Education

• Ph.D., Wildlife Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2010
• M.S., Wildlife Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2007
• B.S., Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University, 2002

Regular Courses Taught

• ENWC201 - Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Spring and Fall
• ENWC325 - Wildlife Management, Fall
• ENWC418/618 - Ornithology Lab, Spring

Research Activities

• Ecology and conservation of wild felids
• Evaluation of wildlife behavioral response to human recreation
• Development of new technologies in wildlife research
• Application of hierarchical models to improve monitoring programs

Professional Affliliations

• Society for Conservation Biology
• IUCN Cat Specialist Group
• The Snow Leopard Network
• Northeast Loon Study Working Group

Publications

2011

McCarthy, K. P., and S. DeStefano. In press. Spatial disturbance factors and their effect on common loon nest site selection and territory success. Journal of Wildlife Management. McCarthy, K. P., and S. DeStefano. In press. Common loon nest defense against American mink. Northeastern Naturalist.

2010

McCarthy, K. P. 2010. A tale of two snow leopards. in D. Hunter, editor. Voice of Snow Leopard. University Press of Colorado. USA. McCarthy, J. L., K. P. McCarthy, and T. K. Fuller. 2010. Assessing Variation in Wildlife Diversity in the Tien Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan Using Ancillary Camera-trap Photos. Mountain Research and Development 30:295–301. McCarthy, K. P., and S. DeStefano. 2010. Bald Eagle predation on Common Loon egg. Journal of Raptor Research 44:249–251.