KHS 52ND ANNUAL MEETING — PROGRAM
The 2025 KHS Annual Meeting is free and open to all interested persons
Support for the KHS through membership is appreciated (click Web Store, above). All times are Central Standard Time.
DoubleTree, 530 Richards Dr, Manhattan, Kansas
More details will be posted here as they are finalized (last updated 28 September 2025 0958).
FRIDAY— 7 NOVEMBER 2020
| 6:30-8:00 PM | Poster Session I |
| 8:00 – 10:00 PM | Social |
SATURDAY— 8 NOVEMBER 2020
| 7:30 AM | Registration — Dexter Mardis, KHS Treasurer, and Keith Geluso, KHS Secretary |
| 8:30 AM | Welcome — Kelly Kluthe, KHS President |
| 8:45-10:00 AM | Paper Session I – 5 presentations |
| 8:45-9:00 AM | Paper 1 – National PARC – 2025 and Beyond, Melissa Youngquist*, Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, Illinois |
| 9:00-9:15 AM | Paper 2 |
| 9:15-9:30 AM | Paper 3 |
| 9:30-9:45 AM | Paper 4 |
| 9:45-10:00 AM | Paper 5 |
| 10:00 -10:15 AM | Break |
| 10:15 -11:45 AM | Paper Session II – 6 presentations |
| 10:15-10:30 AM | Paper 6 |
| 10:30-10:45 AM | Paper 7 |
| 10:45-11:00 AM | Paper 8 |
| 11:00-11:15 AM | Paper 9 |
| 11:15-11:30 AM | Paper 10 |
| 11:30-11:45 AM | Paper 11 |
| 11:45 AM | Group Photograph |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch/Break |
| 1:15 – 2:45 PM | Paper Session III – 6 presentations |
| 1:15-1:30 PM | Paper 12 |
| 1:30-1:45 PM | Paper 13 |
| 1:45-2:00 PM | Paper 14 |
| 2:00-2:15 PM | Paper 15 |
| 2:15-2:30 PM | Paper 16 |
| 2:30-2:45 PM | Paper 17 |
| 2:45-3:00 PM | Break |
| 3:00 – 4:30 PM | Poster Session II (please have your posters up prior to the start time) |
| 4:30 PM | Dinner/Break |
| KHS Social, Awards, Keynote, and Auction (posters available for viewing) | |
| 6:00 PM | KHS Awards Ceremony — Daniel D. Fogell, KHS Awards Committee Chair |
| • Gann Scholarship for Women in Herpetology | |
| • Walter E. Meshaka, Jr. Award for Excellence in Ecology | |
| • Henry S. Fitch-Dwight R. Platt Award for Field Herpetology | |
| • Howard Kay Gloyd-Edward Harrison Taylor Scholarship | |
| • Alan H. Kamb Grant for Research on Kansas Snakes | |
| • George Toland Award for Ecological Research on North American Herpetofauna | |
| • Curtis J. Schmidt Award | |
| • Kenneth R. Brunson and Stanley D. Roth Grant | |
| • Bronze Salamander Award | |
| • The Suzanne L. and Joseph T. Collins Award for Excellence in Kansas Herpetology | |
| • The Joseph B. Slowinski Award for Excellence in Snake Systematics | |
| to follow | KHS Keynote — Edward Myers, Research Scientist, California Academy of Sciences |
| to follow | KHS Auction |
SUNDAY — 9 November 2020
| 8:30-10:00 AM | Paper Session IV – 6 presentations |
| 8:30-8:45 AM | Paper 18 |
| 8:45-9:00 AM | Paper 19 |
| 9:00-9:15 AM | Paper 20 |
| 9:15-9:30 AM | Paper 21 |
| 9:30-9:45 AM | Paper 22 |
| 9:45-10:00 AM | Paper 23 |
| 10:00 -10:15 AM | Break |
| 10:15 -noon PM | Paper Session V – 7 presentations |
| 10:15-10:30 AM | Paper 24 |
| 10:30-10:45 AM | Paper 25 |
| 10:45-11:00 AM | Paper 26 |
| 11:00-11:15 AM | Paper 27 |
| 11:15-11:30 AM | Paper 28 |
| 11:30-11:45 AM | Paper 29 |
| 11:45-12:00 AM | Paper 30 |
| noon | • George Toland Award for Ecological Research on North American Herpetofauna |
| • Dennis Ferraro Awards for North American Herpetofaunal Conservation | |
| to follow | KHS Business Meeting |
| • Introduction of KHS Officers and dignitaries by Kelly Kluthe | |
| • KHS Treasurer’s Report for 2025 by Dexter R. Mardis | |
| • KHS Secretary’s Report for 2025 by Keith Geluso | |
| • KHS Editor’s Report for 2025 by Travis W. Taggart | |
| • KHS Historian’s Report for 2025 by Suzanne L. Collins | |
| • KHS Media and Publicity Report for 2025 by Shania Burkhead-Harris | |
| • KHS Field Trips Report for 2025 by Jackson Roberts | |
| • Report on Plans for the 43rd Annual KHS Meeting in Wichita, Kansas, on 5-7 November 2026 by KHS President-Elect Thomas M. Luhring, Wichita State University. |
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| • Old Business | |
| • New Business | |
| Election of KHS Officers for 2026. The KHS Nominating Committee Chair, Lynnette Sievert (Emporia, KS), offers the following slate of candidates: |
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| • For President-Elect • TBD () | |
| • For Treasurer (unopposed) • Dexter R. Mardis (Wichita, KS) | |
| • For Secretary (unopposed) • Keith Geluso (University of Nebraska, Kearney) |