Dr. Evan Hill

Chairperson, Associate Professor

Office: COPH 320J   |    Phone: (308) 865-8241   |    Email: hillem@unk.edu

Dr. Evan Hill

Courses Regularly Taught

  • General Psychology (PSY 203)
  • Human Development (PSY 230)
  • Behavioral Statistics (PSY 250)
  • Learning and Conditioning (PSY 310)
  • Sensation and Perception (PSY 312)
  • Physiological Psychology (PSY 313)
  • Psychopharmacology (PSY 465)
  • Neuropsychology (PSY 470)

Research Interests

  • The origins and purpose of low-frequency auditory sensitivity in birds
  • Perception of auditory phenomena in non-human animals
  • Automation of behavioral research

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Selected Publications

Strawn, S., & Hill, E. (2020). Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) audiogram from 16 Hz to 8 kHz. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 206, 665-670.  

Howerter, D., Larson, J., & Hill, E. (2018). The Behavioral Effects of Oral Psychostimulant Ingestion on a Laboratory Rat Sample: An Undergraduate Research Experience. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 17(1), A72-80.  

Hill, E.M. (2017). Audiogram of the Mallard Duck (Anas platyrhynchos) from 16 Hz to 9 kHz. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 203, 929-934.  

Hill, E. M, Koay, G., Heffner, R.S., & Heffner, H. E. (2014). Audiogram of the chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) from 2 Hz to 9 kHz. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, doi: 10.1007/s00359-014-0929-8.

Heffner, H. E., Koay, G., Hill, E., & Heffner, R. S. (2013). Conditioned suppression/avoidance as a procedure for testing hearing in birds: The domestic pigeon (Columba livia). Behavior Research Methods, 45, 383-392.