Mikel Maria Delgado

Department of Psychology

Room 3210, Tolman Hall #1650

University of California

Berkeley, CA 94720-1650

EDUCATION

Doctorate of Philosophy (anticipated 2016)

Major: Psychology - Cognition, Brain and Behavior

University of California, Berkeley

 

Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude June 2010

Major: Psychology, Minor: Statistics

California State University East Bay, Hayward CA

PUBLICATIONS

Delgado, M., & Jacobs, L. (2014). The systematic squirrel: Cache organization and implications for memory (in preparation).

Delgado, M., & Jacobs, L. (2014). Frustration increases aggressive signals in fox squirrels, Sciurus niger. (in revision).

Reevy, G. & Delgado, M. (2014). Are emotionally attached companion animal caregivers conscientious and neurotic? Factors that affect the human–companion animal relationship. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. (in press). http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10888705.2014.988333

MacLean, E., Hare, B., Nunn, C., et al. (2014). The evolution of self-control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi:10.1073/pnas.1323533111

Delgado M.M., Nicholas M., Petrie D.J., Jacobs L.F. (2014). Fox squirrels match food assessment and cache effort to value and scarcity. PLoS ONE 9(3):e92892. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0092892

Delgado, M., Munera, J., & Reevy, G. (2012). Human perceptions of coat color as an indicator of domestic cat personality. Anthrozoös, 24(4). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2752/175303712X13479798785779

Delgado, M.M. (2012). “Why Do Cats Purr?” and “Why Do Pigeons Bob Their Heads When They Walk?” in Matt Lamothe, Julia Rothman and Jenny Volvovski, Eds. The Where, The Why and The How: 75 Artists Illustrate Wondrous Mysteries of the Universe. Chronicle Books: San Francisco.

Delgado, M.M. (2008). Beyond bossy: Feline status aggression. Animal Behavior Consulting: Theory & Practice, 4(2), 18-24.

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

Animal Behavior Society Diversity Award, 2013

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2012

Animal Behavior Society Diversity Award, 2012

Animal Behavior Society Diversity Award, 2011

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, Honorable Mention, 2011

President’s Award, International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants, April 2011

Chancellor’s Fellowship, University of California at Berkeley, 2010

UC Diversity Initiative for Graduate Study in the Social Sciences Faculty Mentorship Award, University of California at Berkeley, 2010

Second Place, Student Poster Presentation Competition. “Human Attitudes about Personality of Domestic Cats." 10th North American Regional Meeting of the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE), May 2010

First Place, Behavioral and Social Sciences Undergraduate Category. “Housing, Activity, and the Behavioral Welfare of the Laboratory Pigeon.” California State University Student Research Competition, May 2010

McNair Scholar, 2008 - 2010

Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholar, 2009

CSUEB Psychology Student of the Year, 2009

Psi Chi member, 2009-present

National Honor Society, 1988-1989

PRESENTATIONS

Delgado, M. & Reevy, G. “Are emotionally attached pet owners conscientious and neurotic? Factors that affect the human-companion animal relationship.” 51st Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, Princeton, NJ, August 2014

Delgado, M. & Jacobs, L.F. “Where to bury a nut? Do Fox Squirrels Have Hierarchical Rules for Cache Organization?” Penn-Berkeley CABiR Symposia, Philadelphia PA, August 2014

Delgado, M. & Jacobs, L.F. “Where to bury a nut? Do Fox Squirrels Have Hierarchical Rules for Cache Organization?” International Society for Behavioral Ecology Meeting, New York City NY, August 2014

Delgado, M. & Jacobs, L.F. “Where to bury a nut? Do Fox Squirrels Have Hierarchical Rules for Cache Organization?” The Berkeley-Bergen Peder Sather Working Group in Emergent Cognition Meeting, New York City NY, July 31, 2014

Delgado, M. & Jacobs, L.F. “The Systematic Squirrel: Cache Organization and Implications for Memory.” 50th Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, Boulder, CO, July 2013

Delgado, M. & Jacobs, L.F. “The Systematic Squirrel: Cache Organization and Implications for Memory.” Stanford-Berkeley Talks, Palo Alto, CA, June 2013

Delgado, M. & Jacobs, L.F. “The Systematic Squirrel: Cache Organization and Implications for Memory.” 20th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Sponsored by the Comparative Cognition Society, Melbourne FL, March 2013

Delgado, M. & Jacobs, L.F. “The Systematic Squirrel: Cache Organization and Implications for Memory.” UC Davis Animal Behavior Conference, Davis CA, February 2013

Delgado, M. & Parry, D.G. “Nip It in the Bud! Helping Adopters Prevent Common Cat Behavior Problems.” 7th Annual Business of Saving Lives Conference, Animal Rescue Foundation, Walnut Creek CA, March 2011.

Delgado, M., Curtis, L., Cerutti, D.T. & Wendel, L. “Housing, Activity, and the Behavioral Welfare of the Laboratory Pigeon.” California State University Student Research Competition, San Jose State University, May 2010.

Delgado, M. & Parry, D.G. “Troubled Tabbies: Behavior Modification for Cats.” 6th Annual Business of Saving Lives Conference, Animal Rescue Foundation, Walnut Creek CA, March 2010.

Delgado, M. “Environmental Enrichment for Laboratory Pigeons: What Do They Want?” McNair Symposium, CSU East Bay, Hayward CA, November 2008.

Delgado, M. “Environmental Enrichment for Indoor Cats.” Exploring the Animal Mind: Enriching Animals in Captivity. Exploratorium Museum of Science, San Francisco CA, June 2007

Delgado, M. & Parry, D.G. “A Hiss Is Just a Hiss - or Is It? Temperament Testing and Rehabilitation of Shelter Cats.” Conference on Homeless Animal Management and Policy (CHAMP), St. Louis MO, July 2003

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Reevy, G. & Delgado, M. “Personality Traits as Predictors of Attachment to and Affection for Pets." American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington, DC, August 2014

Delgado, M., & Reevy, G. “Are Good Pet Owners Conscientious and Neurotic? Factors that Affect the Human-Companion Animal Relationship.” Provost's Award Ceremony & Faculty Research Poster Session, California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA, April 2014

Sakai, N., Delgado, M., & Jacobs, L. “Vigilance Behavior during Feeding in the Fox Squirrel, Sciurus niger.” Berkeley Interdisciplinary Research Conference, Berkeley, CA, May 2013

Delgado, M., Nicholas, M., Petrie, D. & Jacobs, L. “The Hyper-rational Squirrel: Investing in Assessment and Cache Protection Behaviors.” 49th Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, Albuquerque, NM, June 2012

Slattery, P., Delgado, M. & Jacobs, L. “Scatter-hoarding Strategies in Free Ranging Humans.” 49th Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, Albuquerque, NM, June 2012

Delgado, M. & Jacobs, L.F. “The Behavioral Correlates of Frustration in the Fox Squirrel, Sciurus niger.” 48th Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, Bloomington IN, July 2011

Jacobs, L.F., Waisman, A., Nicholas, M. & Delgado, M.  “How to Encode the World: Integrating Multiple Frames of Reference.” 48th Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, Bloomington IN, July 2011

Russell, J., Lizotte, D., Curtis, L., Delgado, M. & Cerutti, D.T. “Behavioral Effects of Acute Ethanol Exposure in Zebrafish (Danio rerio).” The 29^th Annual Regional Meeting of the California Association for Behavior Analysis, San Francisco CA, February 2011.

Delgado, M., Munera, J., & Reevy, G. “Human Attitudes about Personality of Domestic Cats." The 10th North American Regional Meeting of the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE), Pullman WA, May 2010

Delgado, M., Curtis, L., Cerutti, D.T., & Wendel, L. “Housing, Activity, and the Behavioral Welfare of the Laboratory Pigeon.” The 17th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Sponsored by the Comparative Cognition Society, Melbourne FL, March 2010

Curtis, L., Lawrence, M., Delgado, M., & Cerutti, D. T. “The Detailed Time Course of Appetitive Delayed Pavlovian Conditioning in The Zebrafish.” The 17th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Sponsored by the Comparative Cognition Society, Melbourne FL, March 2010

Cerutti, D.T., Curtis, L., Lawrence, M., Delgado, M., & Wendell, L. “Testing the IQ of a Tiny Fish.” Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity Poster Exhibit, California State University East Bay, Hayward CA, March 2010.

Delgado, M.M., Wendel, L., & Cerutti, D.T. “Behind Closed Doors: The Pastimes of Pigeons in Two Different Laboratory Housing Conditions.” The 18^th Annual Conference of the International Society for Anthrozoology, Kansas City MO, October 2009.

Wendel, L.V., Delgado, M., Montez, D., Dulay, J.P., & Cerutti, D.T. “Mating and Habitat Preference in the Zebrafish, Danio rerio.” The 89^th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, Portland OR, April 2009.

Cerutti, D., Delgado, M., Wendel, L., Jozefowiez, J., & Staddon, J. “Time and Reinforcement in the Temporal-Bisection Task:  A Test of Behavioral Versus Cognitive Hypotheses.” The 16th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Sponsored by the Comparative Cognition Society, Melbourne FL, March 2009

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Graduate Student Instructor, Animal Cognition, January 2014 – May 2014, University of California at Berkeley

Guest Lecturer “Statistical Analysis: A Beginner’s Guide,” BROCA: Berkeley Review of CogSci Articles student group, September 2012, University of California at Berkeley

Graduate Student Instructor, Research Methods and Data Analysis, August 2011 – May 2012, University of California at Berkeley

Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Psychology, June-July 2012, University of California at Berkeley

Teaching Assistant, Biological Psychology, July-August 2012, University of California at Berkeley

Research Assistant, Animal Adaptive Learning and Behavior Lab, June 2008 – August 2010, California State University East Bay, Hayward CA

Research Assistant, Summer Undergraduate Research in Ecology/Engineering, June 2009-August 2009, Rosenheim Lab, University of California, Davis

Tutor in Psychology and Statistics, Project IMPACT, January 2009 – June 2010, California State University East Bay, Hayward CA

Assistant to Lecturer Dr. Gretchen Reevy, January 2009 – May 2009, California State University East Bay, Hayward CA

Cat Behavior Consultant, Business Founder and Owner, April 2008 - present, Feline Minds, Richmond CA

Cat Behavior Specialist, June 2002 – April 2008, San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, San Francisco CA

LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE

Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science (2013-present)

Lectureship Committee, Department of Psychology (2013-2014)

Volunteer and Disc Jockey, KALX, University of California at Berkeley (2012-present)

Steering Committee Member, Halycon Neighborhood Association (2011-present)

Member, Psychology Department Diversity Student Alliance (2010-present)

Student Member, Psychology Department Safety Committee (2010-present)

Community Member, CSUEB Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), 2010 – present

Board of Directors, International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants, 2007 - 2011

Student Member, CSUEB Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), 2009 - 2010

Board of Directors, Women’s Action to Gain Economic Security, 1999 - 2002

Board of Directors, Rainbow Grocery Cooperative, 1996 - 1999

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Comparative Cognition Society, Psi Chi, International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC), Animal Behavior Society

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Cat Behavior Consultant (International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants), 2008 – present

SKILLS

Proficient in R, SPSS, JMP, ArcGIS, Access, Noldus Observer and Ethovision, Microsoft Office