Faculty & Staff Directory
Krista Shires
- Term Assistant Professor of Ecology
Contact Info
- Name
- Krista M. Shires
- Job Title
- Term Assistant Professor of Ecology
- Office Number
- Exploratory Hall 1216
Affiliations
Departments
- Biology Department (Instructional Faculty)
Research Areas
- Biodiversity
- Biology
- Conservation
- Environmental Policy and Ethics
- Environmental Social Science
- Invertebrate diseases
- Modeling
Education
PhD, Environmental Science and Policy, Urban Ecology, George Mason University, 2023.
MS, Environmental Science and Policy, Conservation Science and Policy, George Mason University, 2019.
BA, Liberal Studies, Psychology and Business Administration, Marymount University, 2012.
About
Dr. Shires is involved with the instruction and course coordination of BIOL 308: Ecology and Evolution. Dr. Shires has a background in undergraduate education curriculum and undergraduate research coordination and is affiliated with the Luther Lab.
Current Research
Affiliated with the Luther Lab. Primary research interests include human-wildlife conflict mitigation, animal behavior, One Health, ecotoxicology, and ecological modeling.
Contact Info
- Name
- Krista M. Shires
- Job Title
- Term Assistant Professor of Ecology
- Office Number
- Exploratory Hall 1216