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Education:
Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 2001-2007. Advisor: Dr. Lev R. Ginzburg. Dissertation: “Predation and its Consequences: Insights into the Modeling of Interference”.
B.A. in Biology (cum laude), Pomona College, Claremont, CA, 1989-1992. Advisor: Dr. David W. Becker.
Teaching Experience:
Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute: courses in Ecology (2007-present), The Evolution of Cooperation (2008-present), Evolution (2009-present), Behavioral Ecology (2009-present), The Evolution of Sex (2010-present), The Evolution of Play (2010-present), Great Adventures in Evolution (2012-present), The Evolution of Music (2010), and Human Evolution (2007-2011); guest lecturer for The Sustainable Core (2012-present), Environmental Ethics (2012), Design Management (2011), and Towards a Sustainable World by Design (2009).
Adjunct Instructor and Course Coordinator, Stony Brook University: courses in Applied Population Ecology and Conservation Biology Laboratory (2006-2008); General Ecology (2002).
Advisor, Pratt Institute: Molly H. Adams (2011-2012, advisee developed a thesis paper, Communicating Interdependence: Ecological Thinking and the Natural History Museum, which won the Senior Thesis Award from the Critical and Visual Studies program), Mishele Lesser (2010-2011, advisee developed a work informed by the science of human genomics in fulfillment of requirements for thesis project in the Master of Fine Arts program), Kamdyn Moore: Campus Area Biking Living Lab Project (2009-2010, advisee is establishing a center for an on-campus sustainable transportation lab in fulfillment of requirements for thesis project in the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment, Urban Environmental Systems Management program).
Mentor, Stony Brook University: Intel Science Talent Search (2005-2006, advisee was a semifinalist); Undergraduate Independent Research (2005-2006); Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professioriate program (2006, mentored underrepresented minority students working on NSF Fellowship proposals).
Science Teacher, Teach for America program, Board of Education of New York City: Middle School 45 (1993-1994); Intermediate School 318 (1994-2001).
Grants, Fellowships, and Awards:
Mellon Travel Award, 2009, 2011, 2012, Pratt Institute
Faculty Development Fund, 2010, Pratt Institute
Mellon Research Grant, 2009, Pratt Institute
FIPSE Dean’s Award, 2008-2009, Pratt Institute
Graduate Research Fellowship, 2003-2006, National Science Foundation
Lawrence B. Slobodkin Award, 2004, Stony Brook Department of Ecology and Evolution
Presidential Scholarship, 2002-2006, Stony Brook University
Travel Award, 2003, The Hastings Center Workshop on Science and Social Responsibility
Peer-reviewed Publications:
He, J-Z., R-W. Wang, C. X J. Jensen, Y-T. Li, and C-Q. Li, 2012. Cooperation in an asymmetric volunteer’s dilemma game with relatedness. Chinese Science Bulletin 57:1972-1981.
Yule, J. V., C. X J. Jensen, A. Joseph, and J. Goode, 2009. The Puzzle of North America’s Late Pleistocene Megafaunal Extinction Patterns: Test of New Explanation Yields Unexpected Results. Ecological Modelling 220:533-544.
Ginzburg, L. R. and C. X J. Jensen, 2008. From controversy to consensus: The indirect interference functional response. Verhandlungen IVL 30:297–301.
Ginzburg, L. R., C. X J. Jensen and J. V. Yule, 2007. Aiming the “unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics” at ecological theory. Ecological Modelling 207:356-362.
Jensen, C. X J., J. M. Jeschke, and L. R. Ginzburg, 2007. A direct, experimental test of resource vs. consumer dependence: Comment. Ecology 88:1600-1602.
Jensen, C. X J. and L. R. Ginzburg, 2005. Paradoxes or Theoretical Failures? The jury is still out. Ecological Modelling 188:3-14.
Ginzburg, L. R. and C. X J. Jensen, 2004. Rules of thumb for judging ecological theories. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 19:121-126.
Teaching Tools and Texts:
Jensen, C. X J., and G. Riestenberg, 2012. Evolutionary Games Infographic Project (a series of infographic images designed to aid in the teaching and learning of game theory).
Jensen, C. X J., and J. H. Chu, 2011. Easy Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma (a Flash-based classroom interface designed to allow students to explore Robert Axelrod’s influential tournaments).
Jensen, C. X J. and A. M. Cohen, 2009. The Evolution of Sustainable Use (a Flash-based classroom game designed to teach about sustainable exploitation of ecological resources).
Brown, K, S. D. Carroll, J. G. Hajagos, R. Harnett, C. Jensen, J. C. Stanton, K. Tran, J. Yule, 2009. Applied Population Ecology Laboratory Course Pack. Applied Biomathematics (Setauket, NY).
Presentations:
Jensen, C. X J. and A. M. Cohen, 2012. “ The Evolution of Sustainable Use, a flash-based classroom tool for teaching population biology and sustainable resource management” (presented as a poster and at the Resources for Ecology Education: Fair and Share event), Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
Jensen, C. X J., 2012. “WordPress workshop: How to self-publish and self-host”, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
Jensen, C. X J., 2012. “Ecosystems: Where they came from, how they work, and why they stick around”, Pratt Institute Sustainability Crash Course, Brooklyn, NY.
Jensen, C. X J., 2011. “Diversity, Culture, Theory, and Data: Science on Human Variety”, Pratt Institute School of Liberal Arts and Sciences Faculty Lecture Series, Brooklyn, NY.
Jensen, C. X J., 2011. “Ecosystems: Where they came from, how they work, and why they stick around”, Pratt Institute Sustainability Crash Course, Brooklyn, NY.
Jensen, C. X J., J. L. Verdolin, D. Moore, and A. M. Cohen, 2010. “Critical scales of heterogeneity: unraveling the relationship between group behavior, home range size, and resource dispersion”, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
Jensen, C. X J., 2010. “Sex, Play, and Music: Reaching Non-majors Through Short Courses in Evolution”, Evolution Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
Jensen, C. X J., D. Moore, and J. L. Verdolin, 2009. “Virtual prairie dogs weigh in on the Resource Dispersion Hypothesis”, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM.
Jensen, C. X J., 2008. “Old Task, New Tools: Effective Grading with the Learning Management System”, Educational Technology Brown Bag Seminar Series, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
Ginzburg, L. R. and C. X J. Jensen, 2007. “From controversy to consensus: The indirect interference functional response”, 30th Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology, Montreal, Qc, Canada.
Ginzburg, L. R., C. X J. Jensen, and R. L. Harnett, 2006. “Predators versus Parasites: A Consumer-Resource Distinction?”, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Memphis, TN.
Ginzburg, L. R., C. X J. Jensen, and R. L. Harnett, 2006. “Predators versus Parasites: A Consumer-Resource Distinction?”, Evolution Annual Meeting, Stony Brook, NY.
Jensen, C. X J., 2005. “Are the prey- and ratio-dependent functional responses really extremes along a continuum of predator interference?”, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Montreal, Qc, Canada.
Jensen, C. X J., 2004. “Gause, Luckinbill, Veilleux and What to Do”, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. 
Jensen, C. X J., 2004. “The Paradox of Enrichment: A fortifying concept or just well-fed theory?”, Northeast Ecology Conference, Storrs, CT.
Jensen, C. X J., and L. R. Ginzburg, 2003. “Gause, Luckinbill, Veilleux and What to Do: Distinguishing between the Prey-Dependent and Ratio-Dependent Limit Myths”, Alcala International Conference on Mathematical Ecology, Alcala de Henares, Spain.
Presentations by Collaborators:
Yule, J. V., C. X J. Jensen, and A. Joseph, 2008. “A new human predation model for late Pleistocene megafaunal extinction patterns in North America”, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI.
Goode, J., J. V. Yule, and C. X J. Jensen, 2008. “No Clear Culprit: Assessing Overkill as the Cause for Pleistocene North American Megafaunal Extinctions via a 42-Species Model”, College of Applied and Natural Sciences Research Symposium, Ruston, LA.
Yule, J. V.,  C. X. J. Jensen, and L. R. Ginzburg, 2005. “Transparency and Minimalism: Ecological Modeling of Late Pleistocene Megafaunal Extinctions”, Society for Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Mesa, AZ.
Book Reviews:
Jensen, C. X J., 2013. Individual-based modeling for the masses. Ecology 94:260-262. 
Jensen, C. X J., 2012. Ratio dependent predator–prey theory: Aged, mellowed, and distilled. Ecological Modelling 246:103-104. 
Jensen, C. X J., 2012. The Age of Empathy: Nature’s Lessons for a Kinder Society. Quarterly Review of Biology 87:63. 
Jensen, C. X J., 2010. Strange Bedfellows: The Surprising Connection between Sex, Evolution and Monogamy. Quarterly Review of Biology 85:505.
Jensen, C. X J., 2010. Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals. Quarterly Review of Biology 85:226-227.
Jensen, C. X J., 2010. Into the Jungle. Quarterly Review of Biology 85:225.
Jensen, C. X J., 2009. Biological modeling and simulation: A survey of practical models, algorithms, and numerical methods. Quarterly Review of Biology 84:284.
Jensen, C. X J., 2003. Choosing and using statistics: a biologist’s guide. Quarterly Review of Biology 78:468.
Institutional and Professional Service:
Peer Reviewer, Limnology & Oceanography (2011), The Atlantic Monthly (2011), Journal of Theoretical Biology (2011), Ecological Modelling (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), Oikos (2008), Ecology (2007), Verhandlungen IVL (2007), Acta Oecologica (2007), Ecological Research (2007), Journal of Biosciences (2006), Compes Rendus (2004).
Advisor, Envirolution Club (2009-present), Pratt Institute: served as faculty advisor to a student club committed to environmental activism on and off campus.
Chair, Departmental Peer Review Committee (2010-2011, 2012-present), Pratt Institute: coordinated the process by which faculty applications for reappointment, promotion, and tenure are reviewed by peers in the Department of Mathematics and Science.
Member, Departmental Peer Review Committee (2008-2011, 2012-present), Pratt Institute: contributed to the establishment of standards for full- and part-time faculty promotion; assessed faculty in the Department of Mathematics and Science for reappointment and promotion.
Chair, Academic Calendar Survey Subcommittee (2012-present), Pratt Institute: coordinated the process of creating and implementing a campus-wide survey aimed at assessing the academic calendar needs of faculty and staff.
Volunteer, Ecological Society of America Environmental Justice Section (2012-present): served as Website Facilitator, helping members of the section to learn how to maintain their own WordPress page (http://www.esa.org/enjustice2).
Member, Academic Calendar Committee (2011-present), Pratt Institute: served on an advisory panel charged with proposing future academic calendars.
Reviewer, Departmental Curriculum Review Committee (2013), Pratt Institute: reviewed course proposals in the Department of Mathematics and Science.
Member, Pratt Sustainable Coalition (2007-2012), Pratt Institute: worked with other faculty and staff to integrate ecologically sustainable practices into Pratt’s facilities and academic programs.
Member, General Education Committee (2011-2012), Pratt Institute: worked with other faculty to re-envision general education at Pratt and address Middle States mandates.
Member, Departmental Curriculum Review Committee (2010-2012), Pratt Institute: served as a reviewer of course proposals and other curricular improvements in the Department of Mathematics and Science.
Volunteer, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting (2012), Portland, OR: served as an Education section mentor to graduate students and post-docs.
Co-coordinator, Green Week “A Celebration of Cycling” (2012), Pratt Institute: helped organize a day of events highlighting sustainable transportation; coordinated with a local owner-operated by shop to provide free bike repair instruction to members of the Pratt community.
Coordinator, Department of Mathematics and Science Swap ‘N’ Share events (2009-2011), Pratt Institute: organized a series of informal sessions that allowed departmental faculty to share innovations in their research and teaching.
Member, High School Classroom Materials Selection Committee (2010), Ecological Society of America: worked with colleagues to select and collect materials from the EcoEdNet database that could be used by secondary school teachers.
Chair, Departmental Curriculum Review Committee (2007-2010), Pratt Institute: coordinated the revision and restructuring of courses in the Department of Mathematics and Science; shepherded through new departmental guidelines for course syllabi in response to accreditation standards.
Co-chair, Middle States Coordinating Committee (2009-2010), Pratt Institute: led the committee charged with producing Pratt’s Middle States Periodic Review Report.
Volunteer, Ecological Society of America Author Help Directory (2006, 2009, 2010, 2012): helped scientists from Japan and China by editing their scientific manuscripts for English vocabulary, grammar, and scientific clarity.
Volunteer, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting (2010), Pittsburgh, PA: served as a session presider and Buell-Braun award judge.
Volunteer, Evolution Annual Meeting (2010), Portland, OR: served as a judge of research talks presented by graduate students (Hamilton Award) and session presider.
Co-coordinator, Green Week Transportation Tuesday (2010), Pratt Institute: helped organize a day of events highlighting sustainable transportation; provided free bike repair instruction to members of the Pratt community.
Member, School-wide Curriculum Committee (2007-2009), Pratt Institute: reviewed new curriculum proposals; attended regular meetings.
Member, Center for Sustainable Design Studies Minor in Sustainability Curriculum Committee (2009), Pratt Institute: worked with an interdisciplinary faculty team to design Pratt’s Minor in Sustainability program, including an introductory core course in Principles in Sustainability.
Representative, Technology Advisory Committee (2008-2009), Pratt Institute: served in an advisory role to the Division of Information Technology, focusing on the proliferation of smart classrooms and the establishment of a laboratory for creative technologies.
Mentor, Department of Math and Science New Faculty Program (2008), Pratt Institute: helped acquaint a new faculty member with our department and students, met regularly to discuss teaching methods, observed two lectures and provided feedback on teaching methods.
Coordinator, Green Week Transportation Tuesday (2008), Pratt Institute: organized a day of events highlighting sustainable transportation; supervised volunteer mechanics and bicycle commuters; hosted invited speakers from the Campaign for New York’s Future and Transportation Alternatives.
Chair, Sustainable Pratt Composting Subcommittee (2007-2008), Pratt Institute: organized meetings and facilitated communication between faculty, students and staff exploring ways to bring composting to the Pratt campus.
Member, Search Committee (2007-2008), Pratt Institute: screened, interviewed, and hosted candidates for three tenure-track openings; succeeded in hiring three new faculty members.
Community Outreach and Special Projects:
Volunteer, Public School 230 (2008-2012): served as a chaperone on field trips, performed various volunteer duties for the Parent-Teacher Association.
Volunteer, Brooklyn AYSO Region 473 (2010-2011): served as a referee for youth soccer games.
Panelist, Common Ground: Science and Religion in Dialogue for a Sustainable Future, Columbia University (2009): participated in a panel discussion centered on integrating secular and religious ideals through curricula in sustainability.
Volunteer, Lower East Side Preparatory High School (2008): discussed my job with public high school students interested in pursuing a career in teaching and research, helped mentor students applying to undergraduate programs in the sciences.
Founder and Coordinator, Freewheel Collective Community Bicycle Shop (2003-2005), Long Island, NY: coordinated meetings; raised funds; established community bicycle shop; created and maintained website; ordered materials and tools; oversaw group finances; established and taught ten-week bicycle repair course; interfaced with members of the local press.
Consulting:
Reviewer, Roberts & Company Publishers (2013): reviewed two chapters of the second edition of The Tangled Bank.