Curriculum Vitae
Current Position
Tulane University, New Orleans - Postdoctoral Research Associate (2009 – present)
Education History
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada – PhD (2009) - Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada – Hon. B.Sc. (2002) - Evolutionary Biology
Professional Experience
Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy - Research Associate (2007 –present)
Department of Zoology, University of Toronto - Research Assistant (2002)
Royal Ontario Museum - Research Assistant (2001-2002)
Fellowships, Grants and Honors
2011-2012 Lindburgh Foundation Research Grant ($10,580 – in review)
2009 NSF/ABS Travel Award $1000
2008-2009 A.Murray Fallis Award in Zoology $2500
2008 International Society for Behavioral Ecology Travel Award $300
2007 Ramsay Wright Scholarship in Ecology and Evolution - Most Outstanding
Graduate Student $2250
2007 David F. Mettrick Fellowship $450
2006-2009 University of Toronto Travel Award $400 (x4)
2006-2008 NSERC CGS D2 $70,000
2006-2007 Ontario Graduate Scholarship $15,000 (declined)
2006-2007 Animal Behaviour Society Student Research Grant $1000
2005-2006 Ontario Graduate Scholarship $15,000
2005 Frederick P. Ide Award for Excellence in Zoology $1500
2003-2005 NSERC PGS A $34,600
2003-2004 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (national) $15,000 (declined)
2002 World Wildlife Fund Scholarship $500
2002 Best Honors Thesis
1998 University of Guelph Entrance Scholarship (declined)
1998 York University Entrance Scholarship (declined)
1998 Stephenson Memorial Hospital Scholarship $500
Publications
1.Ward, J., Blum, M., Walters, D., Freeman, B, Burkhead, N. and Porter, B. (in review).
Discordant introgression in a rapidly expanding hybrid swarm. Molecular Ecology
2.Ward. J., and McLennan, D. (2009). Female mate choice based upon complex
visual cues in the brook stickleback, Culaea inconstans. Behavioural Ecology
20:1323-1333
3.Ward, J.L, and McLennan, D.A (2009). Historical and ecological correlates of
body shape in the brook stickleback, Culaea inconstans. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 96:767-
783.
4.Ward, J.L. and McLennan, D.A. (2008). Interpopulation differences in courtship
and spawning behaviour of the brook stickleback, Culaea inconstans. Amer. Midl.
Nat. 60(1): 82–95
5.Ward, J.L, Mohapatra, S. and Mitchell, A. (2008). An overview of policies for
regulating and managing polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the Great
Lakes. Environment International. 34: 1148-1156
6.McLennan, D.A. and Ward, J.L. (2008)*. Conservation and diversification of
agonistic displays of the brook stickleback Culaea inconstans. Environmental
Biology of Fishes. 82:377-384 (* denotes dual first authorship).
7.Brooks, D,R., Bilewitch, J. Condy, C., Evans, D.C., Folinsbee, K.E., Fröbisch, J. Halas,
D., Hill, S., Mattern, M., Tsuji, L., Ward, J.L., Wahlberg, N., Zamparo, D., Zanatta,
D. (2007). Quantitative phylogenetic analysis in the 21st century: progress and
prognosis. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 78:225-252 (alphabetical authorship
denotes equal contributions by all authors)
8.Ward, J. and McLennan, D.A. (2006). Changes in agonistic, courtship and parental
displays of the male brook stickleback, Culaea inconstans, across the breeding cycle.
Behaviour 143: 33-56
9.Ward, J. and McLennan, D.A. (2006). The relative influences of sexual and
natural selection upon the evolution of male nuptial colouration in the brook
stickleback, Culaea inconstans. Behaviour: 143:483-510.
10.Ward, J., Saleh, N., Dunham, D. and Rahman, N. (2004). Individual discrimination in
the big-clawed snapping shrimp, Alpheus heterochelis. Mar. Fresh. Behav. Physiol.
37(1): 35-42
Pending submission
11. Ward, J.L and McLennan, D. Environmentally dependent female responses
to a conspicuous male trait. Target journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society of
London B.
12. Ward, J.L, Blum, M., and McLachlan, J. Endocrine disruption accelerates biological
invasions. Target journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Working papers
13. Ward, J.L, Zhang, A. and Blum, M. Uncorrelated divergence in male traits
and female preferences promotes invasive success. Target journal: Animal Behavior
14. Glotzbecker, G., Ward, J.L. and Blum, M. Spectral determinants of interspecific
hybridization between native and invasive fishes. Target journal: Ecological
Applications
15. Ward, J., and Mohapatra, S. Policy and regulatory management of invasive
species in the Great Lakes Basin. Target journal: Biological Invasions
Invited Talks and Conference Contributions
Glotzbecker, G., Ward, J., Blum, M. Southeastern Fishes Council, Athens, Georgia, 2010
Ward, J. Southern University at New Orleans, New Orleans, 2010
Ward, J. Animal Behaviour Society annual meeting, Pirenopolis, Brazil. June, 2009.
Ward, J. University of Toronto, April 2009.
Ward, J. International Society for Behavioural Ecology. Cornell University, Aug. 2008.
Ward, J. Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution. University of British
Columbia, May 2008.
Ward, J. Ontario Ethology and Ecology Colloquium, University of Guelph, April 2008.
Ward, J. University of Toronto, April 2008
Ward. J. Animal Behaviour Society. Burlington, Vermont, July 2007.
Ward, J. Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, Toronto, May 2007.
Ward, J. University of Toronto, April 2007a
Ward J. University of Toronto, April 2007b
Ward J. Ecology and Ethology of Fishes, Soka University, June 2006
Ward, J. Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution, Montreal, April 2006 (poster)
Ward, J. University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2004
Ward, J. and Engstrom, M. University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 2002 (poster)
Teaching Experience
Tulane University (2009)
Wetlands Ecology (2 lectures: Fall 2009)
Global Change Biology (2 lectures: Fall 2010)
University of Toronto (2003-2009)
Behavioural Ecology (EEB322)
Animal Biodiversity (EEB265)
Introduction to Macroevolution (EEB362)
Organisms in the Environment (BIO150)
Science Outreach, Toronto, Canada (2001) - Instructor
YCI International, Costa Rica (2000) - Instructor
Student Theses Mentored
Alice Zhang (2009-2010) – Undergraduate honors thesis
The influence of sexual selection on hybridization dynamics between invasive and
native cyprinid fishes
Academic Service and Committees
* Invited reviewer for: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B; Biological
Journal of the Linnean Society (2); Behaviour; Behavioural Ecology
* Invited grant reviewer – Murdock Foundation
* Moderator for session for Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (2007,2008)
* Hold nominated position on the conservation committee of the Animal Behaviour
Society (term of office 2007-2010).
* Primary organizer of the 2006 Atwood Memorial Lecture and Reception at the
University of Toronto
* Elected President of the Zoology Union of Graduate Students at the University of
Toronto (2005-2006)
* Student mentor – Enhancing Diversity in Environmental Biology Program (2010)
* Organized international symposium on ‘Geometric Morphometrics in Ecology and
Evolution’ at the Ontario Ecology and Ethology Colloquium, held at the University
of Guelph, Canada (2008).
* One of 7 members of the local organizing committee for the first annual Canadian
Society for Ecology and Evolution meeting, held at the University of Toronto
(2007).
* One of the primary organizers of the first annual Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research Colloquium, held at the University of Toronto (2006)
Professional References
Dr. Deborah McLennan
Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Harbord St.,Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G5, Canada
416-978-8538
Email: deborah.mclennan@utoronto.ca
Dr. Locke Rowe
Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks St., Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3B2
416-946-3340
Email: locke.rowe@utoronto.ca
Dr. Daniel Brooks
Professor (FRSC),
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Harbord St., Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G5, Canada
416-978-3139
Email: dan.brooks@utoronto.ca
Dr. Michael Blum
Assistant Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, 400 Lindy Boggs, New Orleans, LA, 70118.
504-214-9964
Email: mjblum@tulane.edu