Recent Presentations
(bolded presentations were invited; italicized presentations were recognized with presentation awards)
2024
(upcoming) Royal Society Publishing Seminar Series
(upcoming) The Association of Early-career Social Learning Researchers
University of Zurich, Bioacoustics Community — Measuring and reporting rhythmic complexity in vocalizations across species
2023
Behaviour Conference — Measuring and reporting rhythmic complexity in vocalizations across species
Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah — Sperm whale communication and cognition
Oregon Cultural Trust, Academy for Lifelong Learning — Evidence from sperm whale clans of symbolic marking in non-human cultures
2022
Cachalotes del Pacífico Workshop — Acoustic identification of sperm whale clans: workflow and software
African Bioacoustics Community Conference — Categorical rhythms in sperm whale codas
Cultural Evolution Society Conference — Evolving social norms round table
Cultural Evolution Society Conference — Does culture spur rhythmic categories in animal communication? Evidence from sperm whales, Java sparrows, and harbour seals
Language Emergence and Evolution Group, MPI — Stability and evolution in sperm whale cultural dialects
Society for Marine Mammalogy (SMM) Biennial Conference — Rhythm in cetacean vocalizations (speed talk)
Cachalote Consortium — Symbolic marking in non-human cultures: evidence from sperm whale clans
Sea Mammal Research Unit Seminar Series, University of St. Andrews — Diversity, distribution, and marking of sperm whale clans
Animal Bioacoustics and Human Speech Symposium, MPI — Categorical rhythms in human and non-human communication systems
2021
Women Divers Hall of Fame — The family lives of eastern Caribbean sperm whales
Cultural Evolution Society Conference — Stability and evolution in sperm whale cultural dialects
Lett Symposium, Dalhousie University — Using identity calls to detect structure in acoustic datasets
2020
The Explorers Club (cancelled due to COVID-19) — Lessons from eavesdropping on sperm whales: Culture matters for conservation
2019
World Marine Mammal Conference — Coda type variation over 30 years in Galápagos sperm whale clans
Cachalote Consortium — The global coda repertoire project
Cachalote Consortium — Temporal variation in sperm whale dialects
Behavior Discussion Group, University of St. Andrews — Assessing temporal stability in the cultural dialects of Galápagos sperm whale clans
(bolded presentations were invited; italicized presentations were recognized with presentation awards)
2024
(upcoming) Royal Society Publishing Seminar Series
(upcoming) The Association of Early-career Social Learning Researchers
University of Zurich, Bioacoustics Community — Measuring and reporting rhythmic complexity in vocalizations across species
2023
Behaviour Conference — Measuring and reporting rhythmic complexity in vocalizations across species
Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah — Sperm whale communication and cognition
Oregon Cultural Trust, Academy for Lifelong Learning — Evidence from sperm whale clans of symbolic marking in non-human cultures
2022
Cachalotes del Pacífico Workshop — Acoustic identification of sperm whale clans: workflow and software
African Bioacoustics Community Conference — Categorical rhythms in sperm whale codas
Cultural Evolution Society Conference — Evolving social norms round table
Cultural Evolution Society Conference — Does culture spur rhythmic categories in animal communication? Evidence from sperm whales, Java sparrows, and harbour seals
Language Emergence and Evolution Group, MPI — Stability and evolution in sperm whale cultural dialects
Society for Marine Mammalogy (SMM) Biennial Conference — Rhythm in cetacean vocalizations (speed talk)
Cachalote Consortium — Symbolic marking in non-human cultures: evidence from sperm whale clans
Sea Mammal Research Unit Seminar Series, University of St. Andrews — Diversity, distribution, and marking of sperm whale clans
Animal Bioacoustics and Human Speech Symposium, MPI — Categorical rhythms in human and non-human communication systems
2021
Women Divers Hall of Fame — The family lives of eastern Caribbean sperm whales
Cultural Evolution Society Conference — Stability and evolution in sperm whale cultural dialects
Lett Symposium, Dalhousie University — Using identity calls to detect structure in acoustic datasets
2020
The Explorers Club (cancelled due to COVID-19) — Lessons from eavesdropping on sperm whales: Culture matters for conservation
2019
World Marine Mammal Conference — Coda type variation over 30 years in Galápagos sperm whale clans
Cachalote Consortium — The global coda repertoire project
Cachalote Consortium — Temporal variation in sperm whale dialects
Behavior Discussion Group, University of St. Andrews — Assessing temporal stability in the cultural dialects of Galápagos sperm whale clans