About our lab.
Hello! I am Dr. Heather A. Mathewson, Associate Professor and Associate Dean of College of Graduate Studies at Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas. We have a very busy research lab with several graduate and undergraduate researchers and field technicians. We collaborate with many scientists and partners across the state and nation.
New and exciting things!
Zach Bellows is now the Wildlife Program Specialist at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport.
Catalina Berry is a Park Ranger at Goose Island State Park, Texas.
Lindsey Willingham was accepted to a bird banding workshop in Pennsylvania this fall.
Dr. Mathewson is the Vice President of the Southwest Section of The Wildlife Society.
Who is up to what?
Meet our lab members and the projects they’re currently working on! We also highlight several of our former lab members and their successes.
We value our professional societies.
We value the experiences and opportunities created through engagements in professional organizations. We are active members of The Wildlife Society, its Texas Chapter, and our Tarleton Student Chapter . We also contribute to the Society of Range Management, Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, American Ornithological Society, and many more.
Dr. Mathewson is the advisor for our Tarleton Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society and many of our undergraduate researchers are members and officers. We just won Student Chapter of The Year from The Wildlife Society!
Bright ideas always come with a flash.
It’s not uncommon to see our members with a camera in hand. Check out some of these shots captured in the field and events to see what we’re up to!