General Info

Dr. Jeri Kersten Mendelson began her professional career as a field wildlife biologist with a degree from the University of Wyoming. Her wildlife jobs took her to Wyoming, Northeastern Thailand and Eastern Oregon where she worked for the Ochoco National Forest. After leaving the Forest Service she attended the University of Oregon where she received a masterâ??s degree studying bat echolocation. It was at the U of O where she met her husband, Bruce. For the next several years, she followed him to Northwestern University, University of Pittsburgh and finally to the University of Arkansas.