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Nina J. Karnovsky

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Nina J. Karnovsky is an American ecologist and ornithologist.[1] She is the Willard George Halstead Zoology Professor of Biology at Pomona College in Claremont, California.[1]

Early life and education

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Karnovsky attended Wesleyan University. She loved the liberal arts and the philosophy of science offerings there but disliked science courses and petitioned out of her required ones.[2] She ended up majoring in science and society.[2] After college, she taught children at the Point Blue Bird Observatory, a field station at Point Reyes.[2] She earned a master's degree at Montana State University, where she studied Antarctic birds, and a doctorate at the University of California, Irvine, where she studied Arctic birds.[1][2]

Career

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Karnovsky sought to teach smaller classes where she could get to know her students better,[2] and began teaching at Pomona College in 2004 as a terrestrial biologist.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Nina J. Karnovsky". Pomona College. May 29, 2015. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e Vest, Patty; Wood, Mark. "Mentorship Stories: Nina Karnovsky and Charlotte Chang '10". Sagecast (Podcast). Pomona College. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
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