Highfill, L., Kuczaj, S.A. II, & Schwammer, H. (2007). Can sea lions understand communicative cues during an object-choice task? Presented at the annual meeting of the Comparative Cognition Society, Melbourne, FL, March.

Highfill, L. & Kuczaj, S.A. II (2007). Animal personality. Presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, February.

Miller, L., Kuczaj, S.A. II, & Solangi, M. (2007). Immediate response of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins to personal watercraft in the Mississippi Sound. Presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA, March.

Bohn, S., Kuczaj, S., & Houser, D. (2006). Discriminating between the clicks produced by a bottlenose dolphin when searching for and identifying an object during a search task. Presented at the biannual meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Honolulu, HI, December.

Highfill, L. & Kuczaj, S.A. II (2006). Do dolphins have personalities? Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Assocation, New Orleans, August.

Highfill, L. & Kuczaj, S.A. II (2006). Do dolphins have personalities? Presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA, March.

Hill, H. & Kuczaj, S.A. II (2006). Dolphin mothers are not all the same. Presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA, March.

Makecha, R. & Kuczaj, S.A. II (2006). Developmental changes and stability in dolphin play partners. Presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA, March.

Trone, M. & Kuczaj, S.A. II (2006). Can dolphins learn which symbols indicate "more"? Presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA, March.

Yeater, D. & Kuczaj, S.A. II (2006).Does the moon affect dolphin behavior? Presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA, March.

Bohn, S. & Kuczaj, S.A. II (2005). Vocal development in a bottlenose dolphin calf: examples of imitation and possible vocal play. Presented at the annual meeting of the Comparative Cognition Society, Melbourne Beach, FL, March.

Bohn, S., Kuczaj, S.A. II, & Solangi, M. (2005). The effect of boats on the behavior of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Mississippi Sound. Presented at the Biennial Meeting on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego, December.

Brown, S., Kuczaj, S.A. II & Solangi, M. (2005). Social learning facilitates the development of play behavior in a bottlenose dolphin calf. Presented at the annual meeting of the Comparative Cognition Society, Melbourne Beach, FL, March.

Hendry, J.L., Kuczaj, S.A.II, Dudzinski, K, & Houser, D.S. (2005). The ontogeny of echolocation in Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Presented at the Biennial Meeting on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego, December.

Hernandez, E.N., Kuczaj, S.A. II & Solangi, M. (2005). Whistle repertoire of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Mississippi Sound. Presented at the biannual meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Minneapolis, October.

Hernandez, E.N., Kuczaj, S.A. II & Solangi, M. (2005). Time and frequency parameters of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) whistles as predictors of surface behavior in the Mississippi Sound. Presented at the Biennial Meeting on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego, December.

Highfill, L., Kuczaj, S.A. II & Solangi, M. (2005). Observations of the integration of a stranded dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) calf into an established social group of captive dolphins. Presented at the Biennial Meeting on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego, December.

Hill, H.M., Kuczaj, S.A. II, Greer, T. & Solangi, M. (2005). Maternal styles in captive dolphin mothers. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, April.

Kuczaj, S.A. II. (2005). The role of play in the ontogeny and phylogeny of contextually flexible communication systems. Invited address presented at the Workshop on Contextually Flexible Communication Systems, Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, Altenberg, Austria, July.

Kuczaj, S.A. II. (2005). Why is variability so important? Presented at the annual meeting of the International Association of Animal Trainers, Duck Key, FL, October.

Kuczaj, S. A. II (2005). Imitation in primates and cetaceans. Invited paper presented at the Workshop on Comparative Cognition: Insights and Innovations, Biennial Meeting on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego, December.

Kuczaj, S.A.II, Makecha, R. N. & Trone, M. (2005). The role of peers in the play of young dolphins. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, April.

Kuczaj, S.A. II, Popiel, L., White, C. & Bellows, C. (2005). Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) use of echolocation to perceive actions. Presented at the annual meeting of the Comparative Cognition Society, Melbourne Beach, FL, March.

Kuczaj, S.A. II, Yeater, D. & Brown, S. (2005). Behavioral observations of a possible resident population of rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) off the Coast of Utila, Honduras. Presented at the Biennial Meeting on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego, December.

Makecha, R.N. & Kuczaj, S.A. II (2005). Changes in a dolphin's preferential play partners. Presented at the annual meeting of the Comparative Cognition Society, Melbourne Beach, FL, March.

Powell, L.A., Kuczaj, S.A. II & Langlois, J.H. (2005). Dolphins prefer attractive human faces. Presented at the Biennial Meeting on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego, December.

Tranel, K. & Kuczaj, S.A. II (2005). Ontogeny of Echolocation in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) During the First Six Months of Life. Presented at the Biennial Meeting on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego, December.

Yeater, D. & Kuczaj, S.A. II. (2005). Individual differences in object play behaviors in a group of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Presented at the Biennial Meeting on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Diego, December.

Yeater, D., Kuczaj, S.A. II & Solangi, M. (2005). Why do some captive dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) voluntarily regurgitate? Presented at the annual meeting of the International Association of Animal Trainers, Duck Key, FL, October.

Yeater, D., Kuczaj, S.A. II & Solangi, M. (2005). Cognitive and social influences on dolphin regurgitation. Presented at the annual meeting of the Comparative Cognition Society, Melbourne Beach, FL, March.

Yeater, D., Davis, J., Sugarman, P., Kuczaj, S., & Solangi, M. (2004). Factors that Influence Voluntary Regurgitation in Captive Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Presented at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Biloxi, MS, February.

Dudzinkski, K.M. & Kuczaj, S.A.II. (2003). A preliminary comparison of captive and wild dolphin behavior from trainer comments and survey responses after examining video sequences. Presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for Aquatic Mammals, Tenirife, Canary Islands, March.

Dudzinkski, K.M., Kuczaj, S.A. II, DeStephano, K.A. & Saka, M. (2003). Flipper's flipper - A comparison of how spotted and bottlenose dolphins use their pectoral fins to touch and what these touch/rubs might mean. Presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for Aquatic Mammals, Tenirife, Canary Islands, March.

Kuczaj, S.A. II, Paulos, R., Ramos, J. & Trone, M. (2003). The role of peers in the emergence of novel behaviors during language play. Presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Comparative Psychology Association. New Orleans, April.

Kuczaj, S.A. II, Paulos, R., Ramos, J., Thames, R., Rayborn, G., Walker, C., Ioup, G., Ioup, J., Snyder, M., Field, R., Newcomb, J., Fisher, R., Caruthers, J., Goodman, R., & Sidorovskaia, N. (2003). Anthropogenic noise and sperm whale sound production. Presented at the annual meeting of the European Cetacean Society, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, March.

Kuczaj, S.A. II. (2002). Lessons from the deep: dolphins and language. Invited address presented at the Symposium on Language in Time: Language Evolution and Change hosted by the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Western Australia, Perth, June.

Kuczaj, S.A. II. (2002). Thoughts on dolphin thinking and communication. Invited address presented at the Symposium on Language in Time: Language Evolution and Change hosted by the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Western Australia, Perth, June.

Kuczaj, S.A. II, McMorris, L., Trone, M., Paulos, R., & Ramos, J.(2002). Why do dolphins play? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, New Orleans, June.

Newcomb, J., Fisher, R., Field, R., Turgot, A., Ioup, G., Ioup, J., Rayborn, G., Kuczaj, S., Caruthers, J., Goodman, R., & Sidorovskaia, N. (2002). Near-bottom hydrophone measurements of ambient noise and sperm whale vocalizations in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Presented at the meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Pittsburgh, PA, June. (abstract published in Jour. Acoust. Soc. America 111, 2371 (2002).

Newcomb, J., Fisher, R., Turgot, A., Field, R., Ioup, G., Ioup, J., Rayborn, G., Kuczaj, S., Caruthers, J., Goodman, R., & Sidorovskaia, N. (2002). Modeling and Measuring the Acoustic Environment of the Gulf of Mexico. Presented at the Information Transfer Meeting of the Minerals Management Service, New Orleans, January.

Gory, J.D & Kuczaj, S.A. II (2001). More planning by bottlenose dolphins. Paper presented at the International Conference on Comparative Cognition. Melbourne Beach, FL, March.

Hill, H. M. & Kuczaj, S. A. II (2001). What do dolphins see when they look in a mirror? Paper presented at the International Conference on Comparative Cognition. Melbourne Beach, FL, March.

Hill, H.M., Tranel, K. & Kuczaj, S.A. II (2001). Evidence for an enduring mother-daughter relationship in captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Paper presented at the 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Vancouver, BC, November-December.

Kuczaj, S.A. II. (2001). What can studies of captive animals tell us about cetacean culture? Paper presented at the Workshop on Cetacean Culture, 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Vancouver, BC, November.

Kuczaj, S.A. II, Hendry, J. & Powell, L. (2001). How a newborn calf affects the behavior of a group of captive bottlenose dolphins. Paper presented at the 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Vancouver, BC, November -December.

Kuczaj, S.A. II & Trone, M. (2001). Why do dolphins and whales make their play more difficult? Paper presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society for the Study of Knowledge and Development. Berkeley, CA, May -June.

Losch, B. & Kuczaj, S.A. II (2001). The role of experience in the maternal behavior of bottlenose dolphins. Paper presented at the 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Vancouver, BC, November -December.

Thames, R. & Kuczaj, S. A. II (2001). The effects of age and time of day on the activity budgets of a group of captive bottlenose dolphins. Paper presented at the 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Vancouver, BC, November -December.

Tranel, K. & Kuczaj, S.A. II (2001). Do captive Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) use absolute size or the abstract concept of relative size when solving a relational match-to-sample task? Paper presented at the International Conference on Comparative Cognition. Melbourne Beach, FL, March.

Wright, K. & Kuczaj, S.A. II (2001). The effects of time of day on mother-infant association patterns of captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Paper presented at the 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Vancouver, BC, November -December.

Hill, H.M & Kuczaj, S.A. II (2000). Sea lions use mirrors when searching for objects. Paper presented at the International Conference on Comparative Cognition. Melbourne Beach, FL, March.

Kuczaj, S.A. II & Gory, J. (2000). Can bottlenose dolphins plan their behavior? Paper presented at the International Conference on Comparative Cognition. Melbourne Beach, FL, March.

Kuczaj, S.A. II, Trone, M. & Solange, M. (2000). Does participation in dolphin/human interaction programs change bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) behavior? Paper presented at the 28th Annual Conference of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association. Playa del Carmen, Mexico, October.

Kuczaj, S.A. II, Tranel, K, Trone, M. & Hill, H.M. (2000). Are animals aware of others? Implications from deception and empathy for animal consciousness. Paper presented at the UFAW Symposium on Consciousness, Cognition and Animal Welfare. London, May.

Kuczaj, S.A. II, Trone, M., Hill, H.M. & Tranel, K. (2000). What can dolphin play tell us about dolphin cognition? Paper presented at the International Conference on Comparative Cognition. Melbourne Beach, FL, March.

Gory, J., & Kuczaj, S.A. II. (1999). Can bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) plan their behavior? Paper presented at the biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Wailea, Maui, Hawaii, November - December.

Kuczaj, S.A. II, Hartong, K., King, M., & Hill, H. (1999). When do words affect children's attention to objects? Paper presented at the International Congress for the Study of Child Language, San Sebastian, Spain, July.

Kuczaj, S.A. II, Hill, H., Tranel, K., Trone, M., & Solangi, M. (1999). The roles of mothers, peers, and other adults in the behavioral development of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) calves. Paper presented at the biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Wailea, Maui, Hawaii, November - December.

Hill, H. M. & Kuczaj, S.A. II (1998). What do dolphins see when they look in a mirror? Paper presented at the Human Cognitive Specializations Conference, New Iberia, LA, October.

Gory, J, D. & Kuczaj, S.A. II (1998). Planning and problem solving in bottlenose dolphins. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Dallas, TX, November.

Gory, J. D. & Kuczaj, S.A. II (1997) Planning of behavior by bottlenose dolphins. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association, Baltimore, MD, October.

Kuczaj, S. A. II (1997). Thoughts about dolphin thinking. Invited address given at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Comparative Psychology Association, Fort Worth, TX, April.

Kuczaj, S. A. II (1997). Why can't we speak with dolphins? Invited address given as part of "Animals and Language" colloquium series hosted by the Language and Cognition Program and the Cognitive Sciences Program at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, November.

Gory, J.D., Xicto, M.J., Jr., & Kuczaj, S.A. II (1993). Cognitive studies of symbolic communication, tool use, and echolocation at the living Seas, Epcot Center. Paper presented at the 10th annual biennial conference on The Biology of Marine Mammals, Galveston, Texas, November.

McHugh, M.B., Turner, T.N., & Kuczaj, S.A. II (1993). Behavioral development of captive born killer whale (Orcinus Orca) calves: Day #1 through Day #365. Paper presented at the 10th biennial conference on The Biology of Marine Mammals, Galveston, TX, November.