Ph.D. – Texas Tech University – Wildlife Science
M.S. – Texas Tech University – Wildlife Science
B.S. – University of Rhode Island – Wildlife Biology and Management

Dr. Conway is an Assistant Professor who teaches several Wildlife Management courses at both graduate and undergraduate levels. He arrived at SFA in 2002 after completing his graduate work at Texas Tech University in the High Plains of Texas. He has experience in avian research from the Northeast US to Florida and west to Texas, working primarily on graduate and undergraduate research projects in a diversity of habitats and ecoregions. Dr. Conway received the 2005 Outstanding Educator award from the Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society (TWS) at its annual meeting in February.

Research

Currently, Dr. Conway is overseeing several graduate students who are involved in applied research examining wintering waterfowl ecology, American alligator habitat use, wading bird behavior, bald eagle nest site selection processes, constructed wetland ecology and maturation, and others. His research interests are varied, but share a commonality in blending applied wildlife science with theoretically sound ecological experimentation.

Teaching

FOR 152: Introduction to Wildlife Management
FOR 255: Forest Wildlife Management
FOR 335: Wildlife Portion of NonTimber Resources (Field Station)
FOR 454/564: Nongame Wildlife Ecology
FOR 464/564: Wetland Wildlife Management
FOR 464/564: Wildlife Population Ecology

Selected Publications

Conway, W.C., L.M. Smith, and J.D. Ray. 2005. Habitat use and nest site selection of shorebirds in the Playa Lakes Region. The Journal of Wildlife Management 69:174-184.

Davis, C.A., L.M. Smith, and W.C. Conway. 2005. Lipid reserves of migrant shorebirds during spring in playas of the Southern Great Plains. The Condor 107:459-464.

Conway, W. C., L. M. Smith, and J. D. Ray. (in press). Breeding biology of shorebirds nesting in wetlands of the Playa Lakes Region of Texas. Waterbirds.

Conway, W. C., J. K. Wickliffe, F. G. Hoffmann, R. J. Baker, and L. M. Smith. 2004. An improved PCR-based method for gender identification in birds. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Texas Tech University. Number 239.

Conway, W. C., L. M. Smith, and J. D. Ray. 2003. Breeding biology of a colony of interior least terns (Sterna antillarum athalassos) in Childress County, Texas. The Texas Journal of Science 55:49-58.