Erin L. Hewett
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Department of Biological Sciences
2125 Derring Hall (0406), Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA
elhewett AT vt.edu
Walters Lab phone: 540-231-3769

Doctorate of Philosophy (Expected graduation date: May 2010)

Bachelor of Science (Cum Laude with Distinction in Research) May 2005

Cornell University, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Ithaca, New York

Concentration: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. 

Placed on Dean’s List three out of four semesters

Associate in Science (Honors) May 2003 

Broome Community College, Binghamton, New York.

Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society 2000-03. 

Maintained 4.0 GPA, placed on the President’s List for six consecutive semesters

Research Intern, Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida (Winter-Summer 2006).  Supervised

by Dr. Reed Bowman and Dr. Glen Woolfenden

Field Technician, Hastings Natural History Reservation, Carmel Valley, California (Fall 2005). 

Supervised by Dr. Walter Koenig

Research Intern, Konza Prairie Biological Station LTER Site and Kansas State University REU

Program, Manhattan, Kansas (Summer 2004-2005).  Supervised by Dr. Brett Sandercock

Research Assistant Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, House Finch Disease Program,  Ithaca, New

York (Jan-Dec 2004).  Supervised by Dr. Andre Dhondt

Independent Research, Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, Ithaca, New York (Jan 04-May 2005)  Museum Preparation techniques for preparing bird specimens: round skins, skeletal and fluid.

Independent Research Project, Cornell University, Field Ecology Course (Fall 2003)   
Growth Rates and Predicted Spread of Vinca minor in Green Hills Cemetery, Dryden, New York.

Independent Honors Research in Chemistry, Broome Community College, Binghamton, New York

(Fall 2002).  Detection of Lead in Paint Samples from Bear Mountain State Park, New York.

Administrative Assistant, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Visual Services Dept, Ithaca, NY (Sept 2003-May 2005)

Seasonal Park Naturalist, Chenango Valley State Park, Fenton, New York (June 2001-Aug 2003)

North American Ornithological Conference Student Presentation Award Recipient (Oct 2006)

American Ornithologists’ Union, Marcia Brady Tucker Travel Award (July 2005)

Ecological Society of America, REU Presentation Travel Award (June 2005)

National Science Foundation REU Grant through Kansas State University (Jun 2004)

American Ornithologists’ Union Student Membership Grant (Fall 2003)

Sandercock, B.K., E.L. Hewett and K.L. Kosciuch. 2006.  Impacts of brood parasitism and nest

predation on productivity of a grassland songbird: a cowbird removal experiment. Submitted

to The Auk, August 2006

Hewett, E.L., R. Bowman, G.E. Woolfenden and J.W. Fitzpatrick.  2006. Influence of recruitment

age on lifetime reproductive success of the cooperatively breeding Florida Scrub-Jay.  Poster presented at the 4th North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz, Mexico.

Hewett, E.L., R. Bowman, G.E. Woolfenden and J.W. Fitzpatrick.  2006. Influence of recruitment

age on lifetime reproductive success of the cooperatively breeding Florida Scrub-Jay.  Seminar presented at Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida.

Hewett, E.L., K. L. Kosciuch and B. K. Sandercock. 2005. The effect of Brown-headed Cowbird

removal on the demography of the Dickcissel.  Poster Presented at the American Ornithologist’s Union 123rd State Meeting, Santa Barbara, California.

Hewett, E.L., K. L. Kosciuch and B. K. Sandercock. 2005. The effect of Brown-headed Cowbird

removal on the demography of the Dickcissel.  Poster Presented at the Ecological Society of America’s 90th Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec.

Hewett, E.L. 2005. The effect of Brown-headed Cowbird removal on the demography of the Dickcissel. 

Cornell University Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Undergraduate Honors Thesis Seminar, Ithaca, New York.

Hewett, E.L. 2005. The effect of Brown-headed Cowbird removal on the demography of the Dickcissel. 

Cornell University Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Seminar in Ornithology, Ithaca, New York.

Hewett, E.L. 2004. The impact of Brown-headed Cowbird removal on the demography of the

Dickcissel: a declining grassland bird.  Kansas State University Division of Biology Seminar, Manhattan, Kansas.

American Ornithologists’ Union Student Affairs Committee Member (fall 2006-present)

American Ornithologists’ Union (2004-Present)

New York State Ornithological Association (formerly the Federation of NYS Bird Clubs) (2001-Present)

Cayuga Bird Club (2003-present)

Naturalist Club of Broome County (1995-Present)