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Ronald L. Mumme
Professor of Biology
Chair of the Biology Department
Mailing Address:
Biology Dept., Allegheny College
Meadville PA 16335
Phone: 814-332-2382
Fax: 814-332-2789
E-mail: rmumme@allegheny.edu
Office: Biology 113
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Ron received a B.A. in Biology from the University of South Florida
in 1975 and a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of California, Berkeley,
in 1984. Before joining the faculty at Allegheny, he spent two years
at Cornell University as a postdoctoral research associate in the Section
of Neurobiology and Behavior. Ron's primary teaching responsibilities
at Allegheny include Introductory Biology, Evolution, and Animal Behavior.
Ron's major research interests are animal behavior and avian behavioral
ecology. For the last several years his research has focused on the
Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens), a species with an unusually
complex social system in which some individuals ("helpers") delay their
own reproduction to help rear the offspring produced by others. In collaboration
with Steve Schoech of Indiana University, Ron is currently investigating
how the hormone prolactin mediates helping behavior in this species.
Research projects conducted by Ron's students at Allegheny have covered
a wide spectrum of topics in animal behavior, and have included work
on the behavior of insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
