Kimberly J. Bolyard, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology

Dr. Bolyard started at Bridgewater College in the fall of 2007. She received a B.A. in international studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a B.A. in biology from Indiana University at Bloomington. She earned a Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology from Indiana University. Dr. Bolyard teaches courses in ecology, evolution, animal behavior, and non-majors biology.

Her research interests focus on the proximate ecological causes of communication and reproduction in fishes and on how these behaviors may have evolved by sexual selection. Currently, she is investigating (1) male-male competition for territories among male Betta splendens fish and (2) the potential for competition for nests and mates among male Potomac sculpin (Cottus girardi).