Annie Colgan
PhD Student
Broadly, I am interested in how to keep ecosystems healthy in the face of change. In my research, I study how and when short-term plant and insect responses to environmental variability (including physiological, phenotypic, and behavioral responses) affect the long-term dynamics of plant-pollinator communities. In practice this involves counting flowers, catching pollinators, and developing mathematical and statistical models. In addition, I conduct education research to identify and counteract barriers to the success of underrepresented students in biology. Before starting at UW, I worked with the USGS at the West Glacier field station in Montana. I have also done research (mostly plant ecology) in the Colorado Rockies, the White Mountains in New Hampshire, and in the Arctic. In addition to science, I like tea, community, and people-powered transportation (bikes, skis, hiking boots etc.).
Updated December 2023
Education
Middlebury College (2016-2020)
Middlebury, VT
B.A. in Biology
Publications
Sumitra Tatapudy, Rachel Potter, Linnea Bostrom, Anne Colgan, Casey J. Self, Julia Smith, Shangmou Xu, and Elli J. Theobald. 2024. Visualizing Inequities: A Step Toward Equitable Student Outcomes. CBE—Life Sciences Education (23)4.
Anne Colgan, Richard G. Hatfield, Amy Dolan, Wendy Velman, Rebecca Newton, and Tabitha A. Graves. 2024. Quantifying effectiveness and best practices for bumblebee identification from photographs. Sci Rep (14)830.
Georgia L.D. Murray, Anne M. Colgan, Sarah J. Nelson, Eric P. Kelsey, and Kenneth D. Kimball. 2021. Climate Trends on the Highest Peak of the Northeast: Mount Washington, NH. Northeastern Naturalist 28(sp11):64-82.