Personal
Academic Training
1977-1978: University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Dr. Joseph C. Daniel, Jr. and the Biology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge.
1973-1977: University of Idaho, Moscow; Ph.D. in Zoology. Dissertation: Ovarian control of implantation in the ferret (Mustela furo).
1971-1973: University of Idaho, Moscow, M.S. in Zoology. Thesis: Nidation in the western spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius latifrons): The role of luteinizing hormone from the anterior pituitary.
1968-1971: University of Montana, Missoula; B.A. in Zoology (Honors).
1967-1968: Washington University, St. Louis; Requirements toward B.A.1966-
1967: University of Missouri, St. Louis; Requirements toward B.A.
Professional Experience
May 2013: Retired to Emeritus status
July, 1992 to Present: Professor of Biology and Wildlife Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana.
September, 1998 - Present: Adjunct Professor of Biology, Montana State University.
September, 1998 to August, 2000: Program Director - Organismal Biology and Ecology Program - Division of Biological Sciences. [27 Faculty, 43 Graduate Students];
July, 1986 to June, 1992: Associate Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana.
January, 1984 to June, 1986: Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana.
July, 1979 to December, 1983: Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island.
September, 1978 to June, 1979: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee.
September, 1977 to August, 1978: Hilton Smith Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee.
September, 1974 to May, 1977: Teaching Assistant, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.
September, 1971 to August, 1974: NDEA Pre-doctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.
June, 1971 to August, 1971: Teaching Assistant, University of Montana Biological Station, Yellow Bay, Flathead Lake, Bigfork, Montana.
Professional Service
Membership in Professional Societies:
American Society of Mammalogists
The Wildlife Society
Have served on many professional committees at the regional and national level.
Local Committee Chair for the 81st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists.
Associate Editor - Ursus
Selected Presentations of Scientific Papers:
Foresman, K.R., and M. Krebs. Pre-assessment of Wildlife Movement Patterns in a forested habitat prior to highway development - Priortizing methods for data collection to couple local and landscape information for the development of statistical models. ICOET Annual Meetings, Little Rock, Arkansas, August 2007.
Foresman,K. R., and Moran, J. - Small mammal use of modified culverts on the Lolo South Project of Western Montana – An up-date. International Conference on Ecology & Transportation. August, 2003; Lake Placid, New York.
Foresman, K. R. - Small mammal use of modified culverts on the Lolo South project of western Montana. International Conference on Ecology and Transportation. September, 2001; Keystone, Colorado.
Badyaev, A., and K. R. Foresman - Developmental stability and the environment: Why aresome species better indicators of stress than others? Society for the Study of Evolution June, 2001.
Dullum, J. L. D., K. R. Foresman, and R. Matchett. Evaluating effective group release size, population growth, and survival rate of translocated black-tailed prairie dogs on the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, Montana. 81st National meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Missoula, MT, June 2001.
Dullum, J. L. D., and K. R. Foresman. Efficacy of translocations for restoring populations of black-tailed prairie dogs in north-central Montana. Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Bozeman, Montana March 2001.
Ivan, J., and K. R. Foresman. Effectiveness of carbon-sooted aluminum track plates for detecting American marten. Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Bozeman, Montana March2000.
Foresman, K. R. Evaluating methods for detecting carnivores. Bitterroot Ecosystem Management Research Symposium - Fauna Research. March 2000.
Foresman, K. R., and C. B. Henderson. Effect of habitat disturbance and forest fragmentation on soricid communities. Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Bozeman, Montana, March, 1999.
Ivan, J., and K. R. Foresman. Effectiveness of carbon-sooted aluminum track plates for detecting American marten. Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Bozeman, Montana, March, 1999.Dullum, J. L. D., and K. R. Foresman. Recolonization of black-tailed prairie dogs in southern Phillips County, Montana. Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Bozeman, Montana, March, 1999.Badyaev, A. V., C. T.
Fiumara, and K. R. Foresman. Effects of environmental stress on interaction between morphological integration and developmental stability. Joint Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists, and the American Society of Naturalists. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. June, 1998.
Henderson, C. B., and K. R. Foresman. - Spatial and temporal dynamics of vertebratecommunities in managed forest stands in Montana. Invited talk: The Wildlife Society 2nd Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon. Sept. 1995:
Participation on Panels or Symposia:
Invited Speaker - Northern Rocky Mountain Branch of AALAS 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting; Title: Explorations in Wildlife Research: Montana and abroad. Flathead Lake Biological Station, May 2008.
Invited Speaker - Ugyen Wangchuk Environmental & Forestry Institute and Thrumshingla National Park; Title: Training on mammal population assessment techniques. RNR-RC Conference Hall, Jakar, Bhutan, January 2008.
Invited Speaker - International Symposium on the Biogeography and Systematics of Mammals of East Asia. Title: Soricid shrews: a species model to study evolutionary significance of stress-induced variation in morphology. Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan. November 29-30, 2004. (with A. V. Badyaev.)
Invited Speaker - International Symposium on Biodiversity and Its Development on Agricultural Technology. Title: Maintenance of Healthy Faunal Diversity/biodiversity in Grassland and Forested Habitats of Montana. National Pingtung University and Technology Institute, Pingtung, Taiwan, December 3-5, 2004.
Invited Speaker - International Colloquium on the Biology of the Soricidae, II. Powdermill Biological Station, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pennsylvania. October, 2002. Title: Developmental instability and the environment: why are some species better indicators of stress than others? (With A. V. Badyaev).
Invited Speaker and Panelist - "A Perspectives on the West" - Teller Wildlife Refuge, Corvallis, MT., June 2001 (with Stephen E. Ambrose and Marshall E. Bloom).
Invited Speaker - Symposium on The Bitterroot Ecosystem Management Research Project, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT., March 2000.
Invited Speaker - Biodiversity and Landscape Management Symposium - Organized by Montana Department of Natural Resource Conservation, June, 1997.
Invited Speaker - Washington Forest Service Carnivore Conference - Yakima, Washington. April, 1997.
Invited Speaker - Idaho Forest Service Carnivore Conference - Priest Lake, Idaho. 1996.
Invited Speaker - Montana Forest Service Carnivore Conference - Kalispell, Montana. 1996.
Invited Speaker - International Colloquium on the Biology of the Soricidae, Powdermill Biological Station, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pennsylvania. October, 1990. Title: Comparative fetal development in the Soricidae.
Invited Speaker - International Symposium on Delayed Implantation and Embryonic Diapause held February 3 7, 1980, in Thredbo, in Kosciusko National Park, NSW, Australia. Title: Reproductive biology of the American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) with special emphasis on the hormonal pattern during delayed implantation and the appearance of pregnancy specific plasma proteins during embryonic development.