Christina M. Kennedy

Advisors: Dr. William Fagan & Dr. Maile Neel

Curriculum vitae

Previous Education:
Duke University Conservation Biology M.E.M. 2000
Cornell University Natural Resources Management B.S. 1997

Research Interests:
I am interested in how patterns of land conversion affect species diversity and persistence, particularly in the tropics. My research focuses on the role of intervening land cover surrounding forest fragments (i.e., matrix) on the isolation and degradation of bird communities in Jamaica, and the interaction of life history traits with species persistence.

Location of Research:
Jamaica, West Indies

Funding Sources:
2007 U.S. Fulbright Student Fellows Program
2004-2007 NASA Earth System Science Graduate Fellowship
2006 Cosmos Club Foundation Grants-in-Aid to Young Scholars Program
2004-2005 Smithsonian James Bond Fund
2004 Explorer's Club Washington Exploration & Field Grant
2004 Nagel Travel Award, University of Maryland
2003-2005 Darwin Scholarship, University of Maryland

Awards:
2006 American Ornithologists’ Union Student Membership Award
1999 Presidential Management Intern Finalist (1999)
1999 Edna Bailey Sussman Fellowship, Duke University
1995-1997 Ho-Nun-De-Kah Honor Society of Agriculture, Cornell University
1993-1997 Cornell Tradition Fellowship for community service & academic achievement

Publications:
Fagan, W., C. Kennedy, and P. Unmack. 2005. Quantifying rarity, losses, and risks for lower Colorado River Basin fishes: Implications for conservation listing. Conservation Biology 19:1872-1882.

Fagan, W., C. Aumann, C. Kennedy, and P. Unmack. 2005. Rarity, fragmentation, and the scale-dependence of extinction risk in desert fishes. Ecology 86:34-41.

Kennedy, C., J. Wilkinson, and J. Balch. Conservation Thresholds for Land Use Planners. Environmental Law Institute, Washington D.C. 55pp.

Wilkinson, J., and C. Kennedy. Planning with Nature: Biodiversity Information in Action. Environmental Law Institute, Washington D.C. 33pp.

Filbey, M., C. Kennedy, J. Wilkinson, and J. Balch. 2002. Halting the Invasion: State Tools for Invasive Species Management. Environmental Law Institute, Washington D.C. 112pp.

Wilkinson, J., C. Kennedy, K. Mott, M. Filbey, and S. King. 2002 (Sept-October). Banks and fees mitigation study reveals an industry transformed. National Wetlands Newsletter 24(5):5-6, 16-17.

Wilkinson, J., C. Kennedy, K. Mott, M. Filbey, S. King, and J. McElfish. 2002. Banks & Fees: The Status of Off-site Wetland Mitigation in the U.S. Environmental Law Institute, Washington D.C. 200pp.

Wilkinson, J., C. Kennedy, K. Mott, and J. McElfish. 2001. Status of the States: Innovative State Strategies for Biodiversity Conservation. Environmental Law Institute, Washington D.C. 68pp.