SENIOR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST FOR EXHIBITS AND EDUCATION, Sam
Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma, December
1999 - June 2000.
Researched and prepared recommendations for museum education programs,
assessment of museum exhibits and programs, traveling exhibits, museum
accreditation process, and museum business plan, as well as continued independent
ecological research.
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1997 - 1999. Postdoctoral project: Evaluating landscape-level effects of forest management methods on associated plant and animal communities in Missouri Ozark forests by integrating distributional and experimental data from 10 - 15 affiliated projects. From August 1997 - July 1998, I conducted this research as a VISITING POSTDOCTORAL SCIENTIST at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) in Santa Barbara, CA.
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, U.S. Forest Service, May - December 1996.
Collaborated to write a booklet on animals that migrate among Canada,
United States, and Mexico, and participated in a project assessing metapopulation
structure of migratory birds.
TROPICAL ECOLOGY COURSE CO-COORDINATOR, Costa Rica, Winter/Spring 1996.
Organized and taught a graduate course, Tropical Biology: An Ecological
Approach, sponsored by Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS).
PROJECT DIRECTOR, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 1992-95.
Developed and directed collaborative study of avian community dynamics,
including establishment of a long-term avian monitoring program (in conjunction
with my graduate field work).
VISITING LECTURER, University of Texas at Brownsville, 1994.
Developed and taught field component of ecology course in El Cielo
Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico, for advanced high school students.
FIELD ASSISTANT, 1990-1991.
Participated in various ecological field projects in Missouri and Puerto
Rico.
TEACHING ASSISTANT, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 1990-1992.
Taught variety of subjects including general biology, ecology, and
ornithology.
NATURALIST INSTRUCTOR, St. Louis Zoological Park, St. Louis, MO, 1988-90.
Developed and taught a variety of conservation and ecological interactive
programs for school children and the general public.