Newsletter of the Animal Behavior Society

Vol. 71, No. 1 | Winter 2026

2026 Meeting Awards

The ABS offers several exciting opportunities for students to showcase their research at the annual meeting, to be held 14-18 July 2026 in Cincinnati, Ohio. These include the following:

Allee Award
(graduate students and new postdocs)
https://www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/awards-allee.php

Founders Memorial Poster Award
(graduate students and postdoctoral scholars)
https://www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/awards-founders.php

Genesis Award
(undergraduate students)
https://www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/awards-genesis.php

Charles H. Turner Award
(undergraduate students)
https://www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/awards-turner.php

Please note that these awards often require specific application materials that are typically due on the last date of abstract submission for the conference. Please see the webpage for each award to learn more about the qualifications and application process for each.

ABS also offers a number of sources for financial support to attend the annual meeting. Please see the list of these opportunities on the Grants and Award page of the ABS website: https://www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/awards.php

2025-2026 ABS OFFICERS

President: Beth Jakob, University of Massachusetts Amherst, E-mail: president@
animalbehaviorsociety.org

First President-Elect: Eileen Lacey, UC Berkeley, E-mail: preselect1@
animalbehaviorsociety.org

Second President-Elect: Greg Grether, University of California, Los Angeles, E-mail: [email protected]

Past President:Emily DuVal, Florida State University
E-mail: pastpresident@
animalbehaviorsociety.org

Secretary: Norman Lee, St. Olaf College, E-mail: [email protected]

Treasurer: Scott MacDougall-Shackleton, University of Western Ontario, E-mail: treasurer@
animalbehaviorsociety.org

Program Officer: Michele Johnson, Trinity University, E-mail: progofficerelect@
animalbehaviorsociety.org

Program Officer-Elect: Kasey Fowler-Finn, Saint Louis University, E-mail: [email protected]

Parlimentarian: Julia Saltz, Indiana University, E-mail: [email protected]

Executive Editor: Scott Sakaluk, Illinois State University, E-mail: [email protected]

Graduate Student Representative: Sekhar M A, North Dakota State University, E-mail: gradstudentrep@
animalbehaviorsociety.org

Historian: Susan Margulis, Canisius University, E-mail: historian@
animalbehaviorsociety.org

Diversity Officer: Alex Trillo, Gettysburg College, E-mail: [email protected]

Communications Officer: Kate Laskowski, University of California Davis, E-mail: [email protected]

Members-at-Large:

Swanne Gordon, Cornell University, E-mail:mematlarge1@
animalbehaviorsociety.org

Eva Fischer, University of California, Davis, E-mail:mematlarge2@
animalbehaviorsociety.org

Elizabeth Hobson, University of Cincinnati, E-mail:mematlarge3@
animalbehaviorsociety.org

ABS Newsletter

Send general correspondence concerning the Society to to the ABS Communications Officer, at: [email protected]. The newsletter gets published three times per year in September, January and May Articles submitted by members of the society and judged by the ABS Secretary to be appropriate are occasionally published in the ABS Newsletter. The publication of such material does not imply ABS endorsement of the opinions expressed by contributors.

Animal Behavior Society Website: http://www.animalbehaviorsociety.org

Animal Behaviour

Animal Behaviour, manuscripts and editorial matters: Authors should submit manuscripts online to Elsevier’s Editorial System (https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/animal-behaviour). For enquiries relating to submissions prior to acceptance, contact the Journal Manager ([email protected]). For enquiries relating to submissions after acceptance, visit Elsevier at http://www.elsevier.com/journals. For other general correspondence, contact Kris Bruner, Managing Editor, Animal Behaviour, Indiana University, 409 N. Park Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47408, USA. E-mail: [email protected]. Phone: 812-345-0497.