Education
Ph.D. in Biology, Arizona State University
B.S. in Biology, University of North Carolina at Asheville

Teaching and Research Interests / Recent Publications or Scholarly Output
Dr. Holbrook leads the Department of Natural Sciences, teaches courses in biology (e.g., Principles of Biology, Conservation Biology, Animal Behavior, Invertebrate Natural History), and conducts research in ecology, evolution, and conservation with students and collaborators.

Selected Publications:

Forrest, T.G., J.A. Hamel, and C.T. Holbrook. 2025. Calling songs and duets of two new species in the Amblycorypha rotundifolia complex (Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae). Journal of Orthoptera Research 34(2):233-248. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.34.145640

Holbrook, C.T., C. Atkinson, J. Fountain, S. Knox, and J. Mackinnon. 2024. Ecological and educational impacts of a living shoreline on St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA. Georgia Journal of Science 82(2). https://digitalcommons.gaacademy.org/gjs/vol82/iss2/3/

Holbrook, C.T., P.M. Barden, and J.H. Fewell. 2011. Division of labor increases with colony size in the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus. Behavioral Ecology 22(5):90-96. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arr075

Petranka, J.W., E.M. Harp, C.T. Holbrook, and J.A. Hamel. 2007. Long-term persistence of amphibian populations in a restored wetland complex. Biological Conservation 138:271-380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2007.05.002