EDUCATION
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Biology, B.S., Chemistry minor. 1999-2003
Univ. Massachusetts Amherst. Organismic & Evolutionary Biology. Ph.D. candidate. 2005-present
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
Sexual selection and signal function the Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
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-tests of male-male competition using playback of digitally altered song stimuli
Female preference development using video presentation
- tests of the various learned or pre-existing influences on adult female choice
Color signals in the Swamp Sparrow - color dimorphism in a “monomorphic” species
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-how different color patches in males relate to song performance and early experience.
Collaboration with Dr. David Lahti.
The effects of developmental stress on song performance and neural selectivity -
collaboration with Dr. Luke Remage-Healey and Dr. Jeff Podos
Experimental tests of active vocal learning in songbirds. Collaboration with Dr. David Lahti and
Dr. Jeff Podos
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS
Best Oral Presentation Award, Life Science Graduate Research Symposium UMass 2011
National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG) 2010
OEB Research Grant Summer 2010; OEB Research Fellowship Fall 2010
American Ornithologists’ Union Student Research Award 2009
Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research 2009
Cooper Ornithological Society Joseph Grinnell Student Award. 2007
OEB Program at UMass Student Travel Grant. 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
UNC Class of ‘38 Summer Research Abroad Fellowship. Senior thesis with R. Haven Wiley. 2002
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Biology of Social Issues Honors Biology 105H. Spring 2012 – Instructor
Amherst College Organismal Biology 18. Spring 2011 – Lab Instructor
Quantitative Systems Biology Lab. Biology 197F. Spring 2010 – Lab Instructor
Animal Behavior. Biology 550. Fall 2007 and Fall 2009
Evolution. Biology 280. Spring 2009 – Co-lecturer
Introductory Ecology. Biology 287. Fall 2006 and Fall 2009
Biology 101 Laboratory. Spring 2006 – Lab Instructor
Biology 100 Laboratory. Fall 2005, Fall 2011 – Lab Instructor
PUBLICATIONS
Moseley, D.L. Experience and signal performance influence the development of female preferences. (in prep).
Moseley, D.L., D.C. Lahti, & J. Podos. Individual variation in response to aggressive signals in swamp sparrows. (in prep. for Behavioral Ecology).
Lahti, D.C., D.L. Moseley, J. Podos. (2011). A tradeoff between performance and accuracy in bird song learning. Ethology. Vol. 117: 802-811
Podos, J., D. C. Lahti, and D. L. Moseley. 2009. Performance limits in birdsong timing and consequences. Advances in the Study of Behavior. Vol. 40: 159-195.
Podos, J. and D.L. Moseley 2009. Vocal communication in birds. Squire, L. (Ed). New Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, 4th edition. Elsevier Press. Vol. 10: 389-396.
SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
Moseley, D.L., D.C. Lahti, J Podos. 2011. The effect of vocal performance on male aggressive responses in swamp sparrows (Melospiza georgiana). Poster. Animal Behavior Society. Bloomington, IN.
Moseley, D.L., D.C. Lahti, J Podos. 2008. Responses to aggressive signals: varying strategies for different levels of threat. Paper. Animal Behavior Society. Snowbird.
Moseley, D.L., D.C. Lahti, J. Podos. 2007. Do Males Avoid High Threat? A test of trill-rate function of in Swamp Sparrows. Poster. Animal Behavior Society. Burlington, VT.
Moseley, D.L., D.C. Lahti, J. Podos. 2007. Experimental tests of the function of trill rate in the swamp sparrow, Melospiza georgiana, Poster. Wilson Ornithological Society. Boston.
Moseley, D.L., D.C. Lahti, J. Podos. 2006. Experimental tests of the function of trill rate in the swamp sparrow, Melospiza georgiana, Poster. North American Ornithological Congress. Veracruz, MEX.
Moseley, D.L. and R.H. Wiley. 2004. Individuality in the Vocalizations of the Buff-Throated Woodcreeper. Paper. American Ornithologists' Union Meeting. Quebec City, CAN.
INVITED LECTURES
“Birdsongs: performance, function, and the development of preferences.” CCSU. Fall 2011
"Recent Advances in the Study of Birdsong." Guilford College. Ornithology. Spring 2011
“Foraging Strategies.” UMass. Bio550 Animal Behavior. Fall 2009
“Animal Communication.” and “Mating Strategies.” UMass. Bio550 Animal Behavior. Fall 2007
“New Techniques in the Study of Birds and Behavior.” Guilford College. Ornithology. 2006, 2007
“Field Research Projects in Ornithology.” UMass. Bio544. Ornithology. Spring 2006
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS and PEER REVIEW SERVICES
• American Ornithologists’ Union – Reviewer for The Auk • Wilson Ornithological Society
• Animal Behavior Society – Reviewer for Animal Behaviour • Sigma Xi
• Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology – Reviewer • Behavioral Ecology – Reviewer
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
Outreach/Education: OEB outreach committee 2008-present. • Visited local elementary schools in underprivileged areas to teach ecology and evolution.
• Science Cafe - bringing a scientific discussion to the community in a fun and informal setting, committee member 2011-12.
• Mentored two local high school students for summer research on field and lab studies. 2009
Student Representative: • Search committee for Darwin Postdoctoral Fellow 2008
• OEB graduate student president 2009-10 • Graduate Employee Organization – Steward. 2008
Mentorship: • Graduate student mentor committee. 2006-2008, Organizer 2008
• Trained 30 undergraduates in bird care & lab activities for raising young sparrows. 2005-present
• Mentored visiting undergraduate in Professoriate’s Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR). Summer 2005
• Mentor for seven undergraduate independent study students Biol. 396. Fall 2008 – Fall 2010
• Advisor for Christine Rega’s undergraduate senior Capstone Thesis project. 2008-2010
COLLABORATORS
David C. Lahti, Biology Dept. City University of New York, Queens College;
Rob Lachlan and Rindy Anderson, Biology Dept. Duke University;
Ben Taft, OEB University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Graduate advisor: Jeff Podos, Biology Dept. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Thesis committee: Bruce Byers, Biology Dept. University of Massachusetts, Amherst;
Beth Jakob, Psychology Dept. University of Massachusetts, Amherst;
David C. Lahti, Biology Dept. City University of New York, Queens College
Undergraduate advisor: R. Haven Wiley, Biology Dept. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
