{"id":1215,"date":"2025-10-03T15:45:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/?page_id=1215"},"modified":"2025-10-03T15:45:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:45:18","slug":"heather-mathewson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/heather-mathewson\/","title":{"rendered":"Heather Mathewson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"875\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2022\/08\/mathewson.jpg\" alt=\"Smiling person in a blue shirt against a dark background.\" class=\"wp-image-794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2022\/08\/mathewson.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2022\/08\/mathewson-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2022\/08\/mathewson-320x400.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Heather Mathewson, Ph.D.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Associate Professor &amp; WNR Graduate Program Coordinator<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:mathewson@tarleton.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:mathewson@tarleton.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mathewson@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phone: <a href=\"tel:+12549681892\" data-type=\"tel\" data-id=\"tel:+12549681892\">254-968-1892<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Office: Autry 201<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-button alignnone\"><a class=\"wp-block-advgb-button_link advgbbtn-564820c4-c74c-414a-be3b-68ccb4f15fc3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mathewsonlab.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span><span><strong>Professional Website<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"research-interests-e58bd4ab-e2fe-4de7-b95e-547e1bb5e631\">Research Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wildlife Population Interactions with Anthropogenic Environmental Changes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Undergraduate Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B.S. in Wildlife &amp; Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&amp;M University, 1998<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Undeclared Minor in Psychology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Graduate Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M.S. in Wildlife &amp; Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&amp;M University, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, &amp; Conservation Biology, University of Nevada, 2010<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Heather Mathewson has a research program that primarily focuses on wildlife population and their interactions with anthropogenic changes in the environment. Current research includes riparian and grassland restoration, phenotypic plasticity in house sparrows in response to extreme temperatures, microplastics in songbirds, risks to wildlife from erosion control products, and effectiveness of environmental DNA for monitoring populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scholarly Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-button alignnone\"><a class=\"wp-block-advgb-button_link advgbbtn-1637a01d-cff0-48d3-b7f9-a301dddfccf4\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=L2xC0U0AAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=sra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span><span><strong>Google 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