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Dale, Robert

Professor - Psychology
Psychology

rdale@butler.edu
317/940-9849

Jordan Hall - 298
MWRF 10-11AM; by appt.

Academic/Professional/Personal Focus

Areas of Expertise
Animal behavior; learning; history of psychology

Contributions: (published works or studies, conference presentations)
Kowalski, N.L., Dale, R.H.I., & Mazur, L.H. (in press). A survey of the management and development of captive African elephant (Loxodonta africana) calves: birth to three months of age. Zoo Biology. 16 pages.

Dale, R. H. I. (2008). The spatial memory of African elephants (Loxodonta africana): Durability, interference, and response biases. In N.K. Innis (Ed.), Reflections on adaptive behavior: Essays in honor of J. E. R. Staddon. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. pp. 143-169.

Hutchinson, J. R., Schwerda, D., Famini, D. J., Dale, R.H.I., Fischer, M. S., & Kram, R. (2006). The locomotor kinematics of Asian and African elephants: changes with speed and size. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 209, 3812-3827.

Butler Assignment (classes or work duties)

Professor of psychology

Courses:

Introduction to psychology, learning, history of psychology, evolutionary psychology (seminar), psychology of religion (seminar), experimental psychology

Personal Hobbies
Soccer, golf, yoga, music

Education/Experience

Education/Degrees
Ph.D., 1979, Experimental Psychology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.

Professional Credentials
Research Associate, The Indianapolis Zoological Society, Inc.

Awards/Honors
Natural Sciences and Engineering Post-doctoral Fellowship(Canada). Position held 1979-1981 at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Rhodes Scholarship, 1971 (Bermuda)

Association Memberships (professional/educational)
Association for Psychological Science; Animal Behavior Society; Elephant Managers Association

Professional Experience
1999-present: professor, Psychology Department, Butler University; 1996-2002, head, Psychology Department, Butler University; 1989-1999, Associate Professor, Psychology Department, Butler University; 1987-1989, Associate Professor, The University of Southeastern Louisiana, LA, USA; 1982-1987 Assistant Professor, The University of Southeastern Louisiana, LA, USA; 1981-1982, Visiting Assistant Professor, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.