CURRENT STUDENTS Dates Degree Project Co-PI Current position email web
Matt Butler 2002-Present Ph.D. Estimating numbers of Rio Grande Turkeys Ballard TTU student matthew.j.butler@ttu.edu http://www.rw.ttu.edu/butler/
Richard Phillips 2000-present Ph.D. Rio Grande Turkey juvenile survival and habitat use Ballard TTU student rsp@nts-online.net   http://www.rw.ttu.edu/phillips/
Hope Woodward 2005-present Ph.D. Estimating prairie chickens Ballard TTU student hope.woodward@ttu.edu    
Shawn Haskell 2004-Present Ph.D. Sympatric mule and white-tail deer Ballard TTU student    
David Butler 2002-Present M.S. Fawn bed sites in  Sympatric mule & wt deer Ballard TTU student dbutler@ttacs.ttu.edu   
Ryan Swearingen 2004-Present M.S. Rio Grande Turkey roost ecology Ballard TTU student imchamp00@hotmail.com    
Ryan Walker 2004-Present M.S. Rio Grande Turkeys & cottonwood declines Ballard TTU student alloutdoors681@hotmail.com   
Brian Petersen 2004-Present M.S. Rio Grande Turkey diets Ballard TTU student be_pete@hotmail.com  
Stephanie McKenzie 2005- present Rio Grande Turkey poults Ballard TTU student    
Other Students that I work with
Mindy Rice 2003-present Ph.D. Black Bear distribution in the Trans Pecos Ballard TTU student     
Erica Chipman 2003-present M.S. Behavior of Burrowing owls McIntyre TTU student     
 
RECENT GRADUATES Dates Degree Project Co-PI Current position email web
John Brunjes III 2000-2005 Ph.D. Rio Grande Turkey landscape Ballard TTU student jbrunjes@yahoo.com www.rw.ttu.edu/jbrunjes
Tina Brunjes 2000-2005 Ph.D. Sympatric mule & wt deer Ballard TTU student t_johannsen@yahoo.com  
Janet Reed 2001-2004 M.S. Diets reintro. Mex.  gray wolves Ballard TTU student    
Brady McGee 2002-2005 Ph.D. Swift fox & coyotes Ballard TTU student ihunt4aliving@yahoo.com  
   
Scott Hohensee 1997-1999 M.S. Turkey nesting and survival   Biologist- San Antonio ScottH44@hotmail.com   
Wayne Brown 1998-2000 M.S. Effects of RIFA on wt deer fawns   Env. Consultant, Rhode Island waykat97@hotmail.com   
Susan Rupp 1998-2001 M.S. Eval. elk impacts on vegetative communities   Ph.D. Student TTU/ LANL rupp@lanl.gov   
Rachel McCaffrey 1999-2001 M.S. Biodiversity and prairie dogs   Ph.D. Student Univ. AZ rachmcc@hotmail.com   
Brian Spears 2000-2002 M.S. Rio Grande Turkey poult survival and habitat use   USFWS- Oregon kbspears@aol.com   
Derrick Holdstock 2000-2003 M.S. Rio Grande Turkey - tom survival and habitat use Ballard Texas Parks and Wildlife - Biologist DerrickTheresa@msn.com  
Terri Barnett 2001-2003 M.S. Rio Grande Turkey hen survival and habitat use Ballard Reno, NV    
Eric Wolf 2000-2003 M.S. Impacts of elk on Bandelier -modeling elk movement   GIS specialist, Viginia PolyTech bio-wolf@earthlink.net  
Alison Pruett 2002-2004 M.S. Prairie dogs and playas
Boal Biologist 
Utah Div. Nat. Res.
AlexPrt@aol.com  
Rachael McCormick 2002-2005 M.S. Rio Grande Turkey predation, survival and habitat use Ballard Extension Biologist; Oklahoma State University rachael.l.mccormick@ttu.edu  
Galon Hall 2002-2005 M.S. Rio Grande Turkey grazing,  survival and habitat use Ballard Biologist
Viginia Game and Fish
  Galon.Hall@dgif.virginia.gov  
Ross Huffman 2002-2005 M.S. Rio Grande Turkey nesting, survival and habitat use Ballard Biologist
CRS Inc. Wyoming

ross_huffman@hotmail.com

http://www.csr-inc.com/
Andrew Teaschner 2002-2005 M.S. Burrowing owls and prairie dog colonies Boal ex - TTU student ateaschn@ttacs.ttu.edu  
Kerri Nicholson 2002-2005 M.S. Swift fox & coyotes Ballard Ph.D. student Univ. Arizona