I am not currently teaching this semester (Fall 2011).
I have been the Instructor of Record (prepare lectures, write exams, supervise teaching assistants) for the following courses:
Limnology
Lecture (BIOL 495) and lab (BIOL 496L), undergraduate and graduate, University of New Mexico, 2010, co-taught with C. Dahm, 2011.
Course content: Limnology is the study of inland waters and has, as its central focus, the structure and function of freshwater and inland saline systems. Studies in limnology include geomorphology and historical ecology, light and heat, hydrology, water chemistry, plant and animal diversity, and the ecology of food webs and ecosystem processes.
Ecosystem Studies
Lecture (BIOL 514), co-taught with S. Collins, graduate, University of New Mexico, 2008-2009
Course content: Coverage of ecosystem processes including nutrient cycling, primary and secondary production, and functions of various biomes, incorporating classic and current primary literature and discussion into lecture periods. Course focuses both terrestrial and aquatic components.
Introductory Ecology
Lecture (ECOL 3500) (core ecology course), lecture (25) and lab (25), undergraduate, University of Georgia, 2005
Course content: This course is designed to give an appreciation of the complexity and simplicity of natural systems. Focus will be on the understanding of system structure and regulation at the levels of organisms, populations, communities, and ecosystems. The expectation is that the student will learn to think in a both a holistic and reductionist framework and utilize these perspectives to examine novel situations. This background will provide the tools to evaluate environmental problems confronting society, and understand how to conserve and/or manage systems for future generations.
I have been the Instructor of Record (prepare lectures, write exams, supervise teaching assistants) for the following courses:
Limnology
Lecture (BIOL 495) and lab (BIOL 496L), undergraduate and graduate, University of New Mexico, 2010, co-taught with C. Dahm, 2011.
Course content: Limnology is the study of inland waters and has, as its central focus, the structure and function of freshwater and inland saline systems. Studies in limnology include geomorphology and historical ecology, light and heat, hydrology, water chemistry, plant and animal diversity, and the ecology of food webs and ecosystem processes.
Ecosystem Studies
Lecture (BIOL 514), co-taught with S. Collins, graduate, University of New Mexico, 2008-2009
Course content: Coverage of ecosystem processes including nutrient cycling, primary and secondary production, and functions of various biomes, incorporating classic and current primary literature and discussion into lecture periods. Course focuses both terrestrial and aquatic components.
Introductory Ecology
Lecture (ECOL 3500) (core ecology course), lecture (25) and lab (25), undergraduate, University of Georgia, 2005
Course content: This course is designed to give an appreciation of the complexity and simplicity of natural systems. Focus will be on the understanding of system structure and regulation at the levels of organisms, populations, communities, and ecosystems. The expectation is that the student will learn to think in a both a holistic and reductionist framework and utilize these perspectives to examine novel situations. This background will provide the tools to evaluate environmental problems confronting society, and understand how to conserve and/or manage systems for future generations.
