Hope and future for me are not in lawns and cultivated field, not in towns and cities, but in the impervious and quaking swamps.  

(Henry David Thoreau, Walking)

Education

PhD.  Biology, 1991.  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.  Dissertation Title: "Song recognition and repertoires of neotropical migrants."

B.S. Biology and Psychology, 1986.  Guilford College, Greensboro, NC. Graduated with highest honors

School of Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. 1982-1983.

Previous Teaching Experience

Associate Professor (1999-present), Assistant Professor (1994-1999), Department of Biology, Hollins College, Roanoke, Virginia. Courses taught:   Introductory Biology, lecture and laboratory courses for majors and nonmajors; Environmental Science, lecture and laboratory courses for majors and nonmajors; Ecology, lecture and laboratory courses for majors; Vertebrate Zoology, lecture and laboratory courses for majors;  Animal Behavior, lecture and laboratory courses for majors;  Evolution and the Human Condition, lecture course for majors;  Comparative Anatomy – lecture and laboratory courses for majors; Island Biogegraphy, Biodiversity and Extinctions – seminar course; Environmental Ethics, philosophy course in Environmental Studies Pathway; Genes:  Are They the Solution?, short term seminar for freshmen; Greening Our Ivory Tower, short term seminar for upperclassmen, Tall Ships – short term seminar and travel course.

Lecturer (1992-1994), University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.                                                                                             Courses taught:  Ecology,Evolution and Society, lecture course for non-majors;  Ecology and Evolution, lecture course for biology majors

Visiting Assistant Professor (1991-1992), Davidson College, Davidson, NC.                                                                               Courses taught:  Introductory Biology  lecture and laboratory courses for biology;  Biology and Human Affairs, lecture course for non-majors

Instructor (summers 1989-1991), Talent Identification Program, Duke University Marine Lab, Beaufort, NC.

Teaching Assistant (1987-1991), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Teaching Assistant (1984-1985), Guilford College, Greensboro, NC.

Interests and Hobbies

	I enjoy anything that takes me outside.  Luckily, our property which is 25 miles north of Hollins abuts the George Washington National Forest.  We count our neighbors on four legs (bear, bobcat, deer and raccoons to name a few) and on wing (too many species to list).  We have over 10 miles of trail which winds through our hilly woods which I run nearly everyday.  Students in Ecology and Animal Behavior usually have an opportunity to do some field work near my house
	My son Caleb, 4.5 years old, keeps us occupied.  He knows our woods better than me and knows Hollins better than many students.
	Though originally a birder, I have become completely engrossed with the diversity of life in the Appalachian mountains.  As such, much of my free time (which is limited) I spend wandering the woods, learning to identify species of all nature and understand their amazing stories.

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