Deborah Gordon

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Deborah Gordon

Born 1955
Fields Biology
Institutions Stanford University

Deborah Gordon (born 1955) is a biologist at Stanford University, profiled in the New York Times Magazine.

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[edit] Major research

Gordon studies ant colony behavior and ecology, with a particular focus on Red harvester ants. She focusses on the developing behavior of colonies, even as individual ants change functions within their own lifetimes.

Gordon's fieldwork includes a long-term study of ant colonies in Arizona. She is the author of numerous articles and papers as well as the widely reviewed book Ants at Work[1], for the general public.

[edit] Education

Gordon received a PhD in zoology from Duke in 1983, an MSc in Biology from Stanford in 1977[2] and Bachelors from Oberlin College, where she majored in French[3].

[edit] Awards and recognition

In 1993 Gordon was named a Stanford MacNamara Fellow[4] In 1995 Gordon received an award for teaching excellence from the Phi Beta Kappa Northern California Association [5] In 2001 Gordon was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

[edit] References

  1. ^  Gordon, Deborah M. (2000). Ants at Work:How An Insect Society Is. ISBN 0-393-32132-0. 
  2. ^  What Matters to Me and Why featuring Deborah M. Gordon - Speaker Bio
  3. ^  Phi Beta Kappa Northern California association Teaching Award Winners

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