Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program: Massachusetts
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Massachusetts Education Activities

Personnel at the Massachusetts Unit installing temperature loggers in a stream.

Title Instructor(s) Start Date End Date
Wildlife Conservation and Management Organ, DeStefano November 2011 December 2011
Topics in Species Distribution Habitat Modeling Wilson January 2022 May 2022
Suburban Wildlife Ecology DeStefano September 2001 December 2001
Social Policy and Natural Resource Conflict Mather September 2002 December 2002
Social Conflict And Natural Resource Policy, Fall 2005 (with R. Muth) Mather September 2004 December 2004
Research Concepts DiRenzo September 2024 December 2024
Research Concepts Roy September 2023 December 2023
Research Concepts DiRenzo September 2022 December 2022
Research Concepts Roy, DiRenzo September 2021 December 2021
Research Concepts DiRenzo September 2021 December 2021
Research Concepts Roy September 2019 December 2019
Research Concepts DeStefano, Zeller September 2018 December 2018
Research Concepts Roy September 2017 December 2017
Research Concepts DeStefano September 2016 December 2016
Research Concepts Roy September 2015 December 2015
Research Concepts DeStefano, Roy September 2014 December 2014
Research Concepts Roy September 2013 December 2013
Research Concepts Roy, DeStefano September 2012 December 2012
Research Concepts DeStefano September 2011 December 2011
Research Concepts DeStefano September 2010 December 2010
Research Concepts DeStefano September 2009 December 2009
Research Concepts DeStefano September 2005 December 2005
Readings in Watershed Conservation and Restoration Roy September 2024 December 2024
Professional Skills and Ethics Mather January 2000 May 2022
Natural resource and environmental management: interdisciplinary approaches and perspectives Mather January 2010 May 2010
NRC practicum- moose-tick research experience Wilson February 2023 May 2023
NRC practicum- Photo tagging Wilson September 2022 December 2022
Interpretation of Ecological Data Mather September 2003 December 2003
Interpretation of Ecological Data Mather January 2008 May 2008
Interpretation of Ecological Data Mather January 2001 May 2001
Independent study- Resource Selection Wilson February 2023 May 2023
Independent Study- N-Mixture Models Wilson September 2022 December 2022
Image Tagging Practicum Wilson, Siren September 2024 December 2024
Image Tagging Practicum Wilson, Siren September 2023 December 2023
Image Tagging Practicum Wilson, Siren January 2025 May 2025
Image Tagging Practicum Wilson, Siren January 2024 May 2024
Ecology of Fishes Mather January 2006 May 2006
Ecological Interactions of Fishes, Spring 2005 Mather January 2005 May 2005
Ecological Interactions of Fishes Mather January 2007 May 2007
Ecological Interactions of Fishes Mather January 2002 May 2002
Ecological Interactions of Fishes Mather January 2000 May 2000
Diadromous Fish, Fall 2004, Member of a multi-faculty team Mather September 2004 December 2004
Diadromous Fish Mather September 2002 December 2002
Diadromous Fish Mather January 2008 May 2008
Data wrangling DiRenzo September 2023 October 2023
Data simulation DiRenzo November 2023 December 2023
Data Visualization DiRenzo October 2023 October 2023
Dam Removal Practicum Abbott, Roy, Mulligan September 2021 May 2022
Dam Removal Practicum Roy September 2018 May 2019
Dam Removal Practicum Roy, Houle, Mulligan September 2017 May 2018
Dam Removal Practicum Roy, Ahlfeld, Houle September 2016 May 2017
Dam Removal Practicum Roy, Ahlfeld, Lambert, Houle September 2015 May 2016
Conservation in Practice DeStefano September 2017 December 2017
Conservation in Practice DeStefano, Organ September 2013 December 2013
Biostatistics Journal Club Sievert September 2006 December 2006
Aquatic Ecology Roy September 2022 December 2022
Aquatic Ecology Roy September 2018 December 2018
Aquatic Ecology Roy September 2016 December 2016
Aquatic Ecology Roy September 2014 December 2014
Aquatic Ecology Roy August 2020 December 2020
Applied Biostatistics for Natural Resources Sievert January 2006 May 2014
Analysis of Environmental Data Wilson September 2024 December 2024
Analysis of Environmental Data Wilson September 2023 December 2023
Student (Degree) Advisor Start Year End Year
Zarrella Smith, Katrina (PhD) DiRenzo 2023 Present
Yurika, Palmer (MS) DeStefano 2011 2013
Wong, Grace (PhD) Sievert 2002 Present
Vineyard, Julia (MS) Wilson 2021 2023
Talib, Amarra (MS) Roy 2013 2015
Sutherland, Hollie (MS) DeStefano 2016 Present
Sussky, Elizabeth (MS) Sievert 2012 Present
Stein, Andrew (PhD) DeStefano 2003 2007
Soper, Anna (PhD) Sievert 2007 2012
Smith, Joseph (PhD) Mather 2006 2011
Siart, Heather (PhD) DiRenzo 2024 Present
Siart, Heather (PhD) Wilson 2022 Present
Sei, Makiri (PhD) Sievert 2002 2005
Santana, Sharlene (PhD) Sievert 2008 2010
Sabogal, Javier (PhD) DeStefano 2012 2014
Rutledge, Ethan (PhD) Roy 2023 Present
Roberts, Patrick (PhD) Wilson 2021 2023
Ritterson, Jeffrey (MS) DeStefano 2012 2015
Pilchik, Josie (PhD) Roy 2023 Present
Pfadenhauer, William (PhD) DiRenzo 2022 2024
Perry, Simona (PhD) Mather 2005 2010
Ohman, Michael (MS) Sievert 2003 2005
Odell, Jay (MS) Mather 2001 2005
Nuhfer, Thomas (PhD) DiRenzo 2023 2024
Norton-Jensen, John (MS) DeStefano 2003 2005
Nieves-Puigdollar, Katherine (PhD) Sievert 2003 2007
Nampindo, Simon (PhD) DeStefano 2010 2014
Naing, Hla (MS) Sievert 2012 Present
Monette, Michelle (PhD) Mather 2001 2007
McKenzie, Alexa (MS) Sievert 2012 Present
Mattocks, Steven (MS) Roy 2014 2016
Levasseur, Patricia (PhD) DiRenzo 2021 2022
Lerner, Darren (PhD) Mather 2005 2007
Lamb , Juliet (MS) Sievert 2008 2011
Kligys, Gail (MS) Mather 2001 2005
Kennedy, Cristina (MS) Mather 2009 2012
Joncker, Sandra (PhD) Mather 2001 2005
Htike, Min (MS) Wilson 2021 2023
Houser, Jeremy (PhD) Sievert 2003 2006
Hershberger, Alexa (PhD) DiRenzo 2023 Present
Hartley, Dana-Lyn (MS) Mather 1993 1995
Hart, June (MS) DeStefano 2011 2013
Haire, Sandy (PhD) DeStefano 2002 2008
Guitart, Sarah (MS) Wilson 2022 Present
Grader, Melissa (MS) Mather 1997 2000
Golden, Nigel (PhD) Wilson 2021 2021
Glasser, Sonja (PhD) DiRenzo 2024 Present
Garner, James (PhD) Roy 2020 Present
Gabela, Ana (MS) Sievert 2004 2006
Franklin, Abby (MS) Mather 2007 2010
Fernandez, Nadia (PhD) Roy 2020 Present
Fedarick, Jillian (PhD) Roy 2023 Present
Farrington, Stefanie (PhD) DiRenzo 2022 Present
Farias, Veronica (PhD) Sievert 2001 2004
Ekness, Paul (MS) DeStefano 2003 2005
DeCelles, Greg (MS) Mather 2007 2012
Danielson, Eric (MS) Mather 1996 1999
Dalton, Evan (MS) Sievert 2011 Present
Clark, Daniel (PhD) Sievert 2011 Present
Chandler, Carly (MS) DeStefano 2003 2006
Chadwick, Joseph (MS) Sievert 2009 2012
Burek, Matt (MS) Mather 2008 2011
Bolus, Matthew (MS) Sievert 2011 Present
Black, Jon (MS) Mather 2003 2007
Bixby, Meredith (MS) DeStefano 2010 2012
Baylor, Erika (MS) DiRenzo 2022 Present
Baker, Michael (PhD) Roy 2023 Present
Ani, Godwin (PhD) DiRenzo 2023 2024
Anderson, Laura (PhD) Mather 2003 2007
Allyn, Andrew (MS) Sievert 2008 2011
Algeo, Tim (MS) DeStefano 2001 2006
Alcott, Derrick (PhD) Roy 2016 2020
Aguirre, Luis (PhD) DiRenzo 2021 2023