She also serves as the Coordinator for Undergraduate Advising in WSES. Her research focuses on population biology, wildlife-habitat relationships, and avian ecology. She has experience researching doves and songbirds in Texas, Arizona, California, and Argentina. She has worked on management strategies for both game birds and endangered species, including willow flycatchers, golden-cheeked warblers and black-capped vireos. Before coming to Tarleton, she was a Research Scientist for Texas A&M AgriLife Research. She is currently researching white-tipped, white-winged, and mourning doves, and Northern bobwhite populations in Texas. She also is working on a foraging study on bison in Texas. She teaches population dynamics, avian ecology, and research design and analysis. mathewson@tarleton.edu