Biography

Courses:
Taught at Rowan: 
   Introduction to Evolution & Scientific Inquiry

   Introduction to Ecology

   Environmental Science

   Entomology

Taught at other institutions:

   Conservation Biology

   Invertebrate Zoology

   Sustainable Agriculture

   Forest Ecology

   Wildlife Ecology & Management

   Sustainable Food and Energy (non-majors)

Education:

Coming soon!

Research Expertise:

My major research question is, “how can we use our natural resources while maintaining biodiversity?”  I mostly apply this to forest ecosystems, but it can also be applied to agriculture, mining, aquatic systems, etc.  For example, I worked with undergraduate students and foresters in the Acadian Forest Ecosystem Research Project, exploring a harvest method that mimicked the natural disturbance regime to determine the effects on insect (especially click beetle) diversity.  I also worked with undergraduate students and park rangers on a southern forest system with hemlock woolly adelgids (an invasive species) and several bio-control beetles.

More recently have been working with Rowan colleagues on developing an ecology curriculum to support Four Dimensional Ecology Education (https://www.esa.org/4DEE/).

Member of:

Ecological Society of America

Coleopterists Society

American Federation of Teachers

National Science Teaching Association