Jeffrey Port

Job Titles

• Professor of Biological Sciences
  Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
  Environmental Studies College of Arts and Sciences

Highlight

Recent research topics include the use of restored prairies by grassland songbirds, small mammals and insects, and reproductive biology and natural history of Ecuadorian cloudforest songbirds. Dr. Port also is a federally licensed master bird bander and operates a MAPS (www.birdpop.org/pages/maps.php) station in cooperation with Anoka County in the Rum River Central Park during the summer months.

Started at Bethel

2001

Education

• Bethel College - B.S. in Biology, 1990
• University of Minnesota - Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, 1998

Courses Taught

Dr. Port teaches a variety of courses within the Biology and Environmental Studies programs including Ecology, Animal Behavior, Introduction to Organismic Biology, and a non-major introductory ornithology course. He also has led an interim study abroad course to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands since 2003 and will be leading a course to Kenya during interim 2017. Dr. Port has also taught the junior and senior seminar courses along with Environment and Humanity, the introductory course to the Environmental Science majors.

Research interests

Recent research topics include the use of restored prairies by grassland songbirds, small mammals and insects, and reproductive biology and natural history of Ecuadorian cloudforest songbirds. Dr. Port also is a federally licensed master bird bander and operates a MAPS (www.birdpop.org/pages/maps.php) station in cooperation with Anoka County in the Rum River Central Park during the summer months.