{"id":66,"date":"2010-01-28T16:18:26","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T21:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.umaine.edu\/wle\/faculty-staff-directory\/aram-j-k-calhoun\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T13:12:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T18:12:00","slug":"aram-j-k-calhoun","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/faculty-staff-directory\/emeriti-retired-faculty\/aram-j-k-calhoun\/","title":{"rendered":"Calhoun, Aram J.K."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aram J.K. Calhoun<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"183\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2021\/11\/images.jpg\" alt=\"Aram Calhoun standing in vernal pool.\" class=\"wp-image-9198\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover;width:259px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2021\/11\/images.jpg 183w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2021\/11\/images-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2021\/11\/images-93x140.jpg 93w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,183px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Professor Emerita of Wetlands Ecology<br>Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology<br>calhoun@maine.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Calhoun joined the faculty of the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology in September 2007, with research interests in vernal pool ecology and conservation and wetland ecology. Before coming to the Department, Dr. Calhoun was an Associate Professor for the Department of Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences from 1998-2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Calhoun is active in community-based local conservation of vernal pools and landscape scale approaches to conservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Calhoun received an A.B. from Brown University in 1981; M.A. in Education from RI College in 1985; M.S. in Natural Resources Science, Wetland Ecology from the University of RI in 1989; and a Ph.D. from the University of Maine in 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>* Dr. Calhoun is no longer accepting graduate students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a title=\"Maine Vernal Pool Project\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vernalpools.me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maine Vernal Pool Project<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aram J.K. 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