Brian G. Walker

A native of North Dakota, Dr. Walker received his Bachelor’s of Arts in Biology from Drake University, in Des Moines, Iowa (1990). He received a Master’s Degree in Biology from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, studying the reproductive behavior of male harbor seals (Phoca vitulina - 1992). He next spent four years as a Wildlife Biologist for NOAA – working in Antarctica studying foraging and breeding patterns in Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella). He returned to graduate school to pursue a PhD in the Department of Zoology at the University of Washington, Seattle, examining how human disturbances – in this case, ecotourism – affected the development and expression of the glucocorticoid stress response in Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus). Following the completion of his PhD (2003), Dr. Walker undertook a one-year post-doc research position at Arizona State University (2003-2004), followed by temporary teaching positions at the University of Washington and Seattle Central Community College (2004-2005). After a one-year visiting Assistant Professor position at Gonzaga University, Spokane WA (2005-2006), Dr. Walker joined the Biology department at Fairfield University as an Assistant Professor in the Fall of 2006, and was granted tenure and promotion to Associate Professor in 2010. In addition to his full-slate of teaching and research activities, he currently serves as Chair of the Biology Department and is actively involved in the University’s Program on the Environment and Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program.

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