Educator, researcher, science communicator, author

• PhD in Applied Science, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA (December 2009)
• MS in Biology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA (October 2005)
• BS in Biology, Haverford College, Haverford, PA, USA (May 2003)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PCAP) (January 2018)

• October 2018-Current: Senior Academic Developer, University of Exeter, UK
• March 2017-October 2018: Academic Developer, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
• February 2017-March 2018: Campaign Manager, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
• February 2016-February 2017: Head of Communications and Marketing (maternity cover), College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
• August 2014-January 2016: Communications and Marketing Manager, Cornwall Campuses, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, UK
• September 2013-August 2014: Education Team Leader, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, UK
• October 2012-May 2013: Assistant Grand Challenges co-ordinator (with Professor Brendan Godley)
• October-December 2012: Associate lecturer; College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Tremough, Penryn, UK
• Winter 2009-Autumn 2013: Science editor; Editage, Mumbai, India
• Autumn 2010-Autumn 2013: Postdoctoral researcher; University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, UK
• Spring 2005: Teaching assistant (Botany); Biology Department, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA
• Fall 2004: Teaching assistant (Introductory Biology); Biology Department, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA
• Spring 2004: Teaching assistant (Botany); Biology Department, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA
• Summer 2003: Bird survey intern, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (Cambridge, Maryland, USA)
• Summers 2001-2002: Bird banding intern, Institute for Bird Populations (Madison, Indiana and Shenandoah National Park, USA)

• HE Advance (formerly the HEA)
• Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA)
• UK Council for Graduate Education affiliate
• GW4 (People Development stream)
• Graduate School of Education, University of Exeter
• American Birding Association
• Board of editors, Current Conservation

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• Kight, CR. 2018. The iGEM competition as a paradigm of small-group teaching. Academic Practice Network Blog.
• Kight, CR. 2018. Podcasting lectures to facilitate learning. Academic Practice Network Blog.
• Kight, CR. 2018. Thinking about pastoral tutoring on #UniMentalHealthDay. Academic Practice Network Blog.
• Kight, CR. 2018. Breaking down boundaries through interdisciplinary teaching. Academic Practice Network Blog.
• Kight, CR. 2018. It just clicks: Responseware use can improve student test performance. Academic Practice Network Blog.
• Kight, CR. 2018. Academic development: GW4 Crucible as a CPD case study. Academic Practice Network Blog.
• Kight, CR. 2018. Assessing faculty performance: are student ratings the best source of data? Academic Practice Network Blog.
• Kight, CR. 2017. Rediscovering a lost hero. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 32(3):153-154. doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2016.12.012
• Aguilar de Soto, N and Kight, CR. 2016. Physiological Effects of Noise on Aquatic Animals. In Solan and Whiteley (eds) Stressors in the Marine Environment: Physiological and ecological responses; societal implications. Oxford University Press.
• Kight, CR. 2015. Exploring Earth's fate in human hands. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31(2):103-104. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.11.011
• Kight, CR and Swaddle, JP. 2015. Eastern bluebirds alter their song in response to anthropogenic changes in the acoustic environment. Integrative and Comparative Biology. doi: 10.1093/icb/icv070.
• Kight, CR. 2013. A brief history of zoonoses. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 28(8):450. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2013.04.001.
• Kight, CR, David, M, Dall, SRX. 2013. The evolution of animal personality variation. Kehrer-Sawatzki, H (ed.) in eLS (Wiley online citable reviews). http://www.els.net/WileyCDA/.
• Kight, CR, McNamara, JM, Stephens, DW, Dall, SRX. 2013. Communication as information use: insights from statistical decision theory. In Stegmann, UE (ed) Animal Communication Theory: Information and Influence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Kight, CR, Saha, MS, and Swaddle, JP. 2012. Anthropogenic noise is associated with reductions in the productivity of breeding eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis). Ecological Applications 22:1989-1996.
• Swaddle, JP, Kight, CR, Perera, S, Davila-Reyes, E, and Sikora, S. 2012. Constraints on acoustic signaling among secondary cavity-nesting birds: the effects of weather, cavity material, and noise on sound propagation. Ornithological Monographs 74:63-77. 
• Kight, CR, Hinders, MK, and Swaddle, JP. 2012. Acoustic space is affected by anthropogenic habitat features: implications for avian vocal communication. Ornithological Monographs 74:47-62. 
• Kight, CR and Swaddle, JP. 2011. How and why environmental noise impacts animals: an integrative, mechanistic review. Ecology Letters 14(10):1052-1061.
• Cornell, KL, Kight, CR, Burdge, RB, Gunderson, AR, Hubbard, JK, Jackson, AK, LeClerc, JE, Pitts, ML, Swaddle, JP, and Cristol, DA. 2011. Reproductive success of eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis) on suburban golf courses. The Auk128(3):577-586.
• Acoustics of anthropogenic habitats: the impact of noise pollution on eastern bluebirds. 2010. PhD Dissertation, Applied Science Department, College of William and Mary. Williamsburg, VA, USA.
• Kight, CR and Swaddle, JP. 2007. Associations of direct anthropogenic disturbance with fitness metrics of eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis). Biological Conservation 138, 189-197.
• Effects of human disturbance on the breeding success of eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis). 2005. MS Thesis, Biology Department, College of William and Mary. Williamsburg, VA, USA.

• QUEX Professional Services Fellowship, a travel grant facilitating a trip to the University of Queensland to collaborate with colleagues on projects associated with doctoral supervision practice (Spring 2018)
• University of Exeter Link Fund (three times, 2015-2016, for projects related to women in science and research outreach activities)
• University of Exeter Annual Fund (three times, 2014-2017, for projects related to women in science activities)
• Society for Experimental Biology Science Communication Day Travel Grant and participant (Spring 2011)
• NSF International Research Fellowship Program (Spring 2010)
• Animal Behavior Society Travel Grant (Summer 2009)
• International Society for Behavioral Ecology Travel Grant (Summer 2008)
• Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships Predoctoral Fellowships Program (Summer 2007)
• Honorable Mention Research Paper/Presentation at the Graduate Research Symposium, College of William and Mary (Spring 2007)
• Student Activities Fund Travel Grant (Winter and Summer 2007)
• Presenter Travel Award, International Summit on Evolutionary Change in Human-altered Environments (Winter 2007)
• Reves Center International Travel Grant (Winter 2007)
• Distinguished Master's Research Award in the College of Arts and Sciences, College of William and Mary (Spring 2006)
• Graduate Students Association Travel Grant (Spring 2006)
• College of Arts and Sciences Travel Grant (Spring 2006)
• Honorable Mention NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Applicant (Spring 2005)
• Virginia Society for Ornithology Research Grant (Spring 2005)
• Charles Center Research Grant (Fall 2004, Spring 2006)
• Williamsburg Bird Club Grant (Spring 2004, 2005, 2006)
• American Ornithologists' Union Membership Grant (Fall 2003)

• November 2019: At the SWDTP Conference, Effective and Innovative Research Communication, I delivered two sessions on working with the media, conducted a radio interview demonstration, and chaired a question session with a panel of experts.
• September 2019: I delivered a presentation on flamingo biology as a guest lecturer for a University of Aberystwyth field course.
• August 2019: As an invited speaker, I delivered two sessions on podcasting at the MolBio Symposium, University of Heidelberg.
• July 2018: I was a poster presenter ('Exploring Best Practice in Team Supervision at the University of Exeter') at the UKCGE conference (Bristol, UK).
• May 2018: I was a poster presenter ('Exploring Best Practice in Team Supervision at the University of Exeter') at the University of Exeter's Graduate School of Education Conference.
• April 2018: I was a poster presenter ('Exploring Best Practice in Team Supervision at the University of Exeter')
  at the University of Exeter Education Conference (EduExe2018).
• April 2018: I was invited to be a guest lecturer at the University of Exeter Medical School ('Curriculum Design: From Concept to Delivery'; 'Reflective Practice: Using Evaluation to Improve Teaching and Learning') as part of their Postgraduate Diploma of Clinical Education.
• January 2018: I co-delivered the session 'How Can Technology Help You Teach Effectively?' during the University of Exeter's Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PCAP) course.
• June 2015: I was invited to be a panelist for a Meet the Experts event introducing postgraduates to potential non-academic careers they could pursue once they had completed their PhD research.
• 2013-2016: Each year, I run two postgraduate training courses per year (one each term) on the topics of Publishing Your Research, Presenting Your Research Through Posters, and Giving an Oral Presentation.
• Autumn 2014: I guest lectured on Birdsong and Singing for the University of Exeter's ornithology course.
• March 2013 and March 2014: I presented a lecture on multimedia communication techniques at a University of Exeter science communication workshop aimed at engineering PhD students).
• November 2012: I discussed my work on anthropogenic noise disturbance at Cornwall College Newquay.
• November 2011, 2012: I presented two guest lectures per year in the University of Exeter course "Behavioural Ecology of Information Use," discussing "Signalling" and "Machiavellian Information Use."
• November 2012: I presented four guest lectures in the University of Exeter's "Introduction to Ecology and Conservation" course, covering ecosystems, energy flow, nutrient cycling, and bioremediation.
• November 2011, 2012: I presented a guest lecture on science communication in Falmouth University's "Health and Environmental Journalism" course.
• October 2010, 2011, 2012: I presented lectures on "How to Become a Science Communicator" for both undergraduate and MSc students at the University of Exeter.
• October-November 2012: I led discussion groups in the University of Exeter's "Biodiversity and Conservation" and "Marine Vertebrate Conservation."
• May 2011: I discussed my work on anthropogenic noise disturbance at the University of Exeter weekly Biosciences seminar.
• Animal Behavior Society: November 2005 (talk), August 2007 (talk), June 2009 (talk), July 2010 (talk)
• International Society for Behavioral Ecology: July 2006 (talk)
• College of William and Mary undergraduate courses (October 2008): Population and Community Ecology (lecture on mutualisms), Ichthyology (lecture on fish behavior and communication)
• University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill ecology and evolution lunchtime seminar: November 2007 (talk)
• International Summit on Evolutionary Change in Human-altered Environments: February 2007 (poster)
• Virginia Society of Ornithology annual meeting: March 2006 (talk)
• Graduate Research Symposium (College of William and Mary): May 2005 (poster), May 2006 (talk--awarded Best Research Paper in the sciences division), May 2007 (talk), October 2007 (talk), May 2008 (talk), May 2009 (talk)