Steven Schwartz

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		Steven K. Schwartz Ph.D. Student (co-Advisor: Eileen Hebets) School of Biological Sciences University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-0118 phone: (402) 472-0089 email:
Research Interests My primary interests are in natural and sexual selection, in particular how sexual selection can influence the evolution of behavior. Ultimately I am interested in mating behavior and the costs and benefits associated with courtship and reproduction. Currently I am working on how sexual cannibalism can influence male mate choice. In addition, I am attempting to explain the significance of spontaneous male death in a local species of fishing spider. Education Western Washington University, Department of Biology, M.S.: 2004 Pacific Lutheran University, Department of Biology, B.S.: 2001 External Grants, Fellowships and Awards Honorable Mention, Founders Award, Animal Behavior Society: 2006 First Place, Graduate Poster Competition, Entomological Society of America, Pacific Branch: 2004 Internal Grants, Fellowships and Awards GAANN Fellowship, Ecology Evolution and Behavior, University of Nebraska: 2006 Chancellor's Fellowship, University of Nebraska: 2006 First Place, BGSA Symposium Poster Competition, University of Nebraska: 2006 GAANN Fellowship, Ecology Evolution and Behavior, University of Nebraska: 2005 Chancellor's Fellowship, University of Nebraska: 2005 Dean J. Alan Ross Travel Grant, Western Washington University: 2004 Graduate Travel Award, Western Washington University: 2004 Graduate Teaching Excellence Award, Western Washington University: 2002-2003 Refereed Publications Schwartz, S. K. and M. A. Peterson. 2006. Strong material benefits and no longevity costs of multiple mating in an extremely polyandrous leaf beetle, Chrysochus cobaltinus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Behavioral Ecology 17: 1004-1010. REPRINT>