84TEACHING/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Professor Dept. of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington.
1998- Duties include teaching classes in ecology, ornithology, graduate seminars;
conducting research, mentoring graduate students (M.S. and Ph.D.).
CONNECT Coordinator for the collaborative partnership between Western State College
Facilitator and the RE1J Gunnison School District to bring Standards-Based Education
1997-1998 to Colorado K-16 schools in the math and sciences. Duties include interacting and
meeting with local K-12 teachers and College faculty to develop standards,
integrate standards into curriculum, assessment, and professional development.
Thornton Visiting Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado. Research with undergraduate
Scholar and Adj. students, and taught courses in General Ecology (twice), Conservation
Assist. Professor Biology, Environmental Science (three), and Natural History and Ecology of
1994-1998 Birds. Also spent 6 months as the NAGPRA representative, C. T. Hurst
Museum, to oversee the repatriation of human remains in the collections to
Native American Tribes, 1996-1997.
Adjunct Assistant Florida Museum of Natural History. Spent three austral summers working with
Curator, 1993-1995 penguins and other seabirds at King George Island, Antarctic Peninsula, in
collaboration with Dr. Wayne Trivelpiece.
Lecturer and Board of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Research Associate Taught undergraduate courses in Ecology (four times), Natural
1990-1992 History of Birds (twice), Natural History of Mammals (twice),
Wildlife Conservation (once) and Biology and Ecology of Vertebrates
(7 lectures, one class). Each class had from 17 to 400 students.
Field Director and Point Reyes Bird Observatory, California. Supervised volunteers
Biologist and directed long-term ecological research on 12 species of seabirds
1987-1990 and the Northern Elephant Seal on Southeast Farallon Island.
Teaching Assistant University of Florida, Department of Zoology. Taught undergraduate
1983-1987 laboratory courses in General Biology, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy,
and Embryology. Participated in numerous paleontological excavations at
fossil localities in Florida ranging from Miocene to late Pleistocene in age.
1981-1982 Northern Arizona University, Department of Biological Sciences.
Taught undergraduate laboratory courses in General Biology, Cell
Biology, and Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy.
Secretary/Treasurer Society of Ethnobiology
1983-1986
Editor Journal of Ethnobiology, Vol. 1-2
1981-1983
Instructor Prescott Center College, Prescott, Arizona. Taught undergraduate
1979-1980 courses in Prehistory of the Southwest (twice) and Archaeological Field
Techniques (twice).
Faunal Specialist Dolores Archaeological Project, Cortez, Colorado. Directed a preliminary
1978-1980 survey of birds and mammals in the Dolores River Valley; directed
identification and analysis of faunal remains from archaeological sites
excavated in the valley.
Field Supervisor or Numerous archaeological excavations and surveys in Colorado, Arizona,