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VITAE JOYCE POOLE  |
| Name |
Joyce Hatheway Poole |
| Address (home/office) | Buskhellinga 3, 3236 Sandefjord, Norway |
| Telephone | (47) 33 47 88 17 - Mobile: (47) 45 66 45 64 |
| info(at)elephantvoices.org | |
| Date of Birth | May 1, 1956 |
| Place of Birth | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Nationality | American |
| Marital Status | Married. One child - Selengei. |
| UNIVERSITY EDUCATION | |
| Post doctoral | Princeton University Research Fellow 1984-1988. |
| Graduate | University of Cambridge, UK, 1979-1982. |
| Degree | Ph.D. in Animal Behavior, 1983. |
| Thesis | Musth and male-male competition in the African elephant. |
| Undergraduate | Connecticut College 1974-1975. Smith College 1976-1979 |
| Degree | B.A. with High Honors in Biological Sciences, Smith College, 1979. |
| GRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE | |
| 1998 - ongoing | Elephant behavioral repertoire; acoustic communication; vocal learning; welfare. |
| 1984 - 1990 | Elephant vocal and olfactory communication, Amboseli National Park, Kenya. |
| 1989 | Effects of poaching on the age structure and social and reproductive patterns of several East African elephant populations. |
| 1980 - 1982 | Musth and male-male competition among elephants in Amboseli National Park, Kenya. |
| AWARDS | |
| 1996 | Smith College Medal - "for exemplifying the true purpose of a liberal arts education". |
| 1979 | A. Brazier Howell Award for a student paper on musth in African elephants presented at the 1979 American Society of Mammalogists meetings. |
| EMPLOYMENT | |
| 2008 - ongoing | Director ElephantVoices. |
| 2002 - 2007 | Research Director, Amboseli
Elephant Research Project, Amboseli Trust for Elephants: overseeing monitoring, training and research. Director ElephantVoices (previously Savanna Elephant Vocalization Project, SEVP). |
| 1999 - 2001 | Consultant, Basecamp Explorer AS: Wildlife issues. |
| 7/96 & 7/97 | Consultant, IMAX: Scientific Advisor Elephant film, Amboseli. |
| 1994 - 1997 | Self-employed: consulting in association with Richard Leakey & Associates; training, lecturing; writing a book; advisor on numerous wildlife documentaries. |
| 1991 - 1994 | Co-ordinator, Elephant Program, Kenya Wildlife Service. Duties included: Setting and implementing Kenya’s elephant conservation and management policy; Supervising management oriented research; Reconciling land use and other conflicts between elephants and people; Building up expertise within KWS to deal with elephant related conservation and management issues. |
| 1990 - 1991 | Consultant, World Bank: Pre-Project Facility - Elephant Program and Research Policy Framework and Investment Programme, Kenya Wildlife Service. |
| 1990 | Consultant, International Union for the Conservation of Nature: compiling overview of elephant conservation in Eastern Africa for the Paris Donors Conference. |
| 1989 | Consultant, African Wildlife Foundation: assessing effect of poaching on East African elephant populations. |
| PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES | |
| 2005 - 2006 | Member, Science Advisory Board, Captive Elephant Management Coalition |
| 2003 - ongoing | Member, Advisory Board, Species Survival Network |
| 2002 - ongoing | Member, Scientific Advisory Committe, Amboseli Trust for Elephants |
| 2002 - ongoing | Trustee, Amboseli Trust for Elephants |
| 1988 - 2001 | Member, African Elephant Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN |
| 1979 | Member, Sigma Xi |
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