{"id":2,"date":"2021-12-17T17:30:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T12:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dearborn-lab\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-01-14T12:17:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T17:17:41","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dearborn-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>Don Dearborn<\/strong> is an evolutionary biologist in the Biology Department at Bates College. Working at research sites on remote islands and in Central America, the Middle East, and New Zealand, he has explored how evolution shapes host-parasite interactions and animal behavior. His research on wild animal populations sometimes conveniently intersects with his love of trail running, whitewater kayaking, and mountain biking. A native of North Carolina, he lives in Lewiston, Maine, with his wife and daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NOTE<\/strong>: <strong>As of summer 2022, I am serving as Associate Dean of Faculty and am not currently teaching or mentoring research students.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dearborn-lab\/files\/2022\/01\/dcd-acadia-2.webp\" alt=\"Don Dearborn\" class=\"wp-image-71\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CURRENT POSITIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Associate Dean of Faculty<\/a>, Bates College<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biology<\/a>, Bates College<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Senior Editor,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aoucospubs.org\/loi\/tauk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ornithology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PREVIOUS POSITIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sabbatical Fellow, <a href=\"https:\/\/roux.northeastern.edu\/\">Roux <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/roux.northeastern.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Institute<\/a> of Northeastern University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interim Director,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/kent-island\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bowdoin Scientific Station on Kent Island<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Affiliated Scientist, Cardiff University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visiting Scholar, Kenyon College<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visiting Scientist, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (<a href=\"https:\/\/nescent.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NESCent<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chair, Biology Department, Bates College<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Associate Professor &amp; Herbert L. Spencer Chair, Bucknell University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sabbatical Visitor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.auckland.ac.nz\/en\/science\/about-the-faculty\/school-of-biological-sciences.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Auckland<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sabbatical Visitor, <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalzoo.si.edu\/center-for-conservation-genomics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Smithsonian Institution<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lady Davis Fellow, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bio.huji.ac.il\/en\/departments_ecology_evolution_behavior_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hebrew University of Jerusalem<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assistant Professor, Bucknell University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visiting Assistant Professor, Southwestern University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EDUCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Postdoctoral Associate, University of Texas, Mike Ryan &amp; Ulrich Mueller<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Postdoctoral Fellow, Ohio State University, Patty Parker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PhD Biology, University of Missouri (1997), John Faaborg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BS Biology, University of North Carolina (1990), Haven Wiley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don Dearborn is an evolutionary biologist in the Biology Department at Bates&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":590,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dearborn-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dearborn-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dearborn-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dearborn-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/590"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dearborn-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dearborn-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":393,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dearborn-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dearborn-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}