Dr. Stefanie K Gazda
Associate Instructional Professor, Biology Online Education Coordinator
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Areas of Interest/Research
- Advance the education of students with student-centered pedagogy
- Promote a culture of inclusion and diversity within classes
- The role of spatial structure and environmental variables that shape large predator and prey habitat usage, and how different spatial and temporal scales affect large predator and prey dynamics
- The application of the One Health Initiative to estuarine systems to monitor regime change and ecosystem health through sentinel species
Background
- 2015: Ph.D., Marine Science and Technology Intercampus Marine Sciences Graduate Program
- Intercampus Marine Sciences Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA
- Dissertation: Examining sociological differences and the influence of prey distribution and environmental variability in the distribution of a top marine predator, the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
- 2002: M.S., Marine Biology
- University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA
- Thesis: Evidence of role specialization among foraging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) off Cedar Key, Florida
- 2000: B.S., Marine and Freshwater Biology
- University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
- 1998–1999: National Exchange Program,
- University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
Contact Information:
Email: stefanie.gazda@ufl.edu
Phone: (352) 273.0114
Office: 522A Carr Hall
Mailing Address:
Department of Biology
University of Florida
PO Box 118525
Gainesville, FL 32611-8525