Hello,

We are recruiting two PhD students, one in the Tinghitella lab at the
University of Denver (CO) and one in the Broder lab at American University
(D.C.), as part of a collaborative grant to study the rapid evolution of
sexual signals in Hawaiian populations of the Pacific field cricket. Over
the last ~10 years our labs have documented the evolution of multiple new
male cricket morphs that produce distinct, novel songs in response to an
eavesdropping parasitoid fly. The proposed work will include longitudinal
data collection of signals and receiver preferences across replicate
island populations, lab and field-based experiments to test the role of
relaxed mating preferences in signal evolution, as well as field mesocosm
experiments that examine the impacts of signal evolution for host-parasite
dynamics in a multi-host assemblage. We would love to recruit students who
are interested in animal behavior, bioacoustics, science communication,
statistics, and pulling all-nighters to study a nocturnal insect in HI.

Graduate students will be fully supported through research
assistantships, teaching assistantships, and tuition waivers. Please
see tinghitellalab.weebly.com and dalebroder.wordpress.com to learn more
about our labs.

You can contact us at robin.tinghitella@du.edu and
edalebroder@American.edu to express interest and set up a time to chat
with us. Please include a CV and indicate in your email what draws you
most to this project. Applications to our respective graduate schools
are due December 15, so please reach out soon.

Help us spread the word with anyone who may be interested!

Thanks so much,

Robin and Dale

E Dale Broder, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
American University
Pronouns <https://pronouns.org/>: they/them
website: dalebroder.wordpress.com

Dale Broder <edalebroder@american.edu>

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