I have always had a fascination with the natural world. Growing up in New Jersey, I played in the creek and the woods and investigated everything from worms to rabbits. As a teenager, I moved to Florida and enjoyed studying science and playing softball. I attended the University of North Florida, where I majored in Biology and minored in Psychology. I graduated from their honor’s program and completed an undergraduate research project that examined on the impacts of a naturalistic enclosure on the behavior of captive gibbons. Although I was fascinated with all areas of biology from genetics to ecology, it was while volunteering at the zoo and observing the gibbons that I realized that I wanted continue studying behavioral ecology. I earned my Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Miami and my doctoral research focused on food sharing behavior of owl monkeys (Aotus spp). I studied captive monkeys at the DuMond Conservancy for Prim ates and Tropical Forests (Miami, FL) and traveled to Argentina to study monkeys in the field. Since graduate school, I have taught at Bucknell University, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, and MacMurray College. During that time, I was fortunate to teach Animal Behavior and Ecology & Conservation as part of a study abroad program in the Gambia, West Africa. While in the Gambia, I began to examine mixed-species associations of Western red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus badius) and green vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus sabaeus). I am particularly interested in the effects of human disturbance on the primate populations and the implementation of effective conservation strategies. I am excited to return ‘home’ to Florida and join the Biology program here at Florida Southern College where I will teach Animal Behavior, Zoology and Environmental Science. Dr. Wolovich enjoys traveling, hiking, biking and exploring nature. Ph.D., University of Miami, Miami, FL, 2006 B.S., University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, 2000