Dr. Pearson received her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences. Dr. Pearson runs a lab and online blog called BREACH with stands for The Behavioral REsearch And eCosystem Health within UAS. This lab is focused on understanding the behavior and ecology of marine mammals, and their role in maintaining healthy ecosystems. Current projects include: examining the role that female social behavior played in the evolution of complex cognition and large brains in cetaceans and primates