Educator, researcher, science communicator, author

Education and training

EdD researcher in the Graduate School of Education, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK (July 2018-current)
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)

Ikigai Tribe Coach (February 2021)
Lego® Serious Play® Facilitator (September 2020)
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2020)
Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PCAP) (January 2018)

Employment

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)

Professional affiliations

Advance HE (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

Academic publications

Click here for my Google citations page and here for my ResearchGate page.

The majority of my current writing is hosted on the University of Exeter's Enhancement HUB and in its Education Toolkit
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.

Funding and awards

University of Exeter Centre for Social Mobility co-investigator on the project Decolonising Exeter: Teaching Toolkit
University of Exeter Education Incubator co-investigator on the project Serious Play, Serious Fun, Serious Skills: Developing a Serious Play and Gaming Pedagogic Community across the University of Exeter
University of Exeter Annual Fund (2020/21 academic year) grant to support delivery of Lego® Serious Play® wellbeing sessions for students
University of Exeter Cultural Competency Programme fellow (2020/21)
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)

Academic presentations and lectures

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)

Dr Caitlin R Kight

Educator, researcher, science communicator, author

CV

Education and training

Employment

Professional affiliations

Academic publications

Funding and awards

Academic presentations and lectures