James R. Malcolm

Professor of Biology


B.A., Oxford University

Ph.D., Harvard University


Office: Duke Hall, Room 303
Email: malcolm@cem.uor.edu



Ethiopian wolf

My training is in Animal Behavior and Evolutionary Biology. I have been lucky to collect field data on three African carnivores: the African wild dog in Tanzania, the Bat-eared fox in Kenya, and the Ethiopian wolf in SE Ethiopia. It is not easy to travel to Africa for extended periods of data gathering while teaching in Southern California and I also work on a small freshwater fish, the threespine stickleback, that lives locally. The stickleback and two of the African dogs (the wild dog and the wolf) like many other organisms are now in danger of extinction. Much of my effort these days is geared to helping the species survive. I have become interested in the comparatively new field of Conservation Biology.

I am lucky to teach in my areas of interest and have courses in Animal Behavior, Conservation Biology, Zoology, and Evolution. These courses mostly have labs and field trips, and each student completes some small independent research project. I have also taught the introductory course in ecology, behavior, and systematics. We visit the desert and the mountains and perform experiments in the local chaparral.

Male stickleback 		Students have helped extensively with my fish research, and during most summers I have worked with one or two students. I have sponsored students to investigate topics as varied as the cultivation of coffee to human evolution. I have also cooperated with Dr. Linda Silveira in the Biology Department to analyze the DNA of sticklebacks to learn about the ancestry of the populations I study.


My research takes me into the local San Bernardino Mountains, and I enjoy walking and looking at birds there and elsewhere. I also enjoy wine and playing racquetball (quite badly).

I have two children, one in high school and one in college.


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