Research
Interests: Frank T. McAndrew,
Ph.D.
Animal Behavior
I
started my career thinking that I
wanted to specialize in the study of animal behavior. I did some
graduate work in zoology at the University of Maine, and I was a
member of the Animal
Behavior
Society for more than 25 years. During my early years as a
faculty
member at Knox College, I taught a course in animal behavior. For
whatever reasons, my interests in studying animals quickly changed to
an interest in the study of evolution in general and humans in
particular. Consequently, I have not done much actual research with
animals although I remain a faithful consumer of such research.
Although I do not teach my animal behavior course anymore, I stay
involved by being a regular member of animal behavior honors thesis
committees in the Knox Biology Department. My few
publications resulting from work done with animals occurred early in my
career and they are as follows:
McAndrew,
F.T.(1984). Comparative psychology,
ethology, and external validity: Does it always matter if the snark is
a boojum? Comparative
Psychology Newsletter, 4, 1-4.
Hodosh,
R.J., Ringo, J., & McAndrew,
F.T.(1979). Density and lek displays in Drosophila grimshawi.
Zeitschrift fur
Tierpsychologie, 49, 164-172.
McAndrew,
F.T.(1978). Memory disruption in
mice following immersion in cold water. Journal of General Psychology,
99, 151-152.
