Jennifer Gumm
email: jennifer_gumm(at)fws(dot)gov
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Fish Biologist & Facility Manager, Ash Meadows Fish Conservation Facility, 2018-Present
Assistant Professor, Stephen F. Austin State University, 2012-2018
Postdoc, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2009-2012
Ph.D., Lehigh University, 2009
M.S., Texas State University, 2004
B.S., Millikin University, 2002

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Graduate Students @SFA

Cory Becher
M.S. 2015
Thesis Title: Sexual selection and hybridization in pupfishes    
Current position: Ph.D. student at Ohio State University





Chandler Brooks
M.S. 2015
Thesis Title: Territoriality and heterospecific ‘dear enemy’ recognition in two freshwater fishes (genus Cyprinodon)    
Current position: Ph.D. student at Southern Illinois University



Kristina Ayers
M.S. 2018 
Thesis Title: Conservation genetics of Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis and Cyprinodon variegatus




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Leah Perez
Current M.S. student
Thesis Title: Visual ecology of frogs

Jillian Blenderman
​Current M.S. student
Thesis Title: Animal personality in mantis shrimps

Chelsey Price
M.S. Student 2015-2017

Undergraduate Researchers

Taylor Black
(SFASU, Spring 2016-Present)
Conducting an independent project on call variation in tree frogs in East Texas

Sarah Amonett
(SFASU, Fall 2016-Spring 2017)
Conducted an independent project on vocalizations in pupfishes
Currently a graduate student at the University of Mississippi

Brittany Nunn
(SFASU, Spring 2015-Dec 2016)
Conducted an independent project on vocalizations in pupfishes

Sarah Ebert
(SFASU, Spring 2017)
Conducted an Honors project Science Communication and Scientific Illustration


Leah Perez 
(SFASU, Spring 2015-Dec 2016)
Conducting an independent project on call variation in tree frogs in East Texas




Jillian Blenderman 
(SFASU, Fall 2014-Spring 2016)
Conducted independent project on chemical communication in pupfishes






Emmale Davis 
(SFASU, Spring 2015- Summer 2016)
Conducted various studies on how light environment influences fish social behavior




Shea Strifler 
(SFASU, Spring 2016)
Conducted various studies on how light environment influences fish social behavior







Katie McCann
(SFASU, Spring 2016-Present)
Conducting an independent project on bird color evolution and assisting with pupfish husbandry
Currently a graduate student at University of Arkansas- Pine Bluff
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Khalia Ford-Robinson
(SFASU, Spring 2016)
Conducted an Honors project on genetics of visual systems






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​Brandon Diaz
(SFASU, Spring 2016)
Conducted an Honors project on genetics of visual systems​




Kristina Ayers 
(SFASU, Spring 2015)
Contributed to a project examining hybridization and conservation genetics of pupfishes
Recently received her MS from SFASU!

Shelby Robinson 
(SFASU, Fall 2014)
Conducted independent project on visual systems in Cyprinella

Jessica Bahizi 
(SFASU, Spring 2013)
Contributed to a project examining the evolution of visual systems in darters (genus Etheostoma)
Currently attending medical school.

Deedra Harris
(SFASU, Spring 2013)
Contributed to a project examining the evolution of visual systems in darters (genus Etheostoma)
Currently attending medical school.

Chelsey Price 
(SFASU, Spring 2013-May 2015)
Contributed to a project examining the evolution of visual systems in darters (genus Etheostoma)
Conducted independent project on visual systems in Cyprinodon



Monica Grasty 
(SFASU, Fall 2013)
Honors Project: Hybridization and Conservation Genetics in pupfishes
Currently a graduate student at Portland State University. 



Ja'Howard Hutchins 
(SFASU, Summer 2013)
Contributed to a project examining hybridization and conservation genetics of pupfishes





Heather Burns 
(SFASU, Spring 2013)
Honors project: Multimodal communication in darters (genus Etheostoma)




Emily Cherrier 
(SFASU, Spring 2013)
Conducted an independent project examining multimodal communication in darters (genus Etheostoma)
Recently earned an MS in Speech Pathology at SFASU.



Chioma Ihekweazu 
(UMBC, Spring 2010-Spring 2011)
Conducted an independent project examining the evolution of UV signaling in darters (genus Etheostoma)
MS at Emory University, currently Science Writing Fellow at the CDC

Isleen Wride
(UMBC, Fall 2010-Spring 2011)
Conducting an independent project examining sexual selection in Etheostoma barrenense. 

Donielle Simons
(UMBC, Spring 2009)
Assisted in analyses of male nuptial coloration in darters (genus Etheostoma)

Alexandera Ganim
(Lehigh University, 2006-2007)
Conducted preliminary studies on the role of previous experience on male competitive behavior in Cyprinodon variegatus.
Currently pursuing an MS at George Washington University.