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Dr. Jennifer Sevin

Teaching Faculty of Biology
  • Profile
    Dr. Sevin has been engaged nationally and internationally on topics related to environmental studies and conservation biology.  Much of her work centers around building the capacity of others (e.g. students, natural resource personnel, decision-makers, and faculty). She previously served as president of a non-profit conservation organization and a federal employee at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. Dr. Sevin has a particular interest in combating wildlife trafficking in the U.S. and abroad. She is on the steering committee of the Collaborative to Combat the Illegal Trade in Turtles and one of the founding faculty of the Network Exploring Wildlife Trade (NEWT) - a research collaborative network for undergraduate biology education.  Dr. Sevin has worked with organisms ranging from black bears to salamanders and prioritizes applied research to inform resource management and education practice.  
  • Publications
    Journal Articles

    (*undergraduate students) 

    Montague, L. E.*, J. M. Marcotrigiano*, N. E. Keane*, H. E. Marquardt*, J. A. Sevin and N. E. Karraker. (2022). Online sale of small turtles circumvents public health regulations in the United States. Plos one, 17(12), e0278443.

    Sevin, J., K. Wixted, L. Kisonak, B. Macdonald, J. Thompson-Slacum, S. Buchanan and N. Karraker. (2022). Turtles in trouble: trafficking poses conservation concerns for America’s turtles. The Wildlife Professional 16(6):26-31.

    Sevin, J., A. Warwick, C. Fisher Reid and S. Raisch*. (2021). Human dimensions in amphibian conservation: addressing threats. Open Access Educational Resource. QUBES. doi:10.25334/JES3-V748.

    Cove, M. V., R. Kays, H. Bontrager, C. Bresnan, M. Lasky,... J. Sevin, ...& M. J. Jordan (2021). SNAPSHOT USA 2019: a coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States. Ecology 102(6), 2021, e03353.

    Gratwicke, B., M. Neff, L. R. Mayer, S. Ryan, and J. Sevin. (2016). Education and outreach. In C. Kenneth Dodd Jr. (Ed.) Reptile ecology and conservation: a handbook of techniques. (pp. 436-488). Oxford University Press, UK.

    Sevin, J. and J.D. Kleopfer. (2015). Virginia’s amphibians: status, threats and conservation. Virginia Journal of Science 66(3):277-307.

    Gratwicke, B., A. Alonso, T. Elie, J. Kolowski, J. Lock, N. Rotzel, J. Sevin and R. C. Fleischer. (2011). Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis not detected on amphibians from two lowland sites in Gabon, Africa Herpetological Review 42(1):69-71.

    Gratwicke, B., M. J. Evans, P. T. Jenkins, M. D. Kusrini, R. D. Moore, J. Sevin, and D. E. Wildt. (2010). Is the international frog legs trade a potential vector for deadly amphibian pathogens? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 8:438–442.