Moises Rivera

Graduate Research Assistant and Instructor

I am a doctoral student in Animal Behavior and Comparative Psychology at the Graduate Center, and instructor of Psychology at Hunter College, CUNY. I am currently conducting research at Columbia University to explore the effects of phylogenetic relatedness and song acoustic features on behavioral preference and discrimination of Estrildid finches.

Academic Interests

Animal Behavior

Behavioral Ecology

Cognitive Ecology

Neuroethology

Education

2018-Present – Doctor of Philosophy, Psychology (in progress) – The Graduate Center, CUNY, NY

2018 – Master of Arts, Psychology – Hunter College, NY

2012 – Bachelor of Science, Zoology – Auburn University, AL

2009 – Associate in Arts, Biology – Miami Dade College, FL

Positions

Instructor, Psychology, Hunter College