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Dr. Andrew Coleman

Assistant Professor, Biology
Email:
acoleman@talladega.edu

Dr. Andrew Coleman has been an assistant professor of biology at Talladega College since August 2019. He serves as faculty advisor for the College’s Biology Club and implemented a study abroad trip to Belize where students participate in field work and visit important ecological and cultural sites.

Previously Dr. Coleman taught at Hueytown High School in Hueytown, Alabama, Jefferson State Community College, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Lawson State Community College, and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. He also served as program and science director at Alabama Audubon and was a senior research scientist at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport, Mississippi.

Dr. Coleman earned a B.S. in Biology from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa; an M.S. in Biology from Appalachian State University, an M.S. in Environmental Sciences and Policy from Johns Hopkins University, and a Ph.D. in Biology from University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Dr. Coleman has authored and co-authored numerous articles including:

  • Andrew T. Coleman (2023). Predation of turtles by bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in the southeastern United States. Food Webs submitted for review.
  • James Godwin, Andrew T. Coleman, Craig Guyer (2023). Distribution and status of the alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) in Alabama. Southeastern Naturalist 22:109-125.
  • Anjolaoluwa Lawani, Cathy Holmes, Terra Throgmorton, and Andrew T. Coleman (2022). Incidental capture of immature green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at a fishing pier in northwest Florida. Marine Turtle Newsletter 165:12-14.
  • Andrew T. Coleman (2020). Urban turtle project: Documenting the demography and ecology of an urban population of Alabama map turtles (Graptemys pulchra). Chelonian Conservation and Biology 19:283–290.
  • Melissa Cook, Victoria S. Dunch, and Andrew T. Coleman (2020). An interview-based approach to assess angler practices and sea turtle captures on Mississippi fishing pier. Frontiers in Marine Science 14: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00655
  • Andrew T. Coleman, Jonathan L. Pitchford, Helen Bailey, and Moby Solangi (2016). Seasonal movements of immature Kemp’s ridleys (Lepidochelys kempii) in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 27:253–267.
  • Andrew T. Coleman, Eric E. Pulis, Jonathan L. Pitchford, Kristin Croker, Andrew Heaton, Alicia Carron, Wendy Hatchett, Delphine Shannon, Frank Austin, Martha Dalton, Connie Clemons-Chevis, and Moby Solangi (2016). Population ecology and rehabilitation of incidentally captured Kemp’s ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) in the Mississippi Sound. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 11:253–264.
  • Jonathan L. Pitchford, Victoria A. Howard, Jamie K. Shelley, Billie J.S. Serafin, Andrew T. Coleman, and Moby Solangi (2015). Predictive spatial modelling of seasonal bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) distributions in the Mississippi Sound. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 26:289–306.
  • Andrew T. Coleman, Taylor Roberge, Thane Wibbels, Ken Marion, David Nelson, and John Dindo (2014). Size-based mortality of adult female diamond-backed terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) in blue crab traps in a Gulf of Mexico population. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 13:140–145.
  • Andrew T. Coleman, Thane Wibbels, Ken Marion, Taylor Roberge, David Nelson, and John Dindo (2014). Dispersal behavior of diamond-backed terrapin post-hatchlings. Southeastern Naturalist 13:572–586.
  • Redwood W. Nero, Melissa Cook, Andrew T. Coleman, Moby Solangi, and Robert Hardy (2013). Using an ocean model to predict likely drift tracks of sea turtle carcasses in the north central Gulf of Mexico Endangered Species Research 21:191–203.
  • Jonathan L. Pitchford, Billie Jo Stevens Serafin, Delphine Shannon, Andrew T. Coleman, and Moby Solangi (2013). An analysis of historical bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) strandings in the Mississippi Sound, USA using classification and regression tress (CART). Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 13:201–209.
  • Andrew T. Coleman (2013). Evidence of long-distance homing in a displaced juvenile Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) Marine Turtle Newsletter 137:10–12.
  • Heidi Lyn, Andrew Coleman, Megan Broadway, Jamie Klaus, Shannon Finerty, Delphine Shannon, and Moby Solangi (2012). Displacement and site fidelity of rehabilitated immature Kemp’s ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii). Marine Turtle Newsletter 135:10–13.
  • Andrew T. Coleman, Thane Wibbels, Ken Marion, David Nelson, and John Dindo (2011). Effect of bycatch reduction devices (BRDs) on the capture of diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) in crab pots in an Alabama salt marsh. Alabama Academy of Science 82:145–157.