Heather Williams (biologist)

Heather Williams
Born	1955 (age 69–70) Spokane, Washington
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Bowdoin College Rockefeller University
Scientific career
Fields	Ornithology
Institutions	Williams College

Heather Williams (born 1955 in Spokane, Washington) is an American ornithologist and professor at Williams College since 1988. ^{[1] [2]} As of October 2025, she is the Visiting Professor of Neuroscience and William Dwight Whitney Professor of Biology, Emerita at Williams. ^[3] She graduated from Bowdoin College with an A.B. in biology in 1977, from Rockefeller University with a Ph.D. in neuroscience in 1985, and was postdoctoral fellow, Field Research Center. She was a 1993 MacArthur Fellow. Williams' most notable work highlights bird song data ^[4] gathered on Kent Island, also known as the "Bowdoin Science Station".

Works

• Zeigler, Harris Philip; Marler, Peter (2004). Behavioral Neurobiology of Birdsong. New York Academy of Sciences. ISBN   978-1-57331-472-5. OCLC   55078517.
• Williams, Heather; Scharf, Andrew; Ryba, Anna R.; Ryan Norris, D.; Mennill, Daniel J.; Newman, Amy E. M.; Doucet, Stéphanie M.; Blackwood, Julie C. (11 July 2022). "Cumulative cultural evolution and mechanisms for cultural selection in wild bird songs". Nature Communications. 13 (1): 4001. Bibcode:2022NatCo..13.4001W. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31621-9. PMC   9276793 . PMID   35821243.

References

1. "Williams Biology Faculty and Staff Williams". Archived from the original on 2010-12-30. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
2. "She knows why the caged bird sings Heather Williams studies the secrets of bird song", The Boston Globe, M. R. Montgomery, August 26, 1993
3. "Heather Williams". Biology. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
4. "The (Bird) Song Does Not Remain the Same". Kent Island. Retrieved 2022-09-28.

External links

• "Bird Song Discoveries May Lead To Refinement Of Darwinian Theory". ScienceDaily (Press release). Williams College. 31 January 2009.
• Essel Program, Annual Report 2002
• Notable women in the life sciences: a biographical dictionary, Editors Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara Smith Shearer, Greenwood Press, 1996, ISBN   978-0-313-29302-3