Rindy C. Anderson Assistant Professor 561-‐297-‐4681 Florida Atlantic University [email protected] Department of Biological Sciences rindyanderson.weebly.com Building 1, Room 136 777 Glades Road Boca Raton, Florida 33431 Education: Ph.D. December 2006 University of Miami, Biology M.S. University of San Diego, Marine Science B.S. Arizona State University, Zoology Previous Positions: Research Scientist, Duke University, 2012-‐2014 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Duke University, 2007-‐2012 Ph.D. Candidate, University of Miami, Biology, 2003-‐2006 Instructor, Biology Laboratory Courses, University of Miami 2001, 2003 Research Biologist, Hubbs‑Sea World Research Institute, 1999-‐2001 Publications: Klofstad CA, Anderson RC, Nowicki S (2015). Perceptions of competence, strength, and age influence voters to select leaders with lower-‐pitched voices. PLOS ONE, in press. Anderson RC, Reichard DG (2015). The function and evolution of low-‐amplitude signals: Introduction to the Special Issue on Whispered Communication. Animal Behaviour 105 pp 215. Reichard DG, Anderson RC (2015). Why signal softly? The structure, function and evolutionary significance of low-‐amplitude signals. Animal Behaviour 105, 253-‐265. Akcay C, Anderson RC, Nowicki S, Beecher MD, Searcy WA (2015). Quiet threats: soft song as an aggressive signal in birds. Animal Behaviour 105, 267-‐274. *
Grace MK , Anderson RC (2015). No frequency shift in the “D” notes of Carolina chickadee calls in response to traffic noise. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 69(2) 253–263. Lachlan RF1, Anderson RC1, Peters S, Searcy WA, Nowicki S. (2014). Typical versions of learned swamp sparrow songs are more effective signals than are less typical versions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281: 20140252 Anderson RC, Klofstad CA, Mayhew WJ, Venkatachalam M. (2014). Vocal fry may undermine the success of young women in the labor market. PLOS ONE 9(5) e97506 Press: ScienceMag.org, Huffington Post, New York Magazine (online), The Atlantic (online), CBS News (online), Shape.com Anderson RC, Peters S, Nowicki, S (2014). Effects of early auditory experience on the development of local song preference in female swamp sparrows. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68(3) 437-‐447 MacLean EL, Hare BA, Nunn CL, Addessi E, Amici F, Anderson RC et al. (58 authors total) (2014). The Evolution of Self Control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, *
Anderson RC, DuBois AL, Piech DK , Searcy WA, Nowicki S. 2013. Receiver response to an aggressive visual signal, the wing-‐wave display, in swamp sparrows. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67(4) 593–600 Press: Discovery Channel’s “Daily Planet,” National Geographic (online), Popular Science (online) 1 Searcy WA, Anderson RC, Ballentine B, Nowicki S. 2013. Limits to reliability in avian aggressive signals. Behaviour 150(5) 1129-‐1145 Anderson RC, Klofstad CA. 2012. Preference for leaders with masculine voices holds in the case of feminine leadership roles. PLoS ONE 7(12) Press: NPR’s “The State of Things” with Frank Statio, Scientific American (online), The Atlantic (online). Anderson RC, Hughes M, Searcy WA, Nowicki S (2012). The receiver-‐dependent cost of soft song: a signal of aggressive intent in songbirds. Animal Behaviour, 83(6): 1443-‐1448 *
Maddison CJ , Anderson RC, Prior NH, Taves MD, Soma KK (2012). Soft song during aggressive interactions: seasonal changes and endocrine correlates in song sparrows. Hormones and Behavior, 62: 455–463 Klofstad CA, Anderson RC, Peters S (2012). Sounds like a winner: Voice pitch influences perception of leadership capacity in both men and women. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Biological Sciences, 279(1738): 2698-‐2704 Press: BBC, NPR, The Economist (online), Wired.com, Scientific American (online), ScienceDaily.com, U.S. News & World Report (online) Anderson RC, Klofstad CA (2012). For love or money?: The influence of personal resources and environmental resource pressures on human mating preferences. Ethology, 18(9): 841-‐849 Bowles AE, Anderson RC (2012). Behavioral responses and habituation of pinnipeds and small cetaceans to novel objects with and without a pinger. Aquatic Mammals, 38(2): 161-‐188 MacLean EL, Matthews LJ, Hare BA, Nunn CL, Anderson RC, Aureli, F, Brannon EM, Call J, Drea CM, Emery NJ, et al. (2012). How Does Cognition Evolve?: Phylogenetic Comparative Psychology. Animal Cognition, 15(2): 223-‐238 Boogert N, Anderson RC, Peters S, Searcy WA & Nowicki, S (2011). Song repertoire size correlates with inhibitory control, but not other measures of cognitive ability, in male song sparrows. Animal Behaviour 81: 1209-‐1216 Anderson RC (2009). Operant conditioning and copulation solicitation display assays reveal a stable preference for local song by female swamp sparrows. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 64: 215-‐223 Prather JF, Nowicki S, Anderson RC, Peters S, Mooney R (2009). Neural correlates of categorical perception in learned vocal communication. Nature Neuroscience 12: 221-‐228 Anderson RC, Searcy WA, Peters S and Nowicki S (2008). Soft song in the song sparrow: acoustic analysis and implications for signal function. Ethology, 114(7): 662-‐676 Searcy WA, Anderson RC and Nowicki S (2008). Is bird song a reliable signal of aggressive intent? A reply. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 62: 1213–1216 Anderson RC, Searcy WA, Nowicki S (2008). Testing the function of song matching in birds: responses of eastern song sparrow to partial song matching. Behaviour, 145: 347-‐363 Anderson RC, Nowicki S & Searcy WA (2007). Soft song in song sparrows: response of males and females to an enigmatic signal. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 61: 1267-‐1274 Hughes M, Anderson RC, Searcy WA, Bottensek LM* & Nowicki S (2007). Song type sharing and territory tenure in eastern song sparrows: implications for the evolution of song repertoires. Animal Behaviour, 73: 701-‐710 Searcy WA, Anderson RC, & Nowicki S (2006). Bird song as a signal of aggressive intent. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 60: 234-‐241 Anderson RC, Searcy WA & Nowicki S (2005). Partial song matching in an eastern population of song sparrows (Melospiza melodia). Animal Behaviour, 69:(1), 189-‐196 Wolski LF, Anderson RC, Bowles AE & Yochem PK (2003). Measuring hearing in the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina): Comparison of behavioral and auditory brainstem response techniques. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 113:(1) 629-‐636 2 Funding and Fellowships: FAU Faculty Research Mentoring Award (Dale Gawlik, mentor) 2015-‐2016 Duke University Preparing Future Faculty Fellowship, 2007-‐2008 NSF ADVANCE awards to attend Faculty Development workshops, Rice University 2007, 2010 University of Pittsburgh G. Murray McKinley Research Grant, 2007, 2008 Duke University Sigma Xi Postdoctoral Travel Award, April 2007 NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, 2005-‐2007 Sigma Xi Grants-‐in-‐Aid Student Research Award, April 2004 Animal Behaviour Society Student Research Grant, March 2004 Teaching and Mentoring: Florida Atlantic University 2015. Topics in Behavioral Ecology. A survey of key concepts in behavioral ecology. A team-‐based learning course utilizing a “flipped classroom” Duke University, 2013 and 2014. How Organisms Communicate. A team-‐based learning course utilizing a “flipped classroom” in collaboration with Stephen Nowicki. University of Miami, 2006. Topics in Behavioral Ecology. An undergraduate seminar. University of Miami, General Biology Laboratory Instructor, 2001, 2003. University of San Diego, Ecology Laboratory Instructor, 1995. Arizona State University, Introductory Biology Teaching Assistant, 1994. Recent Duke undergraduate students mentored: Shilpa Sachdeva, 2010-‐2011. Independent study on development of cognition assays in songbirds (currently in medical school at Univ. of Kentucky) Molly Grace, 2011-‐2012. Won Duke Undergraduate Research Support award for an independent study and senior thesis project on the effects of urban noise on Carolina chickadee calls; thesis won “High Distinction” honors; paper by Grace & Anderson under revision for publication; (currently in Ph.D. program at Univ. of Central Florida) Michelle Michelson, 2012-‐2013. Won Duke Undergraduate Research Support award for a field study on song sharing in North Carolina song sparrows Professional Training and Development: Preparing Future Faculty Fellowship Program, Duke University, 2007-‐2008 NSF ADVANCE Faculty Development Workshops, Rice University, 2007 and 2010 Professional Activities: Organized symposium (co-‐organizer Dustin Riechard) at the August 2014 Animal Behavior Society Conference on the function and evolution of low-‐amplitude signals NSF Panelist, full proposal review panel, 2014 National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Durham, NC. Member of the PhyloPsy Working Group (Nov 2009) (https://www.nescent.org/wg_phylopsy/Main_Page) Invited Presentations: University of Memphis, April 2015 University of Southern Mississippi, February 2015 Virginia Tech, November 2013 Western Carolina University, October 2012 3 West Georgia University, October 2011 Florida International University, October 2011 NC Museum of Natural Sciences, April 2011 Swarthmore University, February 2011 University of California at Riverside, October 2010 University of Maryland College Park, December 2009 College of Charleston, December 2008 4