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Samba Gadjigo

Honor

Gave a talk at Google headquarters in Seattle on October 19, 2019. He also had a screening and Q&A at University of Washington and a screening at the Langston Hughes cultural Center in Seattle in October, 2019.

Penny Gill

Publication

Gill, P. (2015). What in the World is Going On? Wisdom teachings for our time. Balboa Press.

Ted Gilliland

Publication

Gilliland, T. E., Sanchirico, J. N., & Taylor, J. E. (2022). A Bioeconomic Local General Equilibrium Assessment of Distributional Consequences of Small-Scale Fisheries Reform in Developing Countries. Marine Resource Economics, 37(2), 111-134.

Gilliland, T. E., Sanchirico, J. N., & Taylor, J. E. (2020). Market-Driven Bioeconomic General Equilibrium Impacts of Tourism on Resource-Dependent Local Economies: A Case from the Western Philippines. Journal of Environmental Management, 271(4), 110968.

Lindsay, A. R., Sanchirico J. N., Gilliland, T. E., Ambo-Rappe, R., Taylor, J. E., Krueck, N. C., & Mumby, P.J. (2020). Evaluating Sustainable Development Policies in Rural Coastal Economies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(52), 33170–76.

Gilliland, T. E. (2021) Northern Parulas (Setophaga americana) mobbing a Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus) depredating an adult Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola). Journal of Caribbean Ornithology 34, 29–31.

Gary Gillis

Publication

Cox, S.M. and Gillis, G.B. (2020). The integration of sensory feedback in the modulation of anuran landing preparation. J. Exp. Biol, 223, 1-10.

Ekstrom, L. and G.B. Gillis. 2015. Pre-landing wrist muscle activity in landing toads. J. Exp. Biol. 218:2410-2415.

*Schnyer, A., *Gallardo, M. Cox, S. and G.B. Gillis. 2014. Indirect Evidence for Elastic Energy Playing a Role in Limb Recovery During Toad Hopping. Biology Letters. 10(7):1-6.

Gillis, G.B., Ekstrom, L. Azizi, E. 2014. Biomechanics and control of landing in toads. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 54(6):1136-1147.