Renee Ha, Ph.D.
Teaching Professor
Advising:
Not accepting new graduate students in 2025-2026.
Interests: Foraging, Evolution of Social Behavior in Corvids & Primates, Conservation Biology, Molecular Genetics
Links:
- February 24, 2022 Psychology PhD alum Kelsey McCune's research was published in science journal Nature
- October 10, 2018 Renee Ha’s work to save Mariana crows was featured in UW News
- September 5, 2017 Jim Ha and Renee Ha received the Continuing Education Outstanding Credit Program Award from the National University and Professional and Continuing Education Association.
- June 11, 2015 Renee Ha and her lab’s research on Mariana crows was featured in Bird Conservation International. The journal cover photo art was of their special crow!.
- September 10, 2014 One of Renee Ha's graduate students, Sarah Faegre, was mentioned in an article, in the Saipan Tribune, about her work on Mariana crows and their release from Rota.
- April 30, 2014 Lindsey Nietmann just got an American Ornithologists’ Union Research Award for her work on predator recognition in birds.
- January 29, 2014 An article was recently published in the Saipan Tribune about the Rota Avian Behavioral Ecology Program, which is run by Renee Ha.
- May 29, 2013 Kelsey McCune just received an American Association for the Advancement of Science Pacific Division Student Grant Award for her project "Social Versus Physical Cognition in Three Corvid Species".
- April 3, 2013 Kelsey McCune has received a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship for three years of support.
- January 7, 2011 Renee and Jim Ha's paper "Without intervention, Mariana crow to become extinct in 75 years," written for Bird Conservation International, has been picked up by multiple media sources,
- November 14, 2005 Renee Ha was a featured speaker at the recent interdisciplinary UW Conservation Colloquium.
- March 11, 2003 Crows alter their thieving behavior when dealing with kin, other birds
- December 10, 2001 A little larceny comes naturally to northwestern crows
- Leo, B.T., Anderson, J.J., Ha, R.R., Phillips, R.B. 2016. Home Range Estimates of Feral Cats (Felis catus) on Rota Island and Determining Asymptotic Convergence. Pacific Science 70(3): pages TBD.
- Leo, B.T., Anderson, J.J., Ha, R.R., Ha, J., Phillips, R.B. Modeling the control of invasive predators for critically endangered species. Submitted.
- Sussman, A., Ha, R.R., Henry, H. 2015. Evaluating the Attitudes, Knowledge and Practices Affecting Endangered Birds and the Potential for a Landowners Incentive Program on Rota, CNMI. Oryx Available on doi:10.1017/S0030605313000884, pages 1-8.
- Zarones, L., Sussman, A., Morton, J.M., Plentovich, S., Faegre, S. Aguon, C., Amar, A, Ha, R.R. 2014. Population Status And Nesting Success Of The Critically Endangered Aga Or Mariana Crow (Corvus Kubaryi) On Rota, Northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia. Bird Conservation International Available on CJO 2014 doi:10.1017/S0959270914000045, pages 1 – 14.
- Zarones, L., Colon, M.R., Ha, R.R., Ha, J.C. 2013. Effects of foliage-invertebrate availability and forest structure on the abundance of the critically endangered Rota White-eye Zosterop rotensis in Rota, Mariana Islands.Bird Conservation International, 23: 454-462. DOI: http://dx.doi.org.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/10.1017/S0959270912000470, Published online: 10 April 2013.
- Ha, J.C., Buckley, J., Ha, R.R. 2012. The potential for typhoon impact on bird populations on the island of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands. Micronesica 43: 214-224.
- Zarones, L., Colon, M.R., Ha, R.R., Ha, J.C. 2012. Effects of foliage-invertebrate availability and forest structure on the abundance of the critically endangered Rota White-eye Zosterop rotensis in Rota, Mariana Islands. Bird Conservation International 23: 454-462.
- Ha, R.R, Morton, J.M., Ha, J.C., Berry, L., Plentovich, S. 2011. Nest site selection and consequences for reproductive success of the endangered Mariana crow (Corvus kubaryi). Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 123: 236-242.
- Ha, R.R., Ha, J.C. 2011. Integrative Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences. SAGE Publishing.
- Crockett, C.M., Ha, R.R. 2010. Data collection in the zoo setting, emphasizing behavior. In: Wild Mammals in Captivity, 2nd Edition. Eds: D.Kleiman, M. Allen, K. Thompson & S. Lumpkin. Chicago University Press.
- Ha, J.C., Butler, A., Ha, R.R. 2010. Reduction of first-year survival threatens the viability of the Mariana crow Corvus kubaryi on Rota, CNMI. Bird Conservation International 20, 1-9.
- Ha, R.R. 2010. Cost-benefit analysis in animal behavior. In Breed M.D. and Moore J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, pp. 402-405. Oxford: Academic Press.
- McNulty, J.A., Ha, R.R., Kyes, R.C., Iskandar, E. 2008. Forest structure at a primate natural habitat breeding facility after fifteen years of operation. Jurnal Primatologi Indonesia 5:2-8.
- Ha, R.R., Bentzen, P., Marsh, J., Ha, J.C. 2003. Kinship and association in social foraging northwestern crows (Corvus caurinus). Bird Behavior, 15, 65-75.
- Ha, R.R., Ha, J.C. 2003. Effects of prey type, prey density and energy requirements on the use of alternative foraging tactics in crows. Animal Behaviour, 66, 309-316.
- Ha, J., Ha, R.R., Almasy, J., Dyke, B. 2002. Genetics and caging type affect birth weight in captive pigtailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina). American Journal of Primatology, 56, 207-213.
- Robinette, R., Ha, J. 2001. Social and ecological factors influencing vigilance by northwestern crows (Corvus caurinus). Animal Behaviour, 62, 447-552.