March 28, 2008
Clark biologist Susan Foster to lead the Animal Behavior Society
Clark University Professor of Biology Susan Foster has been elected to the Presidential office for the Animal Behavior Society (ABS). Foster will serve as President Elect until summer 2009, as President from summer 2009 to summer 2010, and the following year as Past President.
The professor currently serves as editor for the Society's journal, Animal Behavior, as well as for the scientific journal Ethnology. She is also a Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society.
Foster is professor of biology and chair of the Biology Department at Clark. She teaches evolution, introductory biology, animal behavior and conservation biology at Clark.
Prior to coming to Clark, she was assistant professor of biology at the University of Arkansas. Foster holds a bachelor's degree in botany and zoology from the University of Wisconsin, and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington.
Foster is a resident of Petersham, Mass.
The Animal Behavior Society is a non-profit scientific society, founded to encourage and promote the study of animal behavior. ABS members are from all over the world, but primarily from North, Central and South America. Membership is open to those interested in the study of animal behavior.