcrooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/kcrooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/kcrooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/kcrooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/kcrooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":111,"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/kcrooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1511,"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/kcrooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions\/1511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/kcrooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}