Fields
Education
B.S., University of Massachusetts, 1998
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2007
Darwin Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Massachusetts, 2008-2010
At Marlboro Since
2010
With a doctoral degree in both zoology and ecology, evolutionary biology and behavior, Jaime Tanner has spent much of her academic career studying spotted hyenas in Kenya’s Masai Mara Game Reserve. At Marlboro, Jaime encourages her her students to find their own passions in Biology and then to seek out opportunities to gain first-hand experience conducting research. She often extends her classroom beyond its four walls into the forests surrounding campus in her biology, general ecology, winter ecology and many other courses.
Teaching Philosophy
“I strive to equip students with the tools they’ll need to answer questions about the natural world,” says Jaime, who brings her appreciation of experiential and student-driven learning into the classroom. “My goal is for my students to know how to think critically about science and how to ask good scientific questions.” She also has a passion for bringing students into the field to explore other ecosystems in places such as Kenya, Yellowstone National Park and Iceland in winter.
Scholarly Activities
Jaime’s research takes an integrative approach, combining behavioral, morphological and performance data to understand developmental changes in members of the Order Carnivora and other mammals. This research is part of a growing body of literature demonstrating that the relationship between morphology and performance changes as an animal grows and faces different selective pressures throughout their life history. In addition to her own publications, Jaime is a reviewer for Behaviour, Journal of Mammalogy, Journal of Morphology and Canadian Journal of Zoology.
Selected Publications
- “Ontogenetic change in skull morphology and mechanical advantage in the spotted hyena, (Crocuta crocuta).” Tanner, J.B., M.L. Zelditch, B.L. Lundrigan & K.E. Holekamp. Journal of Morphology, 271 (2010): 353-365.
- “Post-weaning maternal effects and the evolution of female dominance in the spotted hyena.” Watts, H.E., J.B. Tanner, B.L. Lundrigan & K.E. Holekamp. Proceedings of the Royal Society B276 (2009): 2291-2298.
- “Of Arcs and Vaults: The biomechanics of bone-cracking in spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta).” Tanner, J.B., E.R. Dumont, S.T. Sakai, B.L. Lundrigan & K.E. Holekamp. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 95 (2008): 246-255.
- “Ontogenetic variation in the play behavior of spotted hyenas.” Tanner, J.B., L. Smale & K.E. Holekamp. Journal of Developmental Processes 2(2)(2007):5-30.
Sponsored Plans
Kristen Thompson, 2019
Emmett Wood, 2019
Tristan Rolfe, 2019
Daniel Medeiros, 2019
Henry Robinson, 2019
Clayton Clemetson, 2019
Robert Kinoy, 2019
Spencer Knickerbocker, 2019
Hava Toobian, 2019
Izzy Yandell, 2019
Amelia Fanelli, 2018
Jennifer Hunt, 2018
Michael Jung, 2018
Stefan Walcerz, 2018
Christopher Lamb, 2018
Autumn Mackin, 2018
Griff Jurchak, 2018
Benjamin Rejali, 2018
Charlotte Nicholson, 2018
Fiona Craig, 2018
Matteo Lanzarotta, 2018
Caitlin Mazzarella, 2018
Lysha Smith, 2018
Iain Haukka, 2018
Kathleen Mackin, 2017
Sterling Trail, 2017
Tim Bedford, 2017
Logan Davis, 2017
John McGill, 2017
Lindsay Stevens, 2017
Solomon Botwick-Rise, 2017
Ian Grant, 2017
Sarah Palacios, 2017
Cassandra Anderson, 2016
Samuel Judson, 2016
Ian Hitchcock, 2016
Mary Gilmore, 2016
Ethan Minkema, 2016
Lily Kane, 2016
Jennifer Dudley, 2016
Naji Forest Pride, 2016
Laura Stakiwicz, 2016
Colin Leon, 2016
Sasha Iammarino, 2016
Michael Schneeweis, 2014
Olivia Schaaf, 2015
Sarah Palacios, 2017
Erika Klemperer, 2015
Clair Maleney, 2015
Elizaveta Mitrofanova, 2015
Chandra Wade, 2015
Anna Goren, 2015
Dakota Walsh, 2015
Kirsten Wiking, 2014
Kathryn Lyon, 2014
Samantha Grayck, 2014
Eric Dennis, 2014
Emma Thacker, 2014
David Amato, 2014
Adam Halwitz, 2014
Elliot Samuel-Lamm, 2013
Raven Hetzler, 2013
Evan Lorenzen, 2013
Scott Weaver, 2012
Nicholas Collura, 2012
Logan Smith, 2012
Cookie Harrist, 2012
Grace Leathrum, 2012
Cailin Mardsen, 2012
Elizabeth Hull, 2011
Joshua Boykin, 2010
Antonio Iaccarino, 2010
Alec Koumjian, 2010
Michael Harrist, 2010
Isaac Lawrence, 2010
Molly Bruce, 2009
Kimberly Geraci, 2009
Margaret Jones, 2007
Ambrose Sterr, 2007
News
Conversation on the relationship between form and function in the anatomy, particularly skulls, of spotted hyenas.
Graduating senior Theresa Chockbengboun has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant for an English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) for the 2015-2016 academic year. Theresa, who has studied biology at Marlboro, will be teaching English at a university in Laos while pursuing research opportunities in [...]