Gisela Kaplan

AM
EducationMonash University BA(Hons), DipEd, MA, PhD (1984)
University of Queensland PhD(Vet.Sc.) (2005)
Known forResearch in vocal behaviour, animal communication and cognition
Scientific career
FieldsEthology, ornithology, primatology
InstitutionsMonash University,
University of New England
Theses
  • The Politics of Survival (a critical study in Sociology of Literature) (1984)
  • The Vocal Behaviour of Australian Magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen) (2005)
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Gisela Kaplan AM FRSN is an Australian ethologist who primarily specialises in ornithology and primatology. She is a professor emeritus in animal behaviour at the University of New England, Australia,[1] and also honorary professor of the Queensland Brain Institute.[2]

Academic career

Kaplan graduated from Monash University with a Doctor of Philosophy.[1]

She published her first book with Clive Kessler, Hannah Arendt: Thinking, Judging, Freedom in 1989,[3] followed by Contemporary Western European Feminism in 1990.[4] In 2005, she submitted a second thesis, titled Vocal behaviour of Australian magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen).[5]

In 2011, Kaplan was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science by the University of New England.[6] In 2015, she was conferred honorary fellow of the American Ornithological Society.[7] The following year, she was awarded the status of emeritus professor by the University of New England.[8] She also received the Whitley Award in Behavioural Zoology for her book Bird Minds in 2017.[9]

She has given interviews for ABC Radio.[10]

In March 2021 Kaplan was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales.[11] She was appointed an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia in the 2024 Australia Day Honours for her "significant service to science education through research into animal behaviour".[12]

Personal life

In the 1990s, she began hand-raising and rehabilitating native birds, which she continues to do in her spare time.[13]

Publications

Kaplan has published over 250 research articles and 23 books in total; since 2000 predominantly focussing on animal vocal behaviour, communication and cognition specifically in birds and primates.[1]

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Books

Selected book chapters

References

  1. ^ a b c "Staff profile: G Kaplan". University of New England. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Staff Directory – Professor Gisela Kaplan". Queensland Brain Institute / University of Queensland. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  3. ^ Kaplan, Gisela T.; Kessler, Clive S. (1989). Hannah Arendt: Thinking, Judging, Freedom. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-0049201095.
  4. ^ Kaplan, Gisela (21 March 2014). Contemporary Western European Feminism. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415752213.
  5. ^ a b "2005 Thesis by Gisela Kaplan". Trove – National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Honorary Degree Recipients since 1955 and Emeritus Professor Awardees since 1964". University of New England. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Results of AOU Elections, 2015". Ornithology Exchange – American Ornithological Society. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Emeritus Professor Gisela Kaplan". University of New England – Staff Directory. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Whitley Awards – Commendation Awards". Royal Zoological Society of NSW. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Talking magpies, grieving tawny frogmouths and canny galahs". ABC. Australian Broadasting Corporation. 8 November 2019.
  11. ^ "1292nd Ordinary General Meeting" (PDF). The Royal Society of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Emeritus Professor Gisela Kaplan [H]". Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Talking magpies, grieving tawny frogmouths and canny galahs – Gisela Kaplan in conversation with Sarah Kanowski". 8 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.

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