PUBLICATIONS
Crain C.A., Wittman T.A., Bhave R.S., Seears H.A., Reedy A.M., Kahrl A.F., Warner D.A., Cox R.M.
(2025). Parental age effects on offspring fitness in a wild population of a short-lived reptile, Journal
of Evolutionary Biology, voaf128.
Bhave, R. S., Seears, H. A., Reedy, A. M., Wittman, T. N., Robinson, C. D., & Cox, R. M. (2024).
Behavioral estimates of mating success corroborate genetic evidence for pre-copulatory
selection. Behavioral Ecology, 35(1), arad099.
Wittman, T. N., Carlson, T. A., Robinson, C. D., Bhave, R. S., & Cox, R. M. (2022). Experimental removal
of nematode parasites increases growth, sprint speed, and mating success in brown anole
lizards. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 337.
Kahrl, A.F., Kustra, M.C., Reedy, A.M., Bhave, R.S., Seears, H.A., Warner, D.A., Cox, R.M. Selection on Sperm Count, but Not on Sperm Morphology or Velocity, in a Wild Population of Anolis Lizards. Cells 2021, 10, 2369. Link to paper
Bhave R.S. (2021). Re-Framing Learning Goals through Assessments, Teaching Gradually: Practical Pedagogy for Graduate Students, by Graduate Students, Stylus Publishing (Book chapter) Link
Bhave R. S., Deodhar S., Isvaran K.(2017). Intrinsic Factors play a stronger role than extrinsic factors in modulating risk perception in a tropical lizard. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 71: 146. Link to pdf*
*Selected as Featured Student Research Paper
Presentations
Crouch K., Bhave R.S. (2025). Bridging Borders: Supporting International Students and Embracing global Perspectives. International Consortium of Education Developers (Salamanca, Spain)
Bhave R.S., Dawson, D., Brunow, B., Chan-Hilton, A. (2025). Everybody is a data person: Exploring your
data identity, November 2025. 50th Annual Professional and Organizational Development Conference,
(San Diego, CA)
Bhave R.S. (2025). Evaluating the impact of Long-term Professional Development on the adoption of
equity-minded teaching and assessment. Assessment Institute Conference (Indianapolis, IN)
Bhave R.S., Boyun K., Farrell, K.R., Henry, A. (2024). Invited Panelist on Student to Colleague:
Transitioning Directly from Graduate School to Centers for Teaching & Learning. 49th Annual
Professional and Organizational Development Conference (Chicago, IL)
Bhave R.S. Using popular science literature to spark curiosity in the classroom.
Talk presented at 8th Annual Innovations in Pedagogy Summit 2021,
Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Bhave R.S., Reedy A.M.R, Wittman T.W., Cox R.M., Copulatory transfer of fluorescent powder indicates sexual selection for larger body size in brown anoles
Poster presented at Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology - 2020, Austin, TX
Reedy A.M.R, Seears H.A., Kahrl A.F.K., Wittman T.W., Bhave R.S., Warner D.A., Cox R.M., Schwartz T., Sex-specific mortality and senescence in a wild population of brown anole lizards
Poster presented at Joint SSE-ASN Meeting Evolution - 2019, Providence, RI
Bhave R., Reedy A.M.R, Seears H.A., Kahrl A.F.K., Cox R.M., Do dorsal pattern morphs differ in morphology, selection and survival in Anolis Sagrei females?
Talk presented at Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology - 2018, San Francisco, CA
Poster presented at Huskey Research Exhibition, University of Virginia - 2017
Bhave R.S., Deodhar S., Isvaran K., Flight or Fight: Optimal Escape Decisions in Psammophilus dorsalis
Poster presented at National Conference on Ethology and Evolution (NCEE) - 2015
Bhave R.S., Deodhar S., Isvaran K., Personality along the boldness shyness axis in a wild population of Psammophilus dorsalis
Talk presented at India-Behaviour Ecology and Evolution (I-BEE) 2016 and
National Conference on Ethology and Evolution (NCEE) – 2015
