About the ABS
Animal Behavior Society Officers
The Animal Behavior Society is lead by experts in the field of animal behavior research who volunteer their time and have been elected by the ABS membership. The following is a list of officers that form the Executive Committee (2022-2023).
PRESIDENT(2022-2023)
Susan Alberts Departments of Evolutionary Anthropology and Biology
Duke University
Durham NC, USA
E-mail: president@animalbehaviorsociety.org
FIRST PRESIDENT-ELECT(2022-2023)
Vanessa Ezenwa Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, US
E-mail: preselect1@animalbehaviorsociety.org
SECOND PRESIDENT-ELECT(2022-2023)
Emily DuVal Professor, Department of Biological Science
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida, US
E-mail: preselect2@animalbehaviorsociety.org
PAST-PRESIDENT(2022-2023)
Eileen Hebets Professor of Biological Sciences
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
E-mail: pastpresident@animalbehaviorsociety.org
SECRETARY(2022-2025)
Norman Lee Assistant Professor of Biology
St. Olaf College
Northfield, Minnesota, US
E-mail: secretary@animalbehaviorsociety.org
TREASURER(2020-2023)
Scott MacDougall-Shackleton Department of Biology
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, CANADA
E-mail: treasurer@animalbehaviorsociety.org
PROGRAM OFFICER(2022-2023)
Ted Stankowich Department of Biological Sciences
California State University Long Beach
Long Beach , California, US
E-mail: progofficer@animalbehaviorsociety.org
PROGRAM OFFICER-ELECT(2022-2023)
Melissa Hughes Professor & Associate Chair, Department of Biology
College of Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina, US
E-mail: progofficerelect@animalbehaviorsociety.org
PARLIAMENTARIAN(2022-2025)
Julia Saltz Associate Professor, Biosciences
Rice University
Houston, Texas, US
E-mail: parliamentarian@animalbehaviorsociety.org
EXECUTIVE EDITOR(2020-2023)
Nancy Solomon Department of Biology
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio, US
E-mail: execeditor@animalbehaviorsociety.org
GRADUATE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE(2021-2023)
Satyajeet Gupta Ph.D. Candidate
Indian Institute of Science,
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
E-mail: gradstudentrep@animalbehaviorsociety.org
HISTORIAN(2022-2025)
Susan Margulis Professor and Chair, Animal Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation Professor, Biology
Canisius College
Buffalo, New York, US
E-mail: historian@animalbehaviorsociety.org
DIVERSITY OFFICER(2020-2023)
Chris Schell Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
University of California
Berkeley, California, US
E-mail: diversityofficer@animalbehaviorsociety.org
Members-At-Large(2022-2023)
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Noa Pinter-Wollman Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California Los Angeles, California, US E-mail: mematlarge1@animalbehaviorsociety.org
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Delia S. Shelton Assistant Professor, Biology Department University of Miami Coral Gables, FL, US E-mail: mematlarge2@animalbehaviorsociety.org
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Adriana Maldonado-Chaparro Biology Department Universidad del Rosario Columbia E-mail: mematlarge3@animalbehaviorsociety.org
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