Professional Background

Degrees and Credentials      Positions Held      Honors and Distinctions     Instructional History

Degree Background    Back to top

B.A. Biology, University of Chicago, 1980

M.A. Biology, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1984

Ph.D. Botany, University of Connecticut, 1987

Positions Held    Back to top

     2000-present           Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN, Professor of Biology, Curator of the Herbarium (JEF), Head of Biology

 

     1999-2000              Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN, Professor of Biology, Curator of the Herbarium (JEF)

 

     1996                        Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Visiting Associate Professor

 

     1994-99                  Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN, Associate Professor of Biology, Curator of the Herbarium (JEF)

 

     1991-94                  Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN, Assistant Professor of Biology, Curator of the Herbarium (JEF)

 

     1987-91                  Yale University, New Haven, CT, Post-doctoral Fellow, Lecturer, Visiting Assistant Professor

 

   1982-87                  University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Research Assistant in Paleobotany, Teaching Assistant

 

     1981-82                  State University of New York, Binghamton, NY, Teaching Assistant

 

     1981                        Stevens Institute of Technology, S.T.E.P. Program, Hoboken, NJ, Biology Lecturer

 

     1979                        Dekalb Agresearch, Dekalb, IL, Laboratory Assistant and Experimental Field Manager

Honors and Distinctions    Back to top

     2009                        Appointed Curatorial Affiliate in the Division of Paleobotany at the Yale University Peabody Museum of Natural History.  2009-2014.

 

     2009                        Keynote speaker, symposium Paleobotany and the Molecular Revolution, at the 79. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft (79th Annual Convention of the Paleontology Society), 5-7 October, Bonn, Germany

 

     2009                        Featured in Indiana University Home Pages, Special Issue, The Life Sciences at IU, February           

 

     2008                        Research featured in Nature History Florida Museum Edition, October      

 

     2006                        Indiana University Southeast, Post-doctoral Research Associate, Dr. Shusheng Hu (now at Yale University Peabody Museum)

 

     2005                        Research mentioned in Indiana Alumni Magazine, January/February

    

     2005                        Indiana University Trustee Teaching Award

 

     2005                        Indiana University Southeast Sabbatical for Spring, 2006

 

     2004                        Field Biology course, cotaught, cited in the IUS Annual Report

 

     2002                        Research mentioned in National Geographic, July

 

     2000                        Research featured in the IUS Annual Report

 

     2000                        Research mentioned in Chemistry in Britain, August

 

     1999                        Indiana University Southeast Summer Faculty Fellowship

 

     1998                        Indiana University Southeast, first faculty member to be the primary host of  an External Academic Fellow, Professor Baolin Tian of China, of the Institute for Advanced Study, Indiana University

 

     1998                        Indiana University Teaching Excellence Recognition Award

 

     1998                        Elected Member of the Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching, Indiana University

 

     1997                        Indiana University Southeast Sabbatical for Spring, 1998

 

     1997                        Indiana University Southeast Distinguished Research and Creativity Award

 

     1997                        Indiana University Teaching Excellence Recognition Award

 

     1996                        Indiana University Southeast, first faculty member on campus to have a Post-doctoral Research Associate, Dr. Hongqi Li (now at Frostburg State University)

 

     1995                        Featured in Indiana Alumni Magazine, September/October

 

     1995                        Indiana University Southeast Summer Faculty Fellowship

 

     1993-98                  Entry for Oldest Flower in the Guinness Book of World Records

 

     1992                        Research featured in Science News, July

 

     1992                        Indiana University Southeast Summer Faculty Fellowship

 

     1992                        Appointed Full Member of the Faculty of the University Graduate School, Indiana University

 

     1991                        1990 Top 50 Science Stories, Discover, January 1991, p. 79.

 

     1990                        Research discovery featured in New York Times, Washington Post, Science New and other media, February

 

     1990                        Elected to Sigma Xi

 

     1986                        University of Connecticut Dissertation Fellowship

 

     1985-87                  University of Connecticut Demi-Fellowship

 

     1983, 1985              University of Connecticut Summer Fellowship

 

     1976-80                  Gannett Newspaper Chain Scholarship

Instructional History    Back to top

Indiana University Southeast

 

     L100, Humans and the Biological World, 3 credits, Fall, 1991; Spring and Fall, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2003, Spring, 1995, 1997, 2001.  Approx. 40 to 50 students

 

     B101, Plant Biology, 5 credits, Fall 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998, approx. 24 students

 

     B203, Survey of the Plant Kingdom, 5 credits, Spring, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, Fall, 1994, 2002 approx. 24 students

 

     B364, Summer Flowering Plants, 5 credits, Summer I 1993, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2009 Summer II 1994, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 approx. 20 students

 

     L490, Independent Study, Spring and Fall 1992, 1993, 1994, Spring, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, Summer 1993, 1994, 1999, 2003, 2008

 

     L403, Biology Seminar, 1 credit, Spring 1994, 2001, 2004 2007 Fall 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, Summer 2004, approx. 10 students

 

     C399, P373, L499 Professional Practice, 3 credits, Spring, 2001, 2009, Summer 1994, 2007, 2008, Fall 1994, 1997, 2009

 

     B373 Plant Growth and Development, 5 credits, Spring 1995, Fall 1997, 1999, 2001 approx. 15 students

 

     L107 Biological Concepts, 5 credits, Fall 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, team taught, 1996, 2000 taught alone approx. 24 students L102 Introduction to Biological Sciences 2, 5 credits, Fall 2002, taught alone 2004, 2005, Spring 2002, 2003 team taught, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 taught alone approx. 24 students

 

     L218, M218 Mathematical Concepts Applied to Biological Problems, 4 credits, Spring 1999, 2000 team taught, approx. 5 students

 

     HON H400 Honors Research Seminar, 1 credit, Spring 1996

 

     L498 or I398 Internship in Biological Instruction, 3 credit, Fall 2003, 2004, Spring 2001, 2004, Summer 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008

 

     L303 Field Biology, 3 credits, since 1999 I have participated during the lectures, contributed to teaching the botany section of the course and participated in the field portion, with trips to   Hawaii, Belize-Guatemala, Tahiti-Moorea, Florida-San Salvador, Bahamas, Dominica, and Islands of the Caribbean Spring 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009

    

     LBST L501 Graduate level Independent Study, variable, Fall 2004, Summer 2004

 

     LBST D602 Graduate Project Fall 2006, 2007, Spring 2007

 

     LBST D503 Ethnobotany (plants and civilization) as MLS Science Seminar Fall, 2008

 

     LBST D513 MLS Summer Flowering Plants Summer 2008

 

     L101 Introduction to Biological Sciences 1 Spring 2009

 

     LBST D594 MLS Directed Readings Theresa Smith Spring 2009

 

Yale University

 

     B204b, B200b, Biology of Plants - Spring, 1988, 1991, team taught, approx. 20 students

 

     B204lb, B20lb, Biology of Plants Lab - Spring, 1989-1991, approx. 10 students

 

     B865a, Mechanisms of Plant Evolution, Fall, 1989, team taught, approx. 10 students