EDUCATION

M.S., Teaching Biological Science and General Sciences, University of Illinois

B.S., Zoology, University of Illinois

EXPERIENCE

University of Washington, 1991-92, Visiting Scholar, College of Education

Parkland College, 1971-73, Division Assistant in Life Sciences

Ohio Community Schools, 1969-71, Science Teacher, Grades 6-12

AWARDS

Piper Professor Nomination for Teaching Excellence 1990

Hawaii Great Teachers Seminar Participant 1990

The Community College Consortium: Faculty Development Institute, Faculty Recognition Award Nominee 1990

Phi Theta Kappa Teacher Excellence Award, 1981 and 1985

COURSES TAUGHT AT ACC

Life on Earth, BIOL 1309 (formerly BIOL 1308, formerly  BIO 1603)

Cellular and Molecular Biology, BIOL 1406 (formerly BIO 1654)

Structure and Function of Organisms, BIOL 1407 (formerly BIO 1664)

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology , BIOL 1673

Field Biology, BIO 1614

The Living Planet, BIOL 2306 (formerly BIO 1613)

Environmental Biology, BIO 1613, and BIO 1673

General Biology (majors, non-majors, mixed majors/non-majors)

Organismal Biology, BIO 1664 (old)

SPECIAL TOPICS COURSES:

Caribbean Reef Ecology BIO 2993

Marine Ecology  BIO 2992

Native Animals  BIO 2992

Native Plants  BIO 2992

Natural History  BIO 2993

Natural History of the Tropics BIO 2993

Tropical Ecology  BIO 2993

MISCELLANEOUS

Curator of Biology Department Museum Collections and Herbarium, Rio Grande Campus

Leader of over 300 biological field trips, including extended stays in Big Bend National Park, Jamaica, Belize, and Guatemala

Presenter at various professional meetings

Reviewer of numerous biology textbooks

Technical editor of biological, medical, pharmaceutical, patent, and business documents

Member of the Board of Directors, Texas Bamboo Society , a chapter of the American Bamboo Society

    Coordinator of Texas Bamboo Stewardship Research Program
    - Texas Bamboo Information
 
 

Former member of the Board of Directors, Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Church

Bamboo

Birding

Field Trips

Science Education

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