(shortened) CV

Appointments:

  • 2023-2023 – Assistant Lecturer, Department of Biology, University of Alberta
  • 2022-2023 – Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Pyschology University of Alberta

Education

  • 2022 – PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University
  • 2015 – MSc, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Appalachian State University
  • 2013 – BSc, Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Science, Appalachian State University
  • 2011 – AS, Sandhills Community College

Peer-reviewed publications:

  1. Jones, JA, WE Feeney, DN Jones, D Nason, S Ketaloya, and J Karubian. Impacts of mate quality on female intrasexual aggression in two sister Malurus fairywren species. Behavioral Ecology, in review. Link to preprint. 
  2. Kramer, GR, DE Andersen, DA Buehler, PB Wood, SM Peterson, JA Lehman, KR Aldinger, LP Bulluck, S Harding, JA Jones, JP Loegering, C Smalling, R Vallender, and HM Streby. 2023. Exposure to risk factors experienced during migration is not associated with recent Vermivora warbler population trends. Landscape Ecology. 38:2357–2380. DOI link.
  3. Jones, JA, J Boersma, and J Karubian. 2022. Female aggression towards same-sex rivals depends on context in a tropical songbird. Behavioral Processes. 202:104735. Link.
  4. Jones, JA, J Boersma, J Liu, D Nason, S Ketaloya, and J Karubian. 2022. Neither experimental nor natural female ornamentation predicts aggression in a tropical songbird. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 76:57. Link.
  5. Boersma, J, JA Jones, ED Enbody, JF Welklin, S Ketaloya, J Karubian, and H Schwabl. 2022. Male white-shouldered fairywrens (Malurus alboscapulatus) elevate testosterone when courting females but not during territorial challenges.  Hormones and Behavior. 142:105158. Link.
  6. Odom, KJ, KE Cain, ML Hall, NE Langmore, RA Mulder, S Kleindorfer, J Karubian, L Brouwer, ED Enbody, JA Jones, JL Dowling, AV Leitão, EI Greig, C Evans, AE Johnson, KKA Meyers, M Araya-Salas, and MS Webster. 2021. Sex role similarity and sexual selection predict male and female song elaboration and dimorphism in fairy-wrens. Ecology and Evolution. 11:17901-17919. Link.
  7. Jones, JA, KJ Odom, IR Hoppe, D Nason, S Ketaloya, and J Karubian. 2021. Coordinated evolutionary transitions among independent signaling phenotypes in female white-shouldered fairywrens. Ecology and Evolution. 11:17352-17363. Link.
  8. Boersma, J, ED Enbody, JA Jones, D Nason, E Lopez-Contreras, J Karubian and JH Schwabl. 2020. Exogenous testosterone induces expression of a plumage ornament followed by increased territorial behavior in females of a wild tropical songbird. Behavioral Ecology, 29:1056-1066. Link.
  9. Enbody, ED, J Boersma, JA Jones, MWH Chatfield, S Ketaloya, D Nason, DT Baldassarre, J Hazlehurst, O Gowen, H Schwabl, and J Karubian. 2019. Social organization and breeding biology of the white-shouldered fairywren Malurus alboscapulatus. Emu: Austral Ornithology, 3:274-285. Link.
  10. McClelland, S, RD Ribeiro, HW Mielke, ME Finkelstein, CR Gonzales, JA Jones, J Komdeur, E Derryberry, EB Saltzberg, and J Karubian. 2019. Sub-lethal exposure to lead is associated with heightened aggression in an urban songbird. Science of the Total Environment, 654:593-603. Link.
  11. Tisdale, AC*, JA Jones*, K Aldinger, MH Bakermans, JL Larkin, DJ McNeil, CG Smalling, and L Siefferman. 2018. Geography and age are related to plumage coloration of male Golden-winged Warblers. Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 130:286-296. *Authors contributed equally to this work. Link.
  12. Kramer, GR, DE Andersen, DA Buehler, PB Wood, SM Peterson, JA Lehman, KR Aldinger, LP Bulluck, S Harding, JA Jones, J Loegering, D Miles, C Smalling, R Vallender and HM Streby. 2018. Population trends in Vermivora warblers are linked to strong migratory connectivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  115:E3192:E3200. Link. Received press attention from National Audubon Society and The Wildlife Society.
  13. Albers, AN, JA Jones, and L Siefferman. 2017. Behavioral differences among eastern bluebird populations may be a consequence of tree swallow presence. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 5:116. Link.
  14. Jones, JA, AC Tisdale, MH Bakermans, JL Larkin, CG Smalling, and L Siefferman. 2017. Multiple plumage ornaments as signals of resource holding potential and aggression in golden-winged warblers. Ethology. 123: 145-156. Link.
  15. McNeil, DJ, KR Aldinger, MH Bakermans, JA Lehman, AC Tisdale, JA Jones, PB Wood, DA Buehler, CG Smalling, JL Larkin. 2017. An evaluation and comparison of conservation guidelines for an at-risk migratory songbird. Global Ecology and Conservation. 9:90-103. Link.
  16. Jones, JA, AC Tisdale, JL Tucker, MH Bakermans, JL Larkin, CG Smalling, and L Siefferman. 2016. A case of mistaken identity: Understanding the stimulus of agonism between two wood warblers. Animal Behaviour. 114: 81-91. Link.
  17. Jones, JA, MR Harris, and L Siefferman. 2014. Physical habitat quality and interspecific competition interact to influence territory settlement and reproductive success in a cavity nesting bird. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2:71. Link.
  18.  Jones, JA and L Siefferman. 2014. Agonistic behaviors between chestnut-sided (Setophaga pensylvanica) and golden-winged warblers (Vermivora chrysoptera) are unlikely a result of plumage misidentification. Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 126(4):708-716. Link.

Select Awards and Research Funding

  1. Tulane EEB George E. Gunning Memorial Award for best dissertation research (2022)
  2. Tulane EEB Steve Darwin Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (2021)
  3. American Philosophical Society: Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research (2021)
  4. Animal Behaviour Society, Student Research Grant (2020)
  5. Society of Comparative and Integrative Biology, Grant-in-Aid of Research (2020)
  6. Australian Government Department of Education and Training: Endeavour Leadership Program: Research Leadership Award (2018)
  7. Hesse Award, American Ornithologists’ Union (2018)
  8. Tulane Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Research Grant (2017-2021)
  9. Tulane University: Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund Fellowship
  10. Hesse Award, American Ornithologists’ Union (2015)

Select Scientific Conference Presentations

  1. Jones, JA, J Boersma, and J Karubian. More threatening rivals, but not one’s own plumage coloration, dictates aggression in a tropical female fairywren. American Ornithologists Society: San Juan, Puerto Rico. June 2022.
  2. Jones, JA, J Boersma, and J Karubian. Neither experimental nor natural female ornamentation predicts aggression in a tropical fairywren. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting: Phoenix, AZ. January 2022. Virtual (SICB+) presentation given as well: YouTube link.
  3. Jones, JA, J Boersma, ED Enbody, MJ Fuxjager, KA Rosvall, H Schawbl, J Karubian. Experimental inhibition of peripheral androgen receptors dampens ornament expression in a female tropical passerine. Oral Presentation. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology: Tampa, FL. January 2019.
  4. Jones, JA, J Boersma, ED Enbody, J Karubian. Ecological correlates of behavioural and social change in dichromatic Papuan fairywrens. Poster Presentation. American Ornithological Society and the Society of Canadian Ornithologists: East Lansing, MI.
  5. Jones, JA, J Boersma, ED Enbody, J Karubian. Ecological determinants of phenotypic divergence in female coloration of Papuan fairywrens. Poster Presentation. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology: New Orleans, LA. January 2017. Poster PDF.
  6. Jones, JA, AC Tisdale, JL Tucker, MH Bakermans, JL Larkin, CG Smalling, and L Siefferman. 2016. A case of mistaken identity: Understanding the stimulus of agonism between two golden-winged and chestnut-sided warblers. North American Ornithological Conference VI: Washington, DC. August 2016. Received press attention from Cornell’s All About Birds event summary page for NAOC VI.

Invited presentations

  • 2023 – Jones, JA. Why are you so pretty? Exploring the evolution and function of elaborate signals among songbirds. Animal Behaviour Guest lecturer, UNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry: Syracuse, NY. 
  • 2023 – Jones, JA. Common, yet poorly understood: Exploring the contemporary function and adaptive significance of competitive traits in female songbirds. Department of Biology Seminar Series, University of Alberta: Edmonton, AB, Canada.
  • 2022 – Jones, JA. Pretty colors and wait why all my results non-significant: A dissertation memoir. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology EcoLunch presentation, Tulane University: New Orleans, LA.
  • 2016 – Jones, JA. A case of mistaken identity: Understanding the stimulus of aggression between two sympatric warblers. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology EcoLunch presentation, Tulane University: New Orleans, LA.
  • 2015 – Jones, JA. Ecological and behavioral consequences of sympatry between golden-winged and chestnut-sided warblers. Sigma Xi Annual Banquet, Appalachian State University local chapter: Boone, NC.
  • 2014 – Jones, JA. Golden-winged warblers of the southern Appalachians: A behavioral approach to a conservation priority. Carolina Bird Club: Hendersonville, NC.
  • 2014 – Jones, JA, MR Harris, and L Siefferman. Physical and social environment interact to influence territory settlement and reproductive success in bluebirds. North Carolina Bluebird Society: Fayetteville, NC.
  • 2013 – Jones, JA and AC Tisdale. Golden-winged warbler working group. High Country Audubon Society: Boone, NC 

Outreach

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada:

  • 2023 :
    • “Sounds in Nature” event at the Royal Alberta Museum – Over the course of two days, I gave one 15 min as well as hosted an information booth (both days) showcasing the research conducted at the University of Alberta, including the adaptive significance of birdsong, operant conditioning, and analyzing birdsong

New Orleans, Louisiana:

  • 2020-2022:
    • K-12 STEM outreach; Tulane University School of Science and Engineering sponsored program that provides hands-on outreach activities to third through fifth grade students inside the classroom of predominately lower income and/or underrepresented communities throughout New Orleans. I began my involvement with this program during the Covid-19 pandemic; two workshops designed and hosted virtually ≥4x per semester (students were within their normal classroom setting). In 2020-2021, the workshop theme was focused on describing animal adaptation in various challenging ecosystems. In 2021-2022, the workshop that introduces students to the evolutionary transitional stages from saurischian dinosaurs and contemporary birds.
  • 2018-2019:
    • Workshops on the application of GPS technology in conservation research at both the ‘Girls in STEM at Tulane’ (x2 times) and ‘Boys at Tulane in Science’ (x3) series at Tulane University that offer STEM experiences to 5-7th graders in the surrounding New Orleans area.
  • 2017:
    • Three workshops Audubon Charter School, New Orleans, LA on the effects of climate change on Louisiana coasts

Papua New Guinea:

  • 2016-2019
    • For the four host villages of my dissertation, I provided education (ages 6-11; grassland conservation, local wildlife, and fire ecology), training, and employment opportunities for the individuals within the village. Locals assisted in facilitating my dissertation research, including the capture and handling of birds. I also worked with one student in PNG to apply for and receive a visa to travel to Australia to facilitate cultural exchange and novel avian banding techniques for him as well as students from three US-based institutions (Tulane, Cornell, College of William and Mary).

Last updated: Dec 2023