Graduate Students with Stephen H. Vessey as Advisor
| Name | Degree/Date | Thesis/Dissertation Title |
| Dertinger, Edwin | M.S. 1971 | Social behavior and organization in laboratory colonies of the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) |
| Patterson, Mary Ann | M.S. 1972 | Tapeworm (Hymenolepis nana) infection in male albino house mice: effect of fighting among the hosts |
| Lombardi, Joseph | M.S. 1972 | The effect of fighting in male laboratory mice on immunologically competent spleen cells and circulating antibodies |
| Wong, Tai-Wing | M.S. 1972 | Care-giving or epimeletic behavior in two inbred strains of mice |
| Cornman, David | M.S. 1973 | Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) population ecology in Wood County, Ohio |
| Enders, John E. | M.S. 1973 | Morphological variation in Peromyscus leucopus on islands in Lake Erie and adjacent mainland areas |
| Erossy, Peter J. | M.S. 1973 | Home range and social organization of a free-ranging population of gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) |
| Rintamaa, David | Ph.D. 1974 | Demographic patterns in a population of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) |
| Boswell, Richard | M.S. 1974 | A comparative study of the population biology of two subspecies of the great horned owl (Bubo virginianus occidentalis, Bubo virginianus virginianus) |
| de Roth, Suzanne | M.S. 1974 | Communication in the crayfish Orconectes rusticus |
| Rybak, Edward | M.S. 1974 | Effects of population odors on agonistic behavior and organ weights of small groups of male CF1 albino house mice |
| Sechrist, William | M.S. 1974 | Development of olfactory preferences in newborn mice |
| Mazur, Paul | M.S. 1975 | Annual cycles in a population of wood mice (Peromyscus leucopus) |
| Schmunk, James | M.S. 1976 | Changes in numbers of an isolated population of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in northwestern Ohio |
| Flemming, David | M.S. 1977 | Home range and the continued study of demographic patterns of the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus |
| Scott, Thomas | M.S. 1977 | Agonistic behavior and social organization of the brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) |
| Spaulding, Steven | M.S. 1977. | A study of the eastern raccoon (Procyon lotor lotor) on Navarre Marsh in northwestern Ohio |
| Schumm, Melissa | M.S. 1979 | Comparative ontogeny of play behavior in two breeds of domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) |
| Cothern, Gail | M.S.-II 1979 | Non thesis |
| Meikle, Douglas | Ph.D. 1980 | Sex ratio and kin selection in rhesus monkeys |
| Jefferson, Jeffrey | M.S. 1980 | Species-area effect on winter birds of forest habitat islands in northwest Ohio |
| Holmes, Donna Meisner | M.S. 1980 | The role of odor in the behavior of the adult male guinea pig, Cavia porcellus |
| Pugesek, Bruce* | Ph.D. 1981 | The relationship of parental age to reproductive effort in the California gull (Larus californicus) |
| Haigh, Gale | M.S. 1981 | Social factors affecting reproduction in Peromyscus maniculatus bairdi |
| Steinker, Paula | Ph.D. 1982 | Kinship and social behavior in the Rhesus macaque |
| Blumberg, Louisirene | M.S. 1982 | Microhabitat selection of Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis (the white-footed mouse) in an isolated oak-hickory woodlot |
| Goundie, Tedd. | M.S. 1983 | Demography, reproductive strategy, and dispersion patterns in a population of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) |
| Wideman, Kevin | M.S. 1983 | An ecological comparison of a wet and dry prairie in northwestern Ohio |
| Johnson, Eve | M.S. 1986 | Mascot and visiting dogs in nursing homes: effects of resident/dog interaction |
| Holmes, Donna*, ** | Ph.D. 1987 | Social complexity and potential for chemocommunication in captive Virginia opossums, Didelphis virginiana Kerr |
| Jurkiewicz, Shelley | M.S.-II 1987 | Non thesis |
| Cummings, John | M.S. 1988 | Habitat use and dispersal in white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) |
| Chandler, Michelle Cawthorn | Ph.D. 1989 | The population ecology and temporal and spatial activity of three species of shrews (Sorex cinereus, S. fumeus, and Blarina brevicauda in southwestern Pennsylvania |
| Campbell, Earl | M.S. 1989 | The effect of introduced roof rats (Rattus rattus) on the vertebrate fauna of Antillean Cays |
| Korytko, Andrew | M.S. 1989 | Agonistic and spacing behavior in a woodlot population of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) |
| Aldrich, Gregory K. | M.S. 1990 | Habitat use and demography of the white-footed mouse on South Bass Island, Ottawa County, Ohio |
| Schug, Malcolm | M.S. 1990 | Paternal care in Peromyscus leucopus as revealed by field and molecular techniques |
| Courter, Linda Kothera | M.S. 1991 | Activity budgets, habitat use and the effects of human disturbance on juvenile bald eagles in Ohio |
| Bergin, Tim*** | Ph.D. 1993 | Habitat selection in the Western Kingbird. |
| Sanchez, Danilo | Ph.D. 1993 | A demographic analysis of a woodlot population of the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) and correlates of food supplementation |
| Germaine, Stephen | M.S. 1993 | The effects of small-patch clearcuts on the forest-interior bird community in the Green Mountain National Forest, Vermont |
| Knoedler, Thomas | M.S. 1993 | Maternal aggression toward conspecific males as a function of litter age in Peromyscus leucopus |
| Jacquot, Joseph *** | M.S. 1994 | Proximal factors influencing natal dispersal in Peromyscus leucopus |
| Yang, Kiwon | M.S.-II 1994 | Non thesis |
| Madaras, Keith | M.S. 1994 | Comparison of carcass disappearance rates among six bird species |
| Vick, Matt | M.S.-II 1995 | Non thesis |
| Robinson, Kathryn** | Ph.D. 1995 | Clutch size, double brooding, and nest defense in the house wren (Troglodytes aedon) |
| Hull, Cynthia | M.S. 1995 | Habitat selection and agonistic behavior in white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) |
| Oleksyk, Taras | M.S. 1995 | Influence of the short-tailed shrew on the foraging behavior of the white-footed mouse |
| McKenna, Rebecca | M.S. 1997 | The dynamics of botfly infestations in white-footed mice |
| Carpenter, Thomas | Ph.D. 1997 | Foraging ecology of the American Kestrel |
| Lewellen, Ruth* | Ph.D. 1997 | New approaches for analyzing long term data sets: factors affecting Peromyscus population fluctuations |
| Bruseo, Joeseph** | Ph.D. 1998 | Resource partitioning in syntopic Peromyscus |
| Krueger, Stephen | M.S. 1998 | Underwater communication in hippopotamus |
* Recipient of National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
** Shanklin Award Winner; *** Shanklin Award Runnerup