Education
Bowdoin College (Majors: Biology and Studio Art; Minor: Art History) A.B. 1994
Cornell University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ph.D. 2004
Teaching Appointments
Cornell University
Teaching Assistant, BIOEE 464 Macroevolution 2004S
Teaching Assistant, BIOEE 278 Evolution (writing section) 2003F
Teaching Assistant, BIOEE 274 The Vertebrates 2003S
Teaching Assistant, BIOEE 278 Evolution 2001S, 2002F
Teaching Assistant, BIOES 475 Ornithology 2000F
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Intern 1995-1996
Teaching Assistant, Art History Seminar: Art in Context 1995
Teaching Assistant, Photography 1993S, 1994S
Publications
Wheelwright, N.T., Dukeshire, E., Fontaine, J.B., Gutow, S., Moeller, D.A., Schuetz, J.G., Smith, T.M., Rodgers, S., and Zink, A.G. 2006. Autogamy in insect-pollinated plants on a boreal island. American Midland Naturalist 155: 19-38. PDF
Schuetz, J.G. 2005. Low survival of parasite chicks may result from imperfect adaptation to hosts rather than expression of defenses against parasitism. Evolution 59: 2017-2024. PDF
Schuetz, J.G. 2005. Reduced growth but not survival of chicks with altered gape patterns:
implications for the evolution of nestling similarity in a parasitic finch. Animal Behaviour
70: 839-848. PDF
Schuetz, J.G. 2004. Common waxbills use carnivore scat to reduce the risk of nest predation. Behavioral Ecology 16:133-137. PDF
McGraw, K.J. and Schuetz, J.G. 2004. The evolution of carotenoid coloration in estrildid finches: a biochemical analysis. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B 139:45-51. PDF
Schuetz, J.G. 1996. Certain Uncertainties: Chaos and the Human Experience. Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Bowdoin College: Brunswick, Maine.
Manuscripts in Review
Schuetz, J.G. Picking out parasitic young: a model of parental decision-making. American Naturalist.
Manuscripts in Preparation
Schuetz, J.G. Costs of interspecific brood parasitism for an African finch and their implications for the evolution of host defenses. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.
Malone, S.M. and Schuetz, J.G. The relative importance of familiarity, phenotype, and behavior in female mate choice in the common waxbill (Estrilda astrild). Animal Behaviour
Schuetz, J.G. Elaboration and diversification of nestling morphologies in estrildid finches:causes and consequences.
Press
"Begging Birds." Science Update. 29 November 2005, produced by Chelsea Wald.
Fellowships
National Science Foundation, Graduate Fellowship, 1997 (3 years)
Cornell University, Olin Fellowship, 1997 (1 year)
Bowdoin College, Andrew W. Mellon Summer Fellowship in the Arts, 1993 (3 months)
Grants
American Museum of Natural History Collections Study Grant, 2005 ($427)
Marcia Brady Tucker Travel Award, American Ornithologists’ Union, 2003 ($350)
NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, 2001-2003 ($10,000)
Cornell Graduate Student Travel Awards 2001, 2002 ($230, $450)
American Ornithologists’ Union Research Grant, 2001 ($1,000)
Einaudi Center International Travel Award, Cornell University, 2001 ($1,350)
Frank Chapman Award, American Museum of Natural History, 2001 ($600)
Mellon Grant, Cornell University, 2001 ($800)
Sigma Xi Grant, Cornell University, 2001 ($572)
Explorers Club Research Award, 1998 ($1,200)
Organization for Tropical Studies Research Award, 1998 ($350)
Research Experience
Southern Sierra Research Station, California 2005-present
(Senior Scientist) Causes of plumage similarity in Picoides woodpeckers; Population and breeding biology of Southwestern Willow Flycatchers.
Cornell University and Nature Conservancy, Arkansas 2005
(Search Team Member) Search for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, once thought to be extinct.
Dissertation Research, South Africa, Tanzania, and Cornell University 1998-2004
(Graduate student) Brood parasitism in African finches and its consequences for the evolution of host parenting behavior and nestling morphology.
Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica 1998
(Graduate student) 98-3 Tropical Biology: An Ecological Approach.
US Geological Survey, Hakalau National Wildlife Refuge, Hawaii 1997
(Field Assistant) Effects of mammal removal on breeding success and population dynamics of endemic forest birds.
La Reserve de Faune du Dja, Cameroon, with San Francisco State University 1994
(Field Assistant) Seed dispersal by two species of forest hornbills.
Bowdoin College Scientific Station, Kent Island 1992
(Field Assistant) Breeding biology and population dynamics of the tree swallow, Tachycineta bicolor.
Presentations
Talks
American Ornithologists’ Union. 2003. Consequences of single versus multiple parasitism for nestlings of the brood parasitic pin-tailed whydah.
American Ornithologists’ Union. 2002. Making a mimetic nestling: how do African finches do it?
American Society of Naturalists. 2002. Picking out parasitic young: a model of parental
decision-making.
American Ornithologists’ Union. 2001. Reducing the risk of nest predation: adaptive use
of carnivore scat by common waxbills (Estrilda astrild).
Posters
Joint Meeting of SSE, SSB, and ASN. 2003. Host defenses against avian brood parasitism: evidence from an African finch (Estrilda astrild).
Peer Reviews
Animal Behaviour (2 manuscripts), 2003, 2005
Behavioral Ecology (2 manuscripts), 2004
Evolution (1 manuscript), 2005
Exhibitions
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Liberal Arts Lens: 25 Years of Photography at Bowdoin College (group exhibition), 1995
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Revisions: New Photographs from Antique Processes (solo exhibition), 1994
Academic Honors
Bowdoin College, Copeland-Gross Biology Prize, 1994
“awarded to that graduating senior who has best exemplified the idea of a liberal education during the major program in biology.”
Bowdoin College, Anne Bartlett Lewis Award in Art, 1994
“for excellence in art history and creative visual arts.”
Bowdoin College, Summa cum laude, 1994
Bowdoin College, Phi Beta Kappa, 1993
Bowdoin College, Bowdoin Cup, 1993
“awarded annually…to the student who in the previous college year has won a varsity letter in active competition and has made the highest scholastic average among the students receiving varsity letters.”
Bowdoin College, Orren Chalmer Hormell Cup, 1991
“is awarded each year to a sophomore who, as a first-year student, competed in first-year athletic competition as a regular member of a team, and who has achieved outstanding scholastic honors.”
Graduate Advisors
Chair: David W. Winkler, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University
Committee: Steve Emlen, Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University
Monica Geber, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University
Amy McCune, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University