Rate My Professor Jay Mager

Jay Mager is Professor of Biological Sciences at Ohio Northern University. He holds a BA from Hiram College, an MS from Miami University, and a PhD from Cornell University. In his role, Mager teaches a broad range of undergraduate courses in biology and related fields, 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. These courses reflect his expertise in ecology, ornithology, and animal behavior.

Mager's research specializations encompass the behavioral ecology of birds, applied to conservation and management, with a particular emphasis on Common Loons (Gavia immer). His 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. Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative; 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. Additionally, 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.