GLENNIS
A. KAUFMAN
Research assistant professor of biology
Glennis Kaufman, research assistant professor of biology at Kansas State University, is most fascinated by the deer mouse. She studies their social organization and mating systems and how these are affected by the habitat conditions where they live, as well as how deer mice budget their time when active at night. Kaufman also researches how prairie fires influence life history strategies for deer mice, such as when the mice reproduce and the number of offspring raised. Other research involves examining the effect of fire, grazing and climate on populations and communities of small mammals in tallgrass prairie, the influence of woody invasion on prairie small mammals, and conservation of non-game wildlife. Kaufman focuses on various aspects of ecology and behavior of small mammals, primarily rodents, and has been published in more than 100 scholarly journals.
Kaufman was elected for three consecutive terms to the American Society of Mammalogists board of directors from 1997-2006 and served one term on the executive board as vice president in 2005-2006. For the Central Plains Society of Mammalogists, Kaufman served as president-elect from 2001-2003, president from 2003-2005, and past-president from 2005-2007. She served as an associate editor for the Journal of Mammalogy from 1994 to 1996.
Kaufman completed her bachelor's degree in wildlife biology from K-State in 1984 and completed her doctoral degree in biology at K-State in 1990. Kaufman joined the faculty in 1991 and was appointed to the graduate faculty in 1997.
Glennis Kaufman can be reached at 785-532-6622 or via e-mail at gkaufman@k-state.edu.