Curriculum Vitae
Steven L. Hopp
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721
(520) 621-7910
SHOPP@u.arizona.edu
and
Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
2021 N. Kinney Road
Tucson Arizona 85743
Personal:
Born August 11, 1954; Ann Arbor, Michigan
Married, two children. Wife, Barbara Kingsolver; Author
Education:
B.A., Psychology/Biology, Minor in Chemistry
Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa 1978
Ph.D., Experimental Psychology; Animal Behavior
Minors in Zoology, Physiological Psychology
Indiana University, 1985
Professional Summary:
Faculty Member:
Emory and Henry College, Emory, Virginia 1984-1994
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Arizona, 1994-present
Research Associate
Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, 1996-present
Professional Experience
Research Experience:
Indiana University:
Research assistant for Dr. William Timberlake: Observational and
socio-behavioral studies with rodents and elephant shrews, olfactory
communication in rodents (1978-1980).
Research assistant for Dr. Michael Peterson: Primate psychophysics
laboratory: training and long-term testing of monkey species on
psychoacoustic tasks (1979-1983).
Undergraduate research supervisor; primate psychophysics laboratory
(1981-1984).
Undergraduate research coordinator; comparative psychology laboratory
class (1982, 1983).
Dissertation: Psychoacoustic studies of Japanese monkeys: designed to
study how the species' auditory perception shapes their use of acoustic
design features in communication.
Emory & Henry College:
Studies of vocal communication in Grasshopper mice (Onychomys leucogaster)
Field studies of behavioral ecology and acoustic communication of White-eyed Vireos
(Vireo griseus) Field studies of wintering ecology and interspecific interactions among
vireo species in Yucatan, Bahamas and Jamaica; Digital signal analysis of call features
and vocal mimicry in White-eyed Vireos.
University of Arizona:
Ecology and behavior of Vireonidae, Field studies of Bell's (V. bellii) and
Hutton’s (V. huttoni) vireos. Conservation biology. Studies of vocal communication in
songbirds, particularly vireos.
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum:
Studies of plant pollination by passerines and hummingbirds.
Teaching Experience:
Simpson College:
Teaching assistant experimental design, microbiology, cell physiology,
biochemistry (1977-1978).
Indiana University:
Teaching assistant for Dr. Michael Petersen; introductory psychology
and biology of behavior (1979-1982).
Teaching assistant for Dr. William Timberlake; animal behavior, advanced laboratory
project coordinator (1980, 1982).
Associate instructor: experimental design (1980-1983).
Emory & Henry College:
Assistant Professor of Psychology, 1984-1989.
Associate Professor 1990-1994.
Psychology Department Chair, 1988-1994.
Courses Taught:
General courses: Western Tradition (team taught with 12 other faculty), Introductory
Psychology (with laboratory), Statistics.
Psychology Courses: Experimental Design, Psychology of Learning (with laboratory),
Physiological Psychology (with laboratory), Sensation and Perception (with laboratory)
Biology Courses: Animal Behavior, Bioacoustics and acoustic communication,
International Wildlife Conservation.
University of Arizona:
Adjunct Associate Professor, 1994-Present.
Courses Taught:
Ecology and Conservation of Migratory Birds.
Ornithology: Guest Lecturer
Animal Behavior: Guest Lecturer
Publications:
Hopp, S.L. and Timberlake, W. Odor Cue Determinants of Urine-marking
in Male Rats (Rattus Norvegicus), Behavioral and Neural Biology, 1983
37, 162-172.
Hopp S.L., Owren, M .J. and Marion, J. Olfactory Discrimination of Individual
Littermates in Rats (Rattus Norvegicus). Journal of Comparative
Psychology, 1985. 99(2) , 248-251.
Sinnott, J.M., Petersen, M.R., & Hopp, S.L. Frequency and Intensity
Discrimination in Monkeys and Humans. Journal of the Acoustical
Society of America. 1985, 78 1977-1985.
Hopp, S.L High Altitude Records of White-eyed Vireos (Vireo griseus)
in Southwestern Virginia. The Raven,1985, 56, 40-41.
Owren, M.J., Hopp, S.L., Sinnott, J.M., & Petersen, M.R. Absolute
Auditory Thresholds in Three Old-world Monkey species
(Cercopithecus aethiops, C. neglectus, Macaca fuscata, and
humans ( Homo sapiens ). Journal of Comparative Psychology.
1988, 102(2) , 99-107.
Owren, M.J., Seyfarth, R.M., & Hopp, S.L. (1989). Categorical Vocal
Signaling in Nonhuman Primates. In: H. Papousek, U. Jurgens &
M. Papousek (Eds) Nonverbal Vocal Communication: Comparative
and Developmental Approaches. New York: Cambridge University Press
Hopp, S.L., Sinnott, J.M., Owren, M.J. & Petersen, M.R.(1992). Differential
Sensitivity of Japanese Macaques ( Macaca fuscata) and Humans ( Homo
sapiens) to Peak Position Along a Synthetic Coo Call Continuum.
Journal of Comparative Psychology, 106, 128-136.
Greenberg, R., Niven, D.K., Hopp, S.L. & Boone, C.A. (1993). Frugivory
and Coexistence in a Resident and Migratory Vireo on the Yucatan
Peninsula. The Condor, 95(4), 990-999.
Hopp, S.L., Kirby, A. and Boone, C.A. (1995). White-eyed Vireo. In:
The Birds of North America, No. 168 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds)
The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, and the American
Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.
Hopp, S.L. The White-eyed Vireo. In: Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas. (R. Clapp
and E. Wilson, eds) The Virginia Society of Ornithology, Richmond, VA.
(in press).
Hopp, S.L. The Warbling Vireo. In: Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas. (R. Clapp
and E. Wilson, eds) The Virginia Society of Ornithology, Richmond, VA.
(in press).
Hopp, S.L. The Red-eyed Vireo. In: Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas. (R. Clapp
and E. Wilson, eds) The Virginia Society of Ornithology, Richmond, VA.
(in press).
Hopp, S.L. Veery. In: Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas. (R. Clapp and E. Wilson, eds) The
Virginia Society of Ornithology, Richmond, VA. (in press).
Hopp, S.L. The Golden-winged Warbler. In: Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas. (R. Clapp and
E. Wilson, eds) The Virginia Society of Ornithology, Richmond, VA. (in press).
Hopp, S.L., Owren, M.J. and Evans, C.S. (Eds.): Animal Acoustic
Communication: Sound Analysis and Research Methods. Springer-
Verlag.
Hopp, S.L. and Morton, E.S. (1998) Sound Playback Studies: Design and Analysis. In
Hopp S.L, Owren, M.J. and Evans, C.S. (eds) Animal Acoustic
Communication: Sound Analysis and Research Methods. Springer-Verlag.
Hopp, S.L., Boone, C.A, and Kirby, A. Banding Recoveries, arrival
pattern and site fidelity of white-eyed vireos. Wilson Bulletin, (in press)
Hopp, S.L., Territorial Responses of the Thick-Billed Vireo (Vireo
crassirostris ) to Playbacks of Conspecific and Congeneric Song.
(under review)
Papers Presented at Professional Meetings:
Timberlake, W. & Hopp, S.L. The Basis of Straight Alley Performance:
Consummatory Vigor or Temporal Disequilibrium? Psychonomic
Sciences, Phoenix, Arizona. 1979.
Hopp, S.L. & Timberlake, W. Environmental and Odor Cue Determinants
of Rat Urine Marking. Animal Behavior Society Meeting, Knoxville,
Tennessee, 1981.
Petersen, M.R., Sinnott, J.M., Hopp, S.L., & Owren, M.J. Absolute
Auditory Thresholds in Monkeys and Humans. Acoustical Society
Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 1982.
Owren, M.J., Hopp, S.L., Sinnott, J.M., & Petersen, M.R. Absolute
Auditory Thresholds in Monkeys and Humans. Animal Behavior
Regional Meeting, Champaign, Illinois,1982.
Hopp, S.L, Petersen, M.R., & Sinnott. J.M. Auditory Capabilities of
Japanese Macaques ( Macaca fuscata ) and Relation to Vocal
Behavior. Animal Behavior Society Meeting, Duluth, Minnesota, 1982.
Hopp, S.L., Owren, M.J., Sinnott, J.M., & Peterson, M.R. Equal
Loudness Contours in Monkeys and Humans. Midwestern
Psychological Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 1983.
Hopp, S.L. & Owren, M.J. Individual Recognition of Littermates in Rats
(Rattus Norvegicus). Animal Behavior Regional Meeting, Carbondale,
Illinois, 1984.
Hopp, S.L, & McLaren, G.M. Differential Playback Responsiveness of
Male White-eyed Vireos (Vireo griseus) before and after pairing.
Animal Behavior Society Meeting, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1987.
Hopp, S.L., Kegley, D.H., Boone, C.A., Nair, A.K, & Carlin, C.A.
Long- and Short-term Situational Variation in the Singing of Male
White-eyed Vireos (Vireo griseus). Animal Behavior Society Meeting,
Missoula, Montana, 1988.
Hopp, S.L., Nair, A.K., & Boone, C.A Repertoire Organization Among
Male White-eyed Vireos (Vireo griseus). Animal Behavior Society
Meeting, Highland Heights, Kentucky, 1989.
Hopp, S.L. (Invited Paper) Computer Analysis of Bird Song: A Users Perspective.
American Ornithologists Union Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1989.
Boone, C.A., Nair, A.K. & Hopp, S.L. Mate recognition by differential
song-type use in white-eyed vireos (Vireo griseus). Animal Behavior
Society Meeting, Binghamton, New York, 1990.
Hopp, S.L., Boone, C.A, & Nair, A.K. Song-type matching in white-eyed
vireos (Vireo griseus). Animal Behavior Society meeting, Binghamton,
New York, 1990.
Nair, A.K., Hopp, S.L. & Boone, C.A. The top twenty songs in white-eyed
vireos: geographical stability. Animal Behavior Society Meeting,
Binghamton, New York, 1990.
Hopp, S.L., Nair, A.K, & Boone, C.A. Banding recoveries, site, fidelity,
and, spring, arrival patterns of male white-eyed vireos (Vireo griseus)
in Southwestern Virginia. The Vertebrates of Tennessee and Kentucky
Regional conference, 1991.
Hopp, S.L. Survival and Management of White-eyed Vireos. Partners
in Flight Regional Conference, Blacksburg, Va.. 1993 (invited paper).
Hopp, S.L. Natural History of the White-eyed Vireo. Virginia Society of
Ornithology Annual Meeting, Clinch Valley, Va., 1993 (invited paper).
Hopp, S.L. Responses of the Jamaican White-eyed Vireo (Vireo modestus)
to song playbacks of conspecific and congeneric vocalizations. Animal
Behavior Society Meeting, Davis, California, 1993.
Honor and Professional Societies:
Sigma Xi
Animal Behavior Society
American Ornithologists Union
Wilson Ornithological Society
Cooper Ornithological Society
The Neotropical Ornithological Society
The Caribbean Society of Ornithology
Research Awards:
1982 Doctoral Student Dissertation Grant, Indiana University
1983 Doctoral Student Dissertation Grant, Indiana University
1983, 1984 Marie Znaiden Sinnott Research Award
1985 Mellon Faculty Development Grant
1986 Fellowship, Mabel Pew Myrin Trust
1987, 1988 Mellon Faculty Development Grant
1988 Mednick Research Fellowship
1993 Mellon Faculty Research Grant
College Support Activities:
Statistical consultant for college reaccredidation committee
Admissions/Financial Aid committee Chairperson
Science-Festival committee
Participant/Advisor for Freshperson orientation
Departmental Chairperson, Fall, 1988-1994
Faculty Advisory Committee, Chair 1991-1993
Nine faculty and administrative search committees
Graduate Student Committees: Virginia Polytechnic University, East Tennessee
State University, University of Arizona
Community Support Activities:
Regional co-ordinator for Virginia Society of Ornithology
sponsored Breeding Bird Atlas
Mount Rogers Citizens Planning Commission
Author of newspaper column on Appalachian Natural History
Elderhostel Instructor: Natural History of the Appalachians
Coordinator, Audubon Christmas Bird Count
Numerous field outings for Sierra, Audubon, etc.
Institute of Desert Ecology-Lecturer; Tucson Audubon Society
Professional Support Activities
Member of film committee; Animal Behavior Society; 1986 -1989
Manuscript reviews; Animal Behaviour, Journal of Comparative Psychology,
Developmental Psychobiology, Bioacoustics, Condor, Wilson Bulletin
Organizer for symposium on Advances in Acoustic Communication Research
for 1987 Animal Behavior Society annual meeting
Organizer of Animal Behavior film list for Animal Behavior Society
Invited speaker; Dept. of Biology, East Tennessee State University, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute
Invited speaker; American Ornithologists Union Meeting, August, 1989,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Consultant, USFWS regional Neotropical Bird Survey, SW Virginia
Invited Speaker; Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, March, 1997