March Mammal Madness
The official home for March Mammal Madness tournament information and resources! If you're learning, you're winning!
March Mammal Madness team 2013-2026
Editor in Chief
Katie Hinde, Arizona State University
Deputy Editor
Chris Anderson, Dominican University
Art Director
Charon Henning, Scientific Illustrator
Scientist-Narrators
- Chris Anderson, Dominican University
- Alyson Brokaw, Texas A&M University
- Tara Chestnut, Mount Rainier National Park, NPS
- Patrice Connors, Colorado Mesa University
- Mauna Dasari, Notre Dame University
- Josh Drew, State University of New York Syracuse
- Lara Durgavich, Tufts University
- Yara Haridy, Museum für Naturkunde
- Anne Hilborn, University of California- Riverside
- Katie Hinde, Arizona State University
- Marc Kissel, Appalachian State University
- Danielle Lee, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
- Kristi Lewton, University of Southern California
- Jessica Light, Texas A&M University
- Asia Murphy, Penn State University
- Brian Tanis, Oregon State University
- Jo Varner, Colorado Mesa University
- Kwasi Wrensford, UC Berkeley
Artists
- Mary Casillas, Scientific Illustrator
- Charon Henning, Scientific Illustrator
- Will Nickley, Graphic Designer
- Olivia Pellicer, Scientific Illustrator
- Valeria Pellicer, Scientific Illustrator
- Cyn Rudzis, Artist
Genetics
- Eduardo Amorim, University of Lausanne
- Elinor Karlsson, University of Massachusetts Boston & Broad Institute
- Anne Stone, Arizona State University
- Nate Upham, Arizona State University
- Fernando Villanea, University of Colorado-Boulder
- Jesse Weber, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Melissa Wilson, Arizona State University
Official Bluesky account
- Connor Fox, Oak Park & River Forest High School
- Emma Willocks, Brown University
Sports summaries
- Margaret Janz, Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
- Jason Krell, Arizona State University
- Kate Lesciotto, Pennsylvania State University
- Jessica Martin, Arizona State University
LibGuide
- Anali Maughan Perry, Arizona State University
- Debbie Flitner, Arizona State University
- Karalyn Ostler, Arizona State University
- Olivia Sparks, Arizona State University
Spanish translation
Alejandra Nuñez-de la Mora, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa
Educator materials
- Katie Hinde, Arizona State University
- Stephanie Schuttler, NC Museum of Natural Sciences
- Jenna Kissel, Education Engagement Coordinator
Video recaps
- MC Marmot & The Rodent Roundtable
- The Roundup:
- Charon Henning, video editor
- Katie Hinde, Arizona State University
- Kirk Manegold, Arizona State University
- Kathryn Claypool, Arizona State University
- Matthew Harp, Arizona State University
- Sierra Schuman, Arizona State University
- William Yates, Arizona State University
ASU faculty
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Katie Hinde, PhD.
Dr. Katie Hinde, earned a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Washington in 1999, a Ph.D. in Anthropology from UCLA in 2008, was a post-doctoral scholar in Neuroscience in the Brain, Mind, and Behavior Unit, California National Primate Research Center, UC Davis from 2009-2011, and served as an Assistant Professor in Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University.
In addition to dozens of peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, Hinde co-edited “Building Babies: Primate Developmental Trajectories in Proximate and Ultimate Perspective” released by Springer in 2013. Hinde is an associate editor and writer for SPLASH! Milk Science Update, executive council member for the International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation and showcases research on mother’s milk, breastfeeding and lactation for the general public, clinicians and researchers at her blog “Mammals Suck… Milk!” or follow on Bluesky. -
Anne Stone, PhD.
Anne Stone is Regents' Professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University. Her specialization and main area of interest is anthropological genetics. Currently, her research focuses on population history and understanding how humans and the great apes have adapted to their environments, including their disease and dietary environments. She has been a Fulbright Fellow (1992-93) and a Kavli Scholar (2007), elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2011), elected to the National Academy of Sciences (2016) and selected as a Regents' Professor in 2016. She has served on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology and the Journal of Human Evolution, and currently serves as a senior editor of Molecular Biology and Evolution.
After completing her Ph.D., Dr. Stone received a National Institutes of Health NRSA Post-doctoral fellowship to work with Dr. Michael Hammer at the University of Arizona. Before joining the faculty at ASU in 2003, Dr. Stone taught at the University of New Mexico.