Rate My Professor Jay Mager

Jay Mager is Professor of Biological Sciences at Ohio Northern University, located in Meyer Hall of Science 155. He earned his BA from Hiram College, MS from Miami University, and PhD from Cornell University. Mager teaches a range of undergraduate courses, including BIOL 1031: Life and Earth Sciences, BIOL 1201: Biology I, BIOL 1401: Biology II, BIOL 2511: Ecology: Theory and Applications, BIOL 2901: Special Topics: Natural History & Ecology of New Zealand, BIOL 3631: Ornithology, BIOL 3661: Environmental Research Methods, BIOL 3781: Behavioral Ecology, BIOL 3831: Animal Behavior, BIOL 3841: Animal Behavior Laboratory, and EXDS 2001: A Bird's-eye View of Global Environmental & Human Health.

His research interests focus on the behavioral ecology of birds and its application to conservation and management. Key publications include Speck, C.L., DiPietro Mager, N.A., and J.N. Mager. 2024. Ohio pharmacy interns’ perception of climate change and its impact on health. Innovations in Pharmacy 15: 1-9; Speck, C.L., DiPietro Mager, N.A., and J.N. Mager, III. 2023. Pharmacists’ perception of climate change and its impact on health. Journal of the American Pharmacists’ Association 63(4):1162-1167; Williams, K.A. et al. 2023. The Second Ohio All-bird Conservation Plan; Mager, J.N., Wade, B., Abts, S., and J. Paruk. 2022. Foraging patterns vary with degree of sociality among Common Loon (Gavia immer) overwintering on a freshwater lake. Canadian Field-Naturalist 136: 30-41; Paruk, J.D., Wade, B., Byrd, A., and J.N. Mager. 2021. Wintering Common Loons (Gavia immer) exhibit daily social behavior on Lake Jocassee, South Carolina. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 133: 326-333; and Paruk, J.D. et al. 2021. Common Loon (Gavia immer), version 3.0. In The Birds of North America. Mager serves as Book Review Editor for the American Ornithological Society and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Biodiversity Research Institute. He is the contact for the Keiser Distinguished Lectureship in Life Sciences.