CURRICULUM VITAE (September 2011) David William Steadman Present Positions and Address: Curator of Ornithology; Associate Director for Collections and Research Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, P. O. Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611. Telephone (352) 273-1969; Fax (352) 846-0287; E-mail, [email protected] Primary Research Interests: Ornithology, zooarchaeology, and vertebrate paleontology of tropical and subtropical regions. Extinction, systematics, and historic biogeography of birds on Caribbean and Pacific islands. Paleontology, biogeography, evolution, and community ecology of New World landbirds. Education: Ph.D. Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1982 M.S. Zoology, University of Florida, 1975 B.S. Biology, Edinboro State College, 1973 Recent Employment History: August 2001 – June 2004, August 2007 – present: Assistant/Associate Director for Collections and Research, Florida Museum of Natural History March 2000 – February 2003: University of Florida Research Foundation Professor August 1995 – present: Assistant/Associate/Full Curator of Ornithology, Florida Museum of Natural History February 1985 – July 1995: Associate and Senior Scientist (Zoology), and Curator of Vertebrates, New York State Museum Research Grants: August 2011 (ongoing) Collaborative Research: Long-term Dynamics and Resilience of Terrrestrial Plant and Animal Communities in the Bahamas. National Science Foundation (J. Franklin, DWS, P.L. Fall; total award $414,000; UF portion $164,573). August 2011 (ongoing) U.S.-Peru Planning Visit: Planning a Collaborative Program of Vertebrate Paleontology in Northwestern Peru. $21,296. National Science Foundation. November 2009 (ongoing) Logistical and Intellectual Foundation for Teaching Field Courses in the Bahamas and Turks & Caicos Islands. $22,168. Faculty Enhancement Opportunity Award, Provost’s Office, University of Florida. April 2008 (ongoing) Scientific Exploration of Blue Holes, Bahamas. National Geographic Society. $55,680. (K. Broad, DWS, A. Albury, B. Kakuk, K. Tinker) 2006 - 2008 Developing the Scientific and Educational Potential of Newly Discovered Fossil Sites in the Bahama Islands. Florida Museum of Natural History Associates Board. $3900 (DWS & L.R. Franz) 2005 - 2007 Avian Diversity and Habitat Relationships, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. U.S.D.A. Forest Service. $50,000 (DWS & S. K. Robinson) 2004 - 2006 Determining Prehistoric Diversity of Vertebrates on Guam, Mariana Islands. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. $25,850. (G.K. Pregill & DWS) 2004 - 2006 Northern Arawak Diaspora Project: Two Millennia of Pre-Columbian Landscape Alteration in NE South America and the Caribbean. Research Opportunity Fund, University of Florida Research & Graduate Programs. $75,000. (M.J. Heckenberger, S. Boinski & DWS) 2003 - 2006 Enhancement of Biological Knowledge of Florida’s Birdlife Through Specimen Salvage at Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinics. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. $47,477. (DWS, A. W. Kratter & T. Webber) 2002 - 2008 Early Bird: A Collaborative Project to Resolve the Deep Nodes of Avian Phylogeny. National Science Foundation. $2,020,000. (S.J. Hackett, W.J. Moore, F. Sheldon, M.J. Braun, J. Harshman, E.L. Braun, R.T. Kimball & DWS) 1976 - 2001 26 grants (total $1,248,079), mostly from National Science Foundation, National Geographic Society, and Smithsonian Institution. Courses Taught at the University of Florida: 2010, 2011: Vertebrate Paleontology Seminar. 1-credit graduate lecture/seminar course, co- taught with Jonathan Bloch. 2005: Archaeology and Biogeography of Tobago. 12-credit undergraduate field-laboratory course. 2000: Vertebrate Zoology. 4-credit lecture-laboratory undergraduate course, team-taught. 1999, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011: Avian Anatomy and Specimen Preparation. 4-credit graduate-undergraduate laboratory course, co-taught with A.W. Kratter. 1997, 2001, 2003, 2009: Island Biogeography and Paleontology. 3-credit graduate- undergraduate lecture-field course. 1996, 1998, 2007: Avian Systematics and Biogeography. 4-credit graduate-undergraduate lecture-lab course. Graduate Committees Chaired at University of Florida: Kelley R. Reis, M.S. Zoology, 1999. Jeffrey K. Sailer, M.S. Zoology, 1999. Markus P. Tellkamp, M.S. Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, 1999; Ph.D. Zoology, 2005. Matthew I. Williams, M.S. Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, 1999. Jeremy J. Kirchman, Ph.D. Zoology, 2006. Jensen R. Montambault, Ph.D. Natural Resources, 2007. Natalie A. Wright, M.S. Zoology, 2009. Jessica Oswald, Ph.D. Biology, in progress. J. Andrew Kilmer, Ph.D. Biology, in progress. Currently a member of 16 other graduate committees. Papers Presented at Scientific Meetings: 2011 Changing late Neogene bird communities in northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States. Invited Symposium Speaker, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Las Vegas, NV. Comparative osteology of the long-whiskered owlet of northwestern Peru. American Ornithologists’ Union, Jacksonville, FL (J.A. Kilmer & DWS) 2010 Paleoecology of vertebrates on Abaco, Bahamas. Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation, Bali, Indonesia (DWS, N. Albury, A. Hastings, J. Krigbaum) Late Pleistocene passerine birds from Sonora, Mexico. American Ornithologists’ Union, San Diego, CA (J.A. Oswald & DWS) An update on the vertebrate fossils from blue holes on Abaco. Abaco Science Alliance Conference, Marsh Harbour, Bahamas (DWS, N. Albury, A. Hastings, J. Krigbaum, B. Kakuk, K. Tinker) Patterns of habitat use by migrant and resident landbirds on Abaco. Abaco Science Alliance Conference, Marsh Harbour, Bahamas (J. Franklin & DWS) 2008 The Early Miocene Boreortalis laesslei (Aves: Cracidae) from Thomas Farm, Florida. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Cleveland, OH (poster; J. Nestler & DWS) Overview of the Haile 7G local fauna, late Blancan of north-central Florida, with comparisons to the Gray Fossil Site of Tennessee. Southeastern Association of Vertebrate Paleontology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN (R.C. Hulbert, J.R. Bourque, DWS, J.I. Bloch & A.R. Poyer) 2007 Phylogenomic evidence for multiple losses of flight in ratite birds. Association of Field Ornithologists, Orono, Maine (J. Harshman, E.L. Braun, M.J. Braun, R.C.K. Bowie, J. Chojnowski, S. Hackett, K.L. Han, C.J. Huddleston, R.T. Kimball, B.D. Marks, K.J. Miglia, W.S. Moore, S. Reddy, F.H. Sheldon, DWS, S.J. Steppan, C.C. Witt, T. Yuri) Extinction and biogeography of birds from the Bahamian Archipelago. Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Relative abundance and habitat use of wintering neotropical migrants and resident landbirds on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds, San Juan, Puerto Rico (DWS et al.; 13 co-authors) Flight muscle sizes of columbids and rails. American Ornithologists’ Union, Laramie, WY (poster; N.A. Wright & DWS) Prehistoric vertebrates from three archaeological sites on Tobago, West Indies. Bullen Symposium on Caribbean Archaeology, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL. Vertebrate fauna from an inland archaeological site in Puerto Rico. Society for American Archaeology, Austin, TX (L.A. Carlson & DWS) 2006 EarlyBird, an international collaboration in deep molecular phylogenetics of birds: can assault by masses of DNA sequences and sampled species breach the wall of death. 24th International Ornithological Congress, Hamburg, Germany (J. Harshman, E.L. Braun, M.J. Braun, R.C.K. Bowie, J. Chojnowski, S. Hackett, K.L. Han, C.J. Huddleston, R.T. Kimball, B.D. Marks, K.J. Miglia, W.S. Moore, S. Reddy, F.H. Sheldon, DWS, C.C. Witt, T. Yuri; invited) Assembling the avian tree of life: evaluating signal and conflict in a 19 gene dataset. 24th International Ornithological Congress, Hamburg, Germany (S. Reddy, S. Hackett, R. Kimball, E.L. Braun, M. Braun, R. Bowie, K-L Han, J. Harshman, C. Huddleston, B. Marks, K. Miglia, W.A. Moore, F.H. Sheldon, DWS, C. Witt; invited) Prehistoric human impact on vertebrate communities in the Neotropics. Society for American Archaeology, San Juan, PR. The importance of zoo specimens to research museums. American Zoo and Aquarium Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL. Avian fossils from Inciarte Tar Seeps, Venezuela. Developing a World-Class Paleontological Resource from the Pleistocene Tar Seeps (Menes) of Venezuela. University of Texas, Austin, TX. 2005 Family-level composition of the Thomas Farm avifauna of Florida (Early Miocene; Hemingfordian Land Mammal Age). Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Mesa, AZ. Significance of asynchronous sloth extinction on continents and islands during the Late Quaternary. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Mesa, AZ ( R. MacPhee, DWS & P. S. Martin) Long-term trends in prehistoric hunting and fishing on Tobago, West Indies. International Association of Caribbean Archaeologists Congress, St. Augustine, Trinidad (DWS & S. J. O’Day) 1975-2004: 68 papers presented at meetings of various professional societies. Invited Scientific Lectures: 2011 Vertebrate fossils from blue holes in the Bahamas: A 1000-year-old biodiversity crisis. Banquet talk, Southeastern Association of Vertebrate paleontology, Gainesville, FL. 2010 The relationship between prehistoric archaeology and modern biodiversity. Tampa Bay Archaeological Society, St. Petersburg, FL. 2008 Turnover and equilibrium in birds on tropical Pacific islands. Department of Theoretical Ecology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. 2007 Are you rare or are you common? Studying special birds in