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Sara Bebus is an integrative biologist with an interest in animal behavior, stress physiology, and conservation. Her research focuses on the development of physiological and behavioral differences among and within species, mainly with song birds. 

Degree Program University
Ph.D. University of Memphis
M.S. Florida Atlantic University
B.S. University of Minnesota

My Professional Experience

Year Title Organization
2023 - Now Visiting Assistant Professor Siena College
2021 - 2023 Visiting Assistant Professor Bennington College
2020 - 2021 Lecturer California State University San Marcos

Current Research


Articles & Book Reviews

  • Development of the corticosterone stress response differs among passerine species.
    General and Comparative Endocrinology, vol. 291
    2020
  • Link between past threatening experience and future neophobic behaviour depends on physiological stress-responsiveness.
    Animal Behaviour, vol. 167
    2020
  • Associative learning is inversely related to reversal learning and varies with corticosterone exposure as nestlings
    Animal Behaviour, vol. 111
    2016
  • Mother-offspring signature whistle similarity and patterns of association in Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis)
    Animal Behavior and Cognition, vol. 2
    2015