{"id":446,"date":"2014-01-13T20:33:24","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T20:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/biology\/?page_id=446"},"modified":"2025-07-01T09:40:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T16:40:26","slug":"adolph","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/biology\/faculty-staff\/adolph\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen C. Adolph"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stuart Mudd Professor of Biology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F.W. Olin Science Center, Room 2381<br>301 Platt Blvd.<br>Claremont, CA 91711<br><a href=\"tel:+19096071872\" class=\"phone\">909.607.1872<\/a><br><a href=\"mailto:&#97;&#100;&#111;&#108;ph&#64;hmc.e&#100;&#117;\">&#97;dol&#112;h&#64;hmc.&#101;&#100;&#117;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading clear\">Education and&nbsp;Professional Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>B.S., M.S., Stanford University (Biological Sciences)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PhD, University of Washington (Zoology)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lecturer, University of Texas, Austin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visiting Assistant Professor, Middlebury College<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Wisconsin, Madison<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visiting Researcher, University of Colorado (Boulder)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visiting Researcher, University of California, Riverside<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visiting Associate Professor, Cornell University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visiting Professor, Otago University, New Zealand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teaching<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Writ 1: Introduction to Academic Writing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bio 23: Biology Laboratory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bio 46: Introduction to Biology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bio 108: Ecology &amp; Environmental Biology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MCBI 118A: Introduction to Mathematical Biology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Math &amp; Biology 119: Advanced Mathematical Biology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our laboratory investigates the physiological, evolutionary, and behavioral ecology of lizards. Some current research topics include stochastic population dynamics of <em>Xantusia<\/em> lizards, optimal foraging in arboreal lizards, physiological ecology of lizard eggs, and the evolution of thermal performance curves. Past projects have investigated tuatara conservation, tarantula locomotion, lizard running performance, and lizard thermal biology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Undergraduate Research Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Arman Khasru<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Callie Dawson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Research Collaborations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lars Schmitz (Claremont McKenna College)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications&nbsp;(* = Undergraduate Author)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gray, I.C.*, and <strong>S.C. Adolph<\/strong>. 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/bioone.org\/journals\/the-southwestern-naturalist\/volume-68\/issue-2\/0038-4909-68.2.137\/JOSHUA-TREE-DEMOGRAPHY-AND-DECOMPOSITION--IMPLICATIONS-FOR-DESERT-NIGHT\/10.1894\/0038-4909-68.2.137.short\">Joshua tree demography and decomposition: implications for desert night lizard habitat.<\/a>&nbsp; <em>Southwestern Naturalist<\/em> <strong>68<\/strong>: 137-146.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bush EC, <strong>Adolph SC<\/strong>, Donaldson-Matasci MC, Hur JH, and Schulz D. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsta.org\/journal-college-science-teaching\/journal-college-science-teaching-januaryfebruary-2021-0\">Incorporating Programming, Modeling and Data Analysis into an Introductory Biology Course<\/a>. Journal of College Science Teaching. 50(3). 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anderson, J., S. Kaplan-Stein, <strong>S. Adolph<\/strong>, and J. M. Peralta.&nbsp;&nbsp;2020. Assessment of non-contact infrared thermometer measurement sites in birds. J. Appl. Anim. Welf. Sci. 23(2): 131-139.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kitchin, J., B. I. P. Barratt, S. Jarvie, <strong>S. C. Adolph<\/strong>, and A. Cree. 2017. Diet of tuatara (<em>Sphenodon punctatus<\/em>) translocated to \u014crokonui Ecosanctuary in southern New Zealand. <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology<\/em> <strong>44<\/strong>: 256-265.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jarvie, S., M. R. Recio, <strong>S. C. Adolph<\/strong>, P. J. Seddon, and A. Cree. 2016. Resource selection by tuatara following translocation: a comparison of wild-caught and captive-reared juveniles. <em>New Zealand Journal of Ecology<\/em> <strong>40<\/strong>: 334-341.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*Booster NA, *Su FY, <strong>Adolph SC<\/strong> &amp; Ahn AN. 2015. Effect of temperature on limb kinematics in a sprinting tarantula , Aphonopelma hentzi: Potential limitations of hydraulic joint actuation. <em>J. Exp. Biol.<\/em> 218: 977-982.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jarvie, S., A. M. Senior, <strong>S. C. Adolph<\/strong>, P.J. Seddon, and A. Cree. 2015. Captive rearing affects growth but not survival in translocated juvenile tuatara. <em>Journal of Zoology<\/em> <strong>297<\/strong>: 184-193.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waldrop, L. D. , <strong>S. C. Adolph<\/strong>, C. G. Diniz Behn, E. Braley, J. A. Drew, R. J. Full, L. J. Gross, J. A. Jungck, B. Kohler, J. C. Prairie, B. Shtylla and L. A. Miller. 2015. Using active learning to teach concepts and methods in quantitative biology. <em>Integrative and Comparative Biology<\/em> <strong>55<\/strong>: 933\u2013948.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jarvie, S., Ramirez, A.E., Dolia, J., <strong>Adolph, S.C.<\/strong>, Seddon, P.J. &amp; Cree, A. 2014. Attaching radio\u2010transmitters does not affect mass, growth or dispersal of translocated juvenile tuatara (<em>Sphenodon punctatus<\/em>). Herpetol. Rev. <strong>45<\/strong>: 417\u2013421.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Head*, A. W., J. S. Hardin and&nbsp;<strong>S. C. Adolph<\/strong>. 2012.&nbsp; Methods for estimating peak physiological performance and correlating performance measures.&nbsp;<em>Environmental and Ecological Statistics<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>19: 127-137<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oufiero, C. E., G. E. A. Gartner,&nbsp;<strong>S. C. Adolph<\/strong> and T. Garland Jr. 2011. Latitudinal and climatic variation in body size and dorsal scale counts in <em>Sceloporus<\/em>&nbsp;lizards: a phylogenetic perspective.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Evolution<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>65:&nbsp;<\/strong>3590-3607.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">de Pillis, L. and&nbsp;<strong>S. C. Adolph<\/strong>. 2010. Mathematical biology at an undergraduate liberal arts college.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>CBE&#8211;Life Sciences Education<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>9:&nbsp;<\/strong>417-421.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buckley, C. R., D. J. Irschick and&nbsp;<strong>S. C. Adolph<\/strong>. 2010. The contributions of evolutionary divergence and phenotypic plasticity to geographic variation in the Western fence lizard,&nbsp;<em>Sceloporus occidentalis<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>99<\/strong>: 84-98.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Youssef*, M.,&nbsp;<strong>S. C. Adolph<\/strong>&nbsp;and J. Q. Richmond.&nbsp; 2008.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;Evolutionarily conserved thermal biology across continents:&nbsp; the North American lizard<em>Plestiodon gilberti<\/em>&nbsp;(Scincidae) compared to Asian&nbsp;<em>Plestiodon<\/em>.&nbsp;<em>&nbsp;Journal of Thermal Biology<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>33:<\/strong>&nbsp;308-312.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Adolph, S. C.<\/strong>&nbsp;and T. Pickering*.&nbsp; 2008.&nbsp; Estimating maximum performance: effects of intraindividual variation.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Journal of Experimental Biology<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>211:<\/strong>1336-1343.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Adolph, S. C.&nbsp; 2007.<\/strong>&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/228838371_Is_a_Basketball_Free-Throw_Sequence_Nonrandom_A_Group_Exercise_for_Undergraduate_Statistics_Students\">Is a basketball free-throw sequence nonrandom? A group exercise for undergraduate statistics students.<\/a>&nbsp;<em>&nbsp;Journal of Statistics Education<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>15(3)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asbury, D. A.* and&nbsp;<strong>S. C. Adolph.&nbsp; 2007.<\/strong>&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evolutionary-ecology.com\/issues\/v09n05\/ggar2152.pdf\">Behavioural plasticity in an ecological generalist: microhabitat use by western fence lizards<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Evolutionary Ecology Research<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>9<\/strong>: 801-815.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buckley, C. R., M. Jackson*, M. Youssef*, D. J. Irschick and&nbsp;<strong>S. C. Adolph. 2007.<\/strong>&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evolutionary-ecology.com\/issues\/v09n01\/mmar2080.pdf\">Testing the persistence of phenotypic plasticity after incubation in the Western fence lizard,&nbsp;<em>Sceloporus occidentalis<\/em><\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Evolutionary Ecology Research<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>9<\/strong>: 169-183.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Adolph, S. C.&nbsp;<\/strong>and J. S. Hardin. 2007.&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1095643301003658\">Estimating phenotypic correlations: correcting for bias due to intraindividual variability<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Functional Ecology<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>21<\/strong>: 178-184.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hancock, T. V.,&nbsp;<strong>S. C. Adolph&nbsp;<\/strong>and T. T. Gleeson. 2001. Effect of activity duration on recovery and metabolic costs in the desert iguana (<em>Dipsosaurus<\/em><em>dorsalis<\/em>).&nbsp;<em>Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>130<\/strong>: 67-79.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Adolph, S. C.<\/strong>&nbsp;and W. P. Porter. 1996. Growth, seasonality and lizard life histories: age and size at maturity.&nbsp;<em>Oikos<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>77<\/strong>: 267-278.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Padilla, D. K.,&nbsp;<strong>S. C. Adolph<\/strong>, K. L. Cottingham and D. W. Schneider. 1996. Predicting the consequences of dreissenid mussels on a pelagic food web. <em>Ecological Modelling<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>85<\/strong>: 129-144.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Padilla, D. K. and<strong>&nbsp;S. C. Adolph<\/strong>. 1996. Plastic inducible morphologies are not always adaptive: the importance of time delays in a stochastic environment. <em>Evolutionary Ecology<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>10<\/strong>: 105-117.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wang, J. P.* and&nbsp;<strong>S. C. Adolph<\/strong>. 1995. Thermoregulatory consequences of transmitter implant surgery in the lizard&nbsp;<em>Sceloporus occidentalis<\/em>.<em>&nbsp;Journal of Herpetology<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>29<\/strong>: 421-425.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Adolph, S. C.&nbsp;<\/strong>and M. A. Geber. 1995. Mate-guarding, mating success and body size in the tropical millipede&nbsp;<em>Nyssodesmus python<\/em>&nbsp;(Peters) (Polydesmida: Platyrhacidae).&nbsp;<em>Southwestern Naturalist<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>40<\/strong>: 56-61.<br>Sinervo, B. and&nbsp;<strong>S. C. Adolph<\/strong>. 1994. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/1941734\">Growth plasticity and thermal opportunity in&nbsp;<em>Sceloporus<\/em>&nbsp;lizards<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Ecology<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>75<\/strong>: 776-790.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Garland, T., Jr. and&nbsp;<strong>S. C. Adolph<\/strong>. 1994. Why not to do two-species comparative studies: limitations on inferring adaptation.&nbsp;<em>Physiological Zoology<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>67<\/strong>: 797-828.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Adolph, S. C.&nbsp;<\/strong>and W. P. Porter. 1993. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/2462816\">Temperature, activity and lizard life histories<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>American Naturalist<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>142<\/strong>: 273-295.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Garland, T., Jr. and<strong>&nbsp;S. C. Adolph<\/strong>. 1991. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/2097260\">Physiological differentiation of vertebrate populations<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>22<\/strong>: 193-228.<br>Sinervo, B., R. Hedges* and<strong>&nbsp;S. C. Adolph<\/strong>. 1991. Decreased sprint speed as a cost of reproduction in the lizard&nbsp;<em>Sceloporus occidentalis<\/em>: variation among populations.<em>&nbsp;Journal of Experimental Biology<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>155<\/strong>: 323-336.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Adolph, S. C. 1990.<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/1940271\">Influence of behavioral thermoregulation on microhabitat use by two&nbsp;<em>Sceloporus<\/em>&nbsp;lizards<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Ecology<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>71<\/strong>: 315-327.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Adolph, S. C. 1990.<\/strong>&nbsp;Perch height selection by juvenile&nbsp;<em>Sceloporus<\/em>&nbsp;lizards: interspecific differences and relationship to habitat use.<em>&nbsp;Journal of Herpetology<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>24<\/strong>: 69-75.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sinervo, B. and<strong>&nbsp;S. C. Adolph<\/strong>. 1989. Thermal sensitivity of growth rate in hatchling&nbsp;<em>Sceloporus<\/em>&nbsp;lizards: physiological, behavioral and genetic aspects.<em>Oecologia<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>78<\/strong>: 411-419.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Adolph, S. C.&nbsp;<\/strong>and J. Roughgarden. 1983<strong>.<\/strong> Foraging by passerine birds and&nbsp;<em>Anolis<\/em>&nbsp;lizards on St. Eustatius (Neth. Antilles): implications for interclass competition and predation.&nbsp;<em>Oecologia<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>56<\/strong>: 313-317.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Little Herpy Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fogarty, S. P.* and<strong>&nbsp;S. C. Adolph<\/strong>.&nbsp; 2005.&nbsp; Natural history notes:&nbsp;<em>Gambelia wislizenii<\/em>&nbsp;(Long-nosed leopard lizard).&nbsp; Arboreal behavior.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Herpetological Review<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>36<\/strong>(4): 449.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perkins, M.*,&nbsp;<strong>S. C. Adolph<\/strong>, S. Granite*, and W. Hein*.&nbsp; 1997.&nbsp; Natural history notes:&nbsp;<em>Xantusia vigilis<\/em>&nbsp;(Desert Night Lizard) and&nbsp;<em>Sceloporus magister<\/em>&nbsp;(Desert Spiny Lizard).&nbsp; Predation and diet.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Herpetological Review<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>28<\/strong>: 89.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Discography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reptile Palace Orchestra,&nbsp;<em>Early Reptile<\/em><strong>&nbsp;(<\/strong>Boat Records, Madison, WI; out of print, but available on Spotify)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Conga and bongos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stuart Mudd Professor of Biology F.W. 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