Professional History
Education
Ph.D, Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1995
B. A., Plant Ecology, Marlboro College, Vermont, 1989
Evergreen State College, Ecological Agriculture, Washington, 1987
Warren Wilson College, Environmental Science, North Carolina, 1985-86
Past Employment
2001 – 2005 Assistant Professor of Biology, SUNY at Plattsburgh
1997-2001 Plant Population/Community Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, Hawaii
1996-1997 McBryde Postdoctoral Fellow in Restoration Ecology, National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii
1995-1996 Visiting Assistant Professor, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
1995 (summer) Assistant Professor, Marlboro College Institute of Environmental Science, Vermont
1990-1995 Teaching and Research Assistant, University of New Mexico
2005-present Associate Editor, Restoration Ecology
2004 Participant in Breadloaf Writer’s Conference, August 11 – 22, Vermont
2002-03 Faculty Institutes for Reforming Science Teaching Through Field Stations (FIRST II program funded by NSF), Team Member from SUNY Plattsburgh
2002 Participant in NSF’s Chautauqua Program “Promoting Active Learning in Introductory Biology Courses,” July 12-14, Austin, Texas
1997-2001 Education Committee Member, US Forest Service
1998-2001 Affiliate faculty member, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, University of Hawaii
1999-present Research Associate, Department of Plant Science, National Tropical Botanical Garden, Kauai
1997-2000 Creation and administration of a monthly Natural History Seminar Series in Hawaii
Reviewer
American Journal of Botany, American Midland Naturalist, Biotropica, Forest Ecology and Management, Environmental Management, International Plant Science Journal, Israel Science Foundation, Journal of Arid Environments, Journal of Tropical Ecology, National Science Foundation, National Geographic Society, New Phytologist, Restoration Ecology, USDA, USFWS, Vegetatio
Ecology and Conservation Biology chapters in Michael L. Cain et al.’s Discover Biology, Sinauer Associates and W. W. Norton & Company
Panelist/Committee Member
2004 Faculty Affairs, General Education, and Writing Across the Curriculum Committees, SUNY Plattsburgh
2004 USDA “Biology of Weedy and Invasive Plants” Review Panel, Washington, D.C.
2004 National Tropical Botanical Garden Expert Outside Review Panel, Kalaheo, Hawaii.
2001 Society of Conservation Biology Annual Meeting in Hilo, Hawaii.
2000 Ecological Society of America’s Summary of Knowledge on Invasive Species
1999-01 National Science Foundation’s Invasive Species Collaboratory
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