David P Craig

David P. Craig has been a behavioral ecologist for 30+ years focusing his field-oriented research on the response of animals to human modified ecosystems and subsequent changes in distribution and movement patterns. The work combines life-history, physiological, and ecological information to address questions related to migration, predation, parental-care, and social behavior. Craig has as particular interests in Caspian terns and American crows, but has developed expertise with many species including cormorants, gulls, jays, ravens, plovers, murrelets, squirrels, and grasshoppers. Craig is a Professor of Biology and the Co-director of Science Collaborative Research Program at Willamette University. Craig’s passion for interdisciplinary and collaborative work helped grow undergraduate research programs in the Pacific Northwest funded by the National Science Foundation, Carnegie Mellon Foundation, and MJ Murdock Charitable Trust. His family includes a spouse of many years, his parents, brothers, a sister, and a large extended family of nieces, nephews, uncles, aunts, and in-laws. As the first in his immediate family to go to college, Craig cares deeply about educational success in underrepresented communities. Craig is also really into outdoor art, book clubs, social justice, and saving big old trees. One day he hopes to play the ukulele and be fluent in Spanish.