Program Review
Master of Science/Master of Arts in Biological
Sciences
College of Science
November 2014
MARSHALL UNIVERSITY
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Program Review
Marshall University
Date: November 1, 2014_____________________________________________
Program: Master of Science/Master of Arts in Biological Sciences_____________
Degree and Title
Date of Last Review: Academic Year 2009 – 2010 _____________________________________
Recommendation
Marshall University is obligated to recommend continuance or discontinuance of a program and to
provide a brief rationale for the recommendation.
Recommendation
Code (#):
1.
Continuation of the program at the current level of activity; or
2.
Continuation of the program at a reduced level of activity or with corrective action: Corrective action
will apply to programs that have deficiencies that the program itself can address and correct. Progress
report due by November 1 next academic year; or
3.
Continuation of the program with identification of the program for resource development: Resource
development will apply to already viable programs that require additional resources from the
Administration to help achieve their full potential. This designation is considered an investment in a
viable program as opposed to addressing issues of a weak program. Progress report due by
November 1 next academic year; or
4.
Development of a cooperative program with another institution, or sharing of courses, facilities, faculty,
and the like; or
5.
Discontinuation of the program
Rationale for Recommendation: (Deans, please submit the rationale as a separate document. Beyond
the College level, any office that disagrees with the previous recommendation must submit a separate
rationale and append it to this document with appropriate signature.)
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Recommendation: Signature of person preparing the report:
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Recommendation: Signature of Program Chair:
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Recommendation: Signature of Academic Dean:
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Recommendation: Signature of Chair, Academic Planning Committee: (Baccalaureate pgms only)
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Recommendation: Signature of President, Faculty Senate/ Chair, Graduate Council:
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Recommendation: Signature of the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs:
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Recommendation: Signature of the President:
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Recommendation: Signature of Chair, Board of Governors:
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College/School Dean’s Recommendation
College/School Dean’s Recommendation
Recommendation: Continuation of the program with identification of the program for
resource development (code #3).
Rationale: I am writing in strong support of the recommendation to continue the
MS/MA graduate program in Biological Sciences (BSC) with identification of the
program for resource development (code #3). This is the largest graduate program in
the College of Science (CoS), and it is critical to the delivery of the departmental
undergraduate curriculum. Graduate assistants (GAs) teach the vast majority of
laboratory classes associated with non-majors undergraduate BSC courses. Having
GA lab instructors allows BSC professors to lecture to several sections of a class at the
same time without having prohibitive teaching loads. One outcome of this arrangement
is that BSC is able to support thousands of undergraduate enrollments in service
courses with few full-time faculty positions relative to course enrollment. For example, if
a full-time faculty member lectures to six sections of a course (approximately 24
enrollments per section) and also teaches the laboratory sections of the course, the
resulting teaching load is 15 contact-hours per week. A full load is 12 contact-hours per
week. Therefore, that faculty member would be overloaded by teaching a single
course. If GAs teach the laboratory sections of the course, then the professor’s load for
that course is three contact-hours per week, which allows that faculty member to teach
up to three additional courses within load in the core or major’s curriculum. It is no
exaggeration to say that with current staffing levels it would be impossible to deliver
the BSC curriculum without this graduate program.
The MS/MA program in BSC also supports research productivity. The same reduction
in teaching load provided by GA support described above could allow a faculty member
to teach two courses and still devote roughly 50% of his or her time to research. To be
clear, the availability of an active, quality graduate program means that a single
faculty member can lecture in more courses and also be involved in revenuegenerating grant activity than the same faculty member could do in the absence of the
graduate program. This mechanism has been used to good effect in BSC, where both
faculty research productivity and external funding have increased in recent program
reviews. At the same time, graduate students support faculty research, perform their
own research projects, and mentor undergraduate students who participate in research.
Furthermore, state and federal funding agencies have identified a need for increased
graduate degree production in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)
disciplines, and the presence of an active graduate program is a necessary criterion in
competitiveness for those funds. Thus, the graduate student contribution to research
productivity is multifaceted and central to both the BSC teaching and research missions.
If the MS/MA program in BSC is already successful, why does it need additional
resources? The two major threats to the BSC graduate program are the value of the
GA stipend, and the value of the tuition waiver that is available to GAs. In the sciences,
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talented graduate students are in high demand for the reasons outlined above.
Students make their graduate school choices based on faculty reputation and the value
of the package (stipend plus tuition waiver) offered. While faculty reputation is
important, an uncompetitive package will make it highly unlikely for a student – already
burdened with undergraduate debt – to enroll in any graduate program. It is critical that
our offers be at least marginally competitive with peer institutions if our graduate
programs are to attract talented students.
Until 2012, CoS GA stipends were set at a minimum of $3,000 per semester - $6,000
for an academic year. National norms for MS/MA programs in biological sciences are in
the range of $12,000 to $18,000 per academic year. During the last full review of this
program, I supported a departmental request to increase GA stipends from $3,000 to
$4,000 per semester. Though the review was favorable, no additional funds were
allocated in support of the program. After reviewing our budgets and expenditures, the
college made the decision in FY 2012 to increase the base graduate stipend to $4,500
per semester and to fund the additional costs from CoS lab fees and external grants.
The table below shows the approximate annual investments in the BSC graduate
stipends from multiple sources, including lab fees and federal grant funds.
University and College Investment in BSC MS/MA Graduate Stipends, 2011-2015.
State
Fiscal Year
Personnel
College Lab
External Grant
Total
Fund
Fee Fund
Funds
2011
31,500
12,000
104,999
148,499
2012
70,770
41,615
112,613
224,998
2013
75,675
103,500
52,485
231,660
2014
63,000
98,960
53,994
215,954
2015
54,000
135,000
53,994
242,994
The increase in base stipend is reflected in the difference between the 2011 and 2012
total costs. Note that state funding to support graduate stipends had been improving,
but has dropped in the last two years in response to cuts in state funding to the
institution. At the same time that state funds are being cut, total program costs are
increasing in an attempt to remain competitive for quality graduate students. This
means that program costs are being shifted to college fees and to external
funding agencies. Cost shifting is not inherently bad, but it is being done at a time
when college fees may be discontinued in favor of a central budgeting model, and
external funding is increasingly difficult to obtain. In fact, the grant that provides the
funds reported in this table ends in July of 2015, and continued funding is far from
assured. The department and college must have both adequate and stable funding of
the graduate program, or it will become impossible to provide the BSC curriculum
at the current level of demand, much less support the increased enrollment that
the university needs to be financially sound.
The availability of graduate tuition waivers is also of concern for this program. The
value of the waivers that the entire college may award has been frozen at the amount of
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waiver awards in 2009. In addition, individual waivers are no longer permitted to defray
the entire cost of tuition – even if a student is given the maximum individual tuition
benefit, the benefit does not cover the entire cost to the student. The negative impact of
these policies is two-fold. First, it makes the packages that we can offer prospective
students even less competitive. Second, because the tuition benefit budget is frozen
while tuition continues to rise, the number of graduate students that can be
accommodated within the budget is ratcheting downward.
The combination of low stipends and an effectively shrinking tuition budget means that
the BSC graduate program is at extreme risk of becoming smaller and being
populated by less competitive students. The importance of the BSC MS/MA
program to both the teaching and research missions of the department makes this an
unacceptable outcome for all Marshall students who take BSC courses, not just those
who enroll in the program under review herein. I am, therefore, strongly recommending
in favor of continuation of the BSC MS/MA program with identification of the program for
resource development.
I make this recommendation for resource development with full knowledge that the
department has not maintained an adequate assessment program during the reporting
period. I believe that the current chair is capable of improving the departmental
assessment program, and I anticipate that improvement in this area will be
recommended throughout the program review process. I would argue that resource
enhancement be made contingent upon an improved assessment program. I would
argue against denying resource enhancement based on assessment deficiencies. This
program is too important to the department, the college, and the university to risk its
failure due to lack of investment.
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Signature of the Dean
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Date
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Resource Requests
Additional Personnel Funds. For the 2015 fiscal year, the state provided $54,000
toward the cost of GA stipends. That amount is sufficient to fund six GA positions for
one academic year at the current college minimum rate of $4,500 per semester. The
department regularly employs 24 GAs to deliver departmental curriculum. Therefore,
the state funds one-fourth of the personnel costs. The department needs at least
$216,000 to fill all GA positions at the college minimum rate. The difference between
last year’s funding and full, stable funding of the BSC graduate program is $162,000 per
year.
Assuming that the college is able to continue supporting the BSC graduate program at
the rate of $100,000 per year, the additional amount needed in state personnel funds
would be $62,000 per year. This amount would allow the department to continue to
operate in the event that the current external funding is not renewed.
To summarize, BSC is requesting an increase of at least $62,000 per year in
personnel funds to stabilize the graduate program at the current size and stipend level.
This amount would not allow for growth of the program or for payment of competitive
stipends. It is only the amount needed to maintain the current status.
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Marshall University
Program Review
For purposes of program review, the academic year will begin in summer and end in spring.
Program: MS/MA in Biological Sciences___________________________
College: Science________________________________________________
Date of Last Review: Academic Year 2009 – 2010 ____________________
I.
CONSISTENCY WITH UNIVERSITY MISSION
The graduate program within the Department of Biological Sciences strives to
provide advanced coursework and multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary research and
scholarly training for young scientists with diverse backgrounds and career goals.
Additionally and most importantly, students are provided with exceptional
mentorship, which instills lifelong learning. The rigorous expectations of the
program’s faculty provide the students with the tools/skills to enter the workforce
capable of contributing significantly to the mission of the employer, enter high
quality doctoral research programs or begin training in professional degree
programs.
The mission of the College of Science is to instill in its students an
understanding and appreciation of the “art” of scholarship; to teach key concepts
in the sciences; to emphasize the links between emerging technology and
discovery; and to develop a maturity of thought regarding vision and leadership in
scientific areas that will better society. The graduate program in Biological
Sciences supports the mission by providing both thesis (MS) and non-thesis
(MA) students with mentored opportunities to develop meaningful skills.
Observing biological phenomena, asking pertinent questions, testing those
questions and formulating relevant conclusions is the core of scientific inquiry.
With close guidance from graduate faculty, graduate students are coached and
guided to cultivate the skills needed to apply the scientific method in their own
research projects (primarily MS) and in special topics classes (both MS and MA).
Biology graduate students are encouraged to move beyond the mere acquisition
of new skills and inspired to construct the next layer of scientific inquiry. These
students are confident that they will be able to not only compete in professional
school or PhD programs, but excel in their future endeavors. This fills the mission
of scholarship. The curriculum also provides graduate students with experience
in professional presentations and seminars. Presentation skills are honed in a
seminar series that moves students from learning techniques, through supporting
ideas with previously published knowledge, to finally presenting their own
research to a critical audience. This step-wise training is important for not only
their own advancement, but for the facile dissemination of the department‘s
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research findings to the community. This fills the mission of leadership in the
community. Finally, students who graduate from this program have generated
new information, new discoveries, and new technologies, which lead to an
enhanced reputation for the College of Science and the University. This will also
support the expansion of the degree program through increased visibility, grant
activity and collaborations.
Marshall’s overall mission is supported by the graduate program in biological
sciences. The Department’s graduate students are supported by tuition waivers
and stipends supplied by the University and from external grant funding. This
supports the Institution’s goal of affordable graduate education while stimulating
the regional economy. Because the students are well trained in oral and written
dissemination of knowledge, Marshall University’s reputation is growing at
national and international scientific venues. The success of this endeavor is
evident by recent NSF RII funding and the increased number of accepted
publications from the faculty and students of the department.
In summary, the graduate program in the Department of Biological Sciences
strongly supports the missions of both its college and institution. The educational
experiences are highly affordable, with both TA stipends and tuition waivers
offered to many applicants. This program draws a broad range of students since
it offers both a research-based thesis MS, which is particularly attractive to
students who intend to continue along a research career, and a non-thesis MA,
which appeals to students interested in pursuing professional training.
Successful graduates are prepared for a true wealth of careers or continuing
professional education.
It is important to note that the operation of the Department is dependent upon
these students who are, in turn, attracted to MU, in part, due to the availability of
tuition waiver benefits. The Department strives for excellence via a mechanism
which produces not only new graduates but new knowledge. Few institutions
have such outstanding faculty with the breadth of expertise as are found in
Biological Sciences. Students can work in areas ranging from the molecular to
the organismal, from paleontology to endangered species, from botany to
insects. The opportunity to become truly well-rounded, and hence marketable, is
readily available. This excellent program has the potential to grow into an
outstanding one, yielding products that greatly outweigh the investment that
currently supports the program.
II.
Adequacy of the Program
1. Curriculum:
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Both MS and MA degrees require that students, in consultation with their
graduate committee, submit a Plan of Study for approval by the Graduate
College Dean before registering for their 12th semester hour. In Biological
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Sciences, the graduate committee must be assembled by the end of the first
academic year and must consist of a minimum of three graduate faculty
members, two of whom must be full time members of the Biological Sciences
faculty. This allows one member of the student’s committee to be from outside
the department and to enhance skills and/or knowledge of the departmental
members.
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Candidates for the MS must complete a minimum of 32 hours of coursework,
including a maximum of 12 hours of thesis (BSC 681). Introductory Graduate
Seminar (BSC 660; 2 Cr.Hr.) and Seminar I (BSC 661; 2 Cr.Hr.) are scheduled
during their first year and Seminar II (BSC 662; 1 Cr.Hr.) will be scheduled in at
least two subsequent semesters during semesters in which they are actively
enrolled in the graduate program. Not more than 6 hours of the seminar
series can be used to fulfill the 32 hour requirement. Candidates will
complete at least 18 hours in graded BSC electives at the graduate level (which
may include BSC 660, 661, 662, and 681). Students may elect to take 6 hours of
graduate work in a minor field. Successful completion of the program in
Biological Sciences requires a GPA of 3.0 or higher, with no more than 6 credit
hours of “C” grades allowed to be applied to the total hours for graduation. All MS
students submit a written thesis. Evaluation of student writing focuses on their
abilities to demonstrate understanding of scientific content and to clearly
communicate their analysis of the information. The departmental goal is that 90%
or more of MS students have generated an acceptable thesis within 6 academic
semesters. Furthermore, our goal is to have at least 50% of graduate students as
co-authors on peer reviewed journal articles within 3 years of graduation.
Publishing peer-reviewed articles is the best indication of clear research
communication and competitiveness with our peer graduate programs.
Graduates of the program will have good written communication skills, an
absolute requirement for success in the job market or in further educational
efforts. Upon completion of course requirements and the thesis, M.S. candidates
must deliver a public seminar based upon the thesis, then successfully “defend”
the thesis in a closed session with the thesis committee.
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Students who select the MA option must complete a minimum of 36 hours of
graduate coursework. Similar to the requirements for the MS degree, the MA
degree requires candidates to schedule Introductory Graduate Seminar and
Seminar I during the first year of study with Seminar II being scheduled in at least
two subsequent semesters. Not more than 6 hours of the seminar series can
be used to fulfill the 36 hour requirement. Candidates will complete at least 18
hours in graded BSC electives at the graduate level (which may include BSC
660, 661, and 662). Students may elect to take 6 hours of graduate work in a
minor field. Successful completion of the program in Biological Sciences requires
a GPA of 3.0 or higher, with no more than 6 credit hours of “C” grades allowed to
be applied to the total hours for graduation. While MA candidates do not conduct
thesis research, they are encouraged to participate in Independent Study and/or
Special Problems research projects/courses. These courses provide hands-on
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experiences unattainable in lecture only classes. These students are encouraged
to contribute to journal articles if their program included appropriate research
components. MA candidates must pass a comprehensive oral examination
administered by the students’ graduate committee of record.
Additionally, the Department of Biological Sciences offers two Areas of Emphasis
and a Graduate Certificate in Bioinformatics.
Area of Emphasis in Organismal, Evolutionary, and Ecological Biology
Organismal, Evolutionary, and Ecological Biology as an area of emphasis in
Biological Sciences will provide participating students with a broad background in
biology at the level of the individual organism and above. The anatomy, structure,
and function of individual species are stressed, as is the comparative natural
history and evolutionary relationships of groups of related organisms. Lastly, the
roles of organisms in a broader context is studied via the analysis of ecological
relationships. The intent of this area of emphasis is to serve students engaged in
natural history studies, students engaged in the assessment of environmental
impacts on species and communities, and those focusing on the detailed
anatomy, structure, and function of individual organisms both recent and fossil.
Students choosing this major will be well-prepared to pursue careers or further
education in the environmental sciences, environmental mitigation, resource
management, and ecological impact assessment. Others choosing this area of
emphasis will be prepared for the study of evolutionary biology, biomechanics,
and the natural history of groups of organisms ranging from today’s plants to
fossil reptiles and mammals.
Area of Emphasis in Watershed Resourse Sciences.
Watershed Resource Science as an area of emphasis in Biological Sciences will
provide participating students with a systematic and integrated approach to the
study of water resources as well as the analysis and implementation of the most
effective way to assess their quality and manage their use and conservation. In
this program, the integration of course offerings in assessment, informatics, and
management into traditional and integrated science curricula provides students
with the knowledge base necessary to effectively and innovatively assess and
manage water resources.
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Admissions Requirements for Watershed Resource Science Area of Emphasis
Must be admitted to the BSC master's degree program;
Must have a bachelor's degree which includes a minimum of 6 courses from the
following disciplines: two courses in mathematics (must include 1 semester of
calculus and one semester of statistics); two courses in physical science
(physics, chemistry, geology, etc.); and two courses in life science (biology,
agronomy, microbiology, etc.).
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Degree Requirements for Watershed Resource Science Area of Emphasis
The curriculum of this program is made up of a research component, a core of
required courses, and specialization in either environmental assessment,
environmental management, or environmental informatics. Refer to Appendix I
for specific course requirements and electives.
Graduate Certificate Program in Bioinformatics
The Marshall University bioinformatics certificate is designed to develop a
working understanding of a variety of techniques and methods for analyzing vast
amounts of biological data. The source of information may be associated with
recent genomic research, but may also include data sets related to other
complex biological problems involving such topics as structure modeling,
database mining, and visualization. The certificate is designed to complement
existing degrees and to suit the needs of students and professionals who want
to specialize in the fast-expanding field of bioinformatics. The certificate
curriculum is interdisciplinary and includes courses from the College of Science,
the College of Information Technology and Engineering, and the Joan C.
Edwards School of Medicine. Through completion of the certificate, student will
have acquired the necessary skills to analyze and interpret the large data sets
using various bioinformatics tools. Students who should apply for the certificate
program would be biology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and
medical/biomedical students or medical doctors who desire to acquire skills
required to understand bioinformatics methods and technology; computer
science students who wish to understand biological concepts that can be
analyzed using their programming skills; or health care professionals (medical,
pharmaceutical, and agricultural industries) who desire to acquire bioinformatics
knowledge relevant to their fields of expertise. Students will earn the certificate
by completing 15 credit hours, including 9 credit hours from 3 core courses, 3
credit hours from a first elective course, and another 3 credit hours from a
second elective.
Admissions Requirements for Certificate Program in Bioinformatics
1. Both senior-level undergraduate students with overall GPAs of at least 2.75
and graduate students may enroll in the certificate program.
2. Both undergraduate and graduate students must satisfy the following
prerequisite requirement: Successful completion
(grade of C or better) of MTH 140 or MTH 229, and one of MTH 225, MTH 326,
or MTH 345.
In Appendix I, list required courses, elective courses, and total hours required.
The list of courses must provide specific course titles and numbers.
2. Faculty: Summarize significant points relating to faculty teaching courses within
the major (percentage of faculty holding tenure, extent of use of part-time faculty,
level of academic preparation, faculty development efforts, books & journal
articles, papers & attendance at state, regional and national professional
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organization meetings). Include part-time faculty and graduate assistants you
employed during the final year of this review. Prepare an Appendix II Faculty
Data Sheet for each full-time faculty member, part-time faculty member and
adjunct faculty member. For part-time faculty members and adjuncts, prepare
data through question one on the Faculty Data Sheet. Use Appendix II-A for all
graduate teaching assistants. Information for Appendices II and II-A should
come from Digital Measures.
3. Students:
a. Entrance Standards: Admission to the graduate program in the
Department of Biological Sciences is aligned with admission into the
Graduate College and eventual acceptance by the Department‘s Graduate
Program Committee. A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
and the GRE exam (general test) are required prior to regular admission.
Test scores must be sent by the Education Testing Services and cannot
be sent by the applicant. Appendix III contains pertinent data regarding the
test scores of admitted students. Students who have not taken the GRE
may be admitted provisionally but cannot register until official scores are
received. It is expected that the applicants will have a broad range of
undergraduate degrees and there are no formal requirements for specific
undergraduate courses prior to admission. The minimum GPA for
admission is 2.75 (3.00 in biology courses) and a GRE combined score of
1100, if the test was taken before 8/1/2011 and a combined score of 300,
if the test was taken after 8/1/2011 for full admission. Students who do not
meet these requirements may be provisionally admitted and later formally
admitted upon recommendation by their primary faculty advisor. There are
two application deadlines each year (April 15 and November 15) and
complete application packages (GRE scores, transcripts, three letters of
recommendation, and a personal statement of educational and
professional goals) are reviewed by the Department Graduate Program
Committee. When appropriate and possible, applicants are invited to
campus for an interview and tour of the facilities.
b. Entrance and Exit Abilities of past five years of graduates:
Appendix III shows that our last five years of graduate students entered
the program with undergraduate GPAs that ranged from yearly means of
2.76 to 3.4 for MA students and 3.25 to 3.54 for MS students. The yearly
mean GRE Verbal scores ranged from 405 to 495 for MA students and
from 483 to 502 for MS students, and the yearly mean GRE Quantitative
scores ranged from 480 to 560 for MA students and 532 to 649 for MS
students. Appendix IV shows that these graduates also compiled
respectable GPAs during their graduate program, with yearly means
ranging from 3.26 to 3.88 for MA students and 3.71 to 3.92 for MS
students.
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4. Resources:
Financial: University and College Investment in BSC MS/MA Graduate Stipends,
2011-2015.
State
Fiscal Year
Personnel
College Lab
External Grant
Total
Fund
Fee Fund
Funds
2011
31,500
12,000
104,999
148,499
2012
70,770
41,615
112,613
224,998
2013
75,675
103,500
52,485
231,660
2014
63,000
98,960
53,994
215,954
2015
54,000
135,000
53,994
242,994
Facilities: The Department of Biological Sciences occupies portions of the first three
floors in the Science Building, plus three laboratories in the Byrd Biotechnology Science
Center. The Science Building was originally constructed in the 1940s, expanded with an
annex in the 1970s, and the oldest sections renovated in the early 1990s. There are two 96seat lecture halls for both undergraduate and graduate classes that are primarily, but not
exclusively, used by the department. These lecture halls are classified as TECI 3 rooms and
have University-maintained, networked computers, projectors and cameras which allow for
projection of digital images, connection with the internet, recording lectures for
asynchronous delivery and “skyping” with individuals located anywhere in the world. There
are thirteen lab classrooms, three facilities (Greenhouse, Herbarium,
Herpetology/Mammology Museum - which collectively provide many of the living organisms
and preserved specimens used in our courses), prep labs associated with the lab
classrooms, a morphometrics/computer lab (funded in part by the National Science
Foundation in the late 1990s), and research lab space for 19 faculty. The labs feature fume
hoods, laminar-flow hoods, house deionized water, and other kinds of support appropriate
for science courses. Other major shared instrumentation under the Department‘s
supervision, many of which were funded from external grants, include fluorescence
microscopes, micro- and macro-digital imaging equipment, centrifuges,
spectrophotometers, and molecular biology equipment. Located outside department space
but available for faculty use or collaboration are a scanning electron microscope, two
confocal fluorescence microscopes, mass spectrometer, and nuclear magnetic resonance
instrumentation.
5. Assessment Information: NOTE: This section is a summary of your yearly
assessment reports.
a. Provide summary information on the following elements. Please
include this information in Appendix V.
 Your Program’s Student Learning Outcomes
 The assessment measures used to assess student performance on
these outcomes
 The standards/benchmarks your program has set for satisfactory
performance on the outcomes
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The results/ analysis, i.e. actual student performance on each
outcome
Actions your program has taken to improve student learning based
on the aforementioned results/analysis.
b. Plans for Program Improvement: The most important improvement that the
department has initiated is to formalize our assessment activities. Dr. Wendy
Tryzna has been named the Coordinator of Assessment Activities/Assessment
Czar for the Department. This will move some responsibilities from the Chair to a
dedicated “position”. Dr. Tryzna has considerable experience which will provide
invaluable for better function of the assessment activities
c. Graduate Satisfaction: The results of 32 post-thesis defense/oral examination
surveys indicate that 31 graduates recorded a 4 or 5, with 5 being strongly agree
that the program enhanced their writing, critical thinking and public speaking
skills. 1 respondent indicated a better understanding of biology, but no
improvement in writing, critical thinking, nor speaking skills were gained from
BSC graduate program. Twelve respondents indicated that they had jobs in their
area of study, 5 indicated they had been admitted to professional schools, 3
reported having applied to professional school, but had not yet been admitted.
Thirteen respondents indicated that they were actively seeking employment in
their area of expertise, but had not yet landed a position. One of these graduates
was also waiting for a decision on their professional school application (included
in the 3 reported above).
d. Attach the previous five years of evaluations of your assessment
reports provided by the Office of Assessment. These evaluation
letters are included in Appendix IX.
6. Previous Reviews: State the last program review action by the Marshall
University Board of Governors.
At its meeting on April 22, 2010, the Marshall University Board of Governors
recommended that the Master of Science/Master of Arts in Biological Sciences continue
at its current level of activity.
7. Identify weaknesses and deficiencies noted in the last program review and
provide information regarding the status of improvements implemented or accomplished.
In its last program review, submitted in academic year 2009 – 2010, the Master of
Science/Master of Arts in Biological Sciences identified the following weaknesses. These
are transcribed verbatim from that report.
Laboratory space (needs remodeling); Lack of sufficient state funds to equip advanced
laboratories, maintain sophisticated equipment or fund faculty and student travel to
national meetings; Poor tracking of graduates; Relatively high teaching loads for faculty,
with very limited reassigned time for research without external funding for buyouts.
Otherwise, the graduate faculty routinely teaches the same course load as non-graduate
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faculty: the state/university workload formula does not recognize direction of theses and
independent research projects as assigned teaching, although the number of research
students remains high and will increase with aggressive student recruiting by new
faculty; Current Graduate Teaching Assistantship stipends are $6,000 per academic
year, approximately one-half to two-thirds that offered at competing institutions; Students
in the MS program do not always participate in research throughout all four academic
semesters and summer, in part because of the poor funding status for graduate
students: Additional professional lab staff is needed in the department to handle the
demands of shared major equipment and a more research intensive graduate program.
8. Current Strengths/Weaknesses: Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the
program. Describe program plans for removing the weaknesses.
Strengths. The current strengths of this graduate program center around the dedicated
faculty. Each member of the graduate faculty contributes many hours of unreimbursed
time mentoring students with coursework and research questions. Certainly the overall
effectiveness of any program will revolve around the student/mentor relationships. This
is a very important strength of the program in Biological Sciences. As we have no PhD
program and currently have no post-doctoral fellows, the graduate students get all of
their guidance from the faculty themselves. While this increases the faculty workload
and in many instances likely decreases their overall productivity, they assume this role
with aplomb.
The diversity of the curriculum is also a strength for the overall “health” of the graduate
program. Students and faculty alike are exposed to multiple viewpoints and scientific
approaches to answering biological questions. While individual research areas may lack
a “critical mass” the overall biological experience is enhanced by this programmatic
diversity. Lastly, a strength that we share with other departments in the College is the
College of Science Instructional Technology Center and its director, James Booth. This
group provides exceptional service to all faculty for IT needs, including some support of
research computing needs.
Weaknesses. Less than adequate state/institutional funds present an obvious challenge
(weakness) for this program. Combined with an aging physical plant, this lack of support
results in faculty and students using old equipment or overused shared newer equipment
for teaching and even research in less than adequate laboratory spaces. Unless service
contracts are written into grant proposals, there is little to no maintenance budget for
high-end research equipment and no budget for teaching equipment. This results in
some otherwise usable equipment needing repair, sitting idle because of the lack of
repair funds. The Department has two teaching laboratory coordinators, (Susan
Weinstein and Jennifer Strickland), but, neither has responsibilities in the graduate
courses, leaving the administration of these teaching labs to the graduate faculty.
Furthermore, the Department has no technician positions responsible for oversight of
research equipment upkeep and repair. Again, forcing this important task upon the
faculty. We experience high teaching loads for research active faculty. Graduate faculty
teach at the same level as undergraduate faculty, with very little release time provided
for the development of research proposals, collection of data, nor for writing the papers.
Some grant funds are available for “buyout” funding of teaching release, but these
opportunities are few. Graduate stipends are $4,500 per semester with no funding
available from the institution over the summer. This results in many/most students not
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being able to continue projects over the summer without external employment
(volunteering to do the research) and/or grant support to pay partial salary while doing
summer research.
III.
Viability of the Program: Provide a narrative summary in each of the following
sections in addition to the appendices.
1. Articulation Agreements: There are no articulation agreements with other
institutions.
2. Off-Campus Classes: The graduate program does not offer off-campus classes.
3. Online Courses: There are no on-line courses in the graduate program.
4. Service Courses: There are no service courses associated with the graduate
program.
5. Program Course Enrollment: Describe/Summarize program area courses
taken by students who are majors and include enrollment by semester for the
past 5 years. Indicate required or elective courses. The purpose of this section is
to indicate the availability and relative strength of the program area courses.
Include all students enrolled in the courses, whether majors or not. (Include
enrollment data for these courses in Appendix VI.) This information will be
provided by the Office of Institutional Research.
6. Program Enrollment: Summarize data indicating the number of new students
admitted, number of principal majors enrolled from your college, number of
second majors, the number of students enrolled as majors from other colleges
(i.e., College of Education specialization majors), the number of minors, and the
number of graduates for the program for each of the past five years. (Appendix
VII, which supports this section, will be supplied to you by the Office of
Assessment, in conjunction with the Office of Institutional Research).
7. The trend line for program enrollment and graduation numbers is provided in
Figure 1, which follows Appendix VIII.
8. Enrollment Projections: Enrollment in BSC graduate programs is expected to
stay at about the current level for the next 3-5 years. With the number of faculty
available for mentoring students remaining constant and with the uncertainty of
funding for the program, the Department does not anticipate increasing
recruitment efforts beyond that currently ongoing.
V.
Necessity of the Program:
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1. Advisory Committee: The Graduate Program in Biological Sciences has no external
Advisory Committee. All initiatives and strategic plans are endogenous to the graduate
faculty
2. Graduates: At this time, the department does not formally track students in terms
of places of employment, starting salary ranges, number employed in field of
specialization, and/or acceptance into baccalaureate or graduate programs other
than by the post-thesis defense/comprehensive oral exam survey. Individual
graduate mentors/advisors often keep in touch with former students. Many serve
as extended academic/career advisors and scientific colleagues. With the
appointment of Dr. Wendy Tryzna as the Assessment “Czar”, BSC will be
keeping much better track of our students for assessment proposes.
3. Job Placement: The Department does not track formally job placements nor
salaries.
VI.
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (If applicable)
Please prepare the following materials:
1) Program vision and mission statements with a strategic plan to achieve the
program’s vision and mission,
The mission of the Graduate Program in Biological Sciences is to provide up to date
training for entry level scientists (Masters degree). This “training” includes development
of scientific thought! The ability to “think” through a problem is essential for the
developing scientist. We accomplish this by including the students in the design of
experiments, requiring them to collect and analyze data and utilize the body of scientific
literature to provide a foundation for the entire process. This research component is
carried forth in the 660 seminar series that both MS and MA students are required to
take. The benefit to the non-thesis student is that they have the same science
foundation in their training as do the thesis (MS) students.
2) A specification of the resources needed to accomplish the program’s vision, with
an evidence-based rationale as why these resources are needed and how they will
help the program to accomplish its vision.
The Department of Biological Sciences provides a high quality graduate
experience to students, but does so “on a shoe-string”. We are competing for the
best student with institutions who can and do offer considerably higher stipends
and tuition aid packages. For example Dr. Robert Dailey at WVU replied to my
email query of their
master’s student aid with the following:
>>> "Mallory, David S" <[email protected]> 09/13/12 10:19 AM >>> Dr
Dailey Can you tell me what your master's level students get for financial aid?
How do you deal with summer salary etc?
“MS stipends in round figures are almost ($)16,000 for research assistant,
which is 12 months and around ($)13,000 for teaching assistant ship,
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which is 9 months. The TA is placed on research assistant ship for summer
the stipend will be raised from 16 to 18 next year. … (this is in addition to
a tuition waiver)
We understand that WVU is a Research Intensive institution, however, the competition for
students still exists. Institutionally (MU) supplied stipends are $9,000/year plus a partial tuition
supplement (our students must pay a portion of their tuition). A small number of students (4)
are covered by grant monies (NSF RII funding which currently amounts to $13,500/year).
Institutionally funded students are expected to devote 20 hours per week to teaching/tutoring
duties in the department. The RII funded students do not have that expectation. As the
department needs graduate TA’s to teach introductory laboratory sections in order to keep
research active faculty teaching loads at levels where they can be reasonably successful in
procuring grant support for research and students. Increased support for the funding of graduate
student education would allow the department to focus more on research productivity. This
would elevate, not only the faculty, but also the graduate student preparation.
The Department is requesting resource development in order to stabilize the funding of this
program. With the pressure of other regional and national institutions offering significantly larger
stipends and total tuition waivers, we risk losing good students to these other programs. The
current (Fiscal year 2015) state provided funding is $54,000 toward graduate stipends. This is
sufficient to fund six GA positions at the current college minimum rate of $4,500/semester. As
BSC routinely employs 24 GA’s who contribute significantly to the delivery of the undergraduate
curriculum, we need $216,000 to fully fund all GAs at the CoS minimum rate. The CoS Dean
has agreed to support the BSC graduate program at a rate of $100,000 annually. Therefore,
the Department of Biological Sciences is requesting an increase in personnel funds of $62,000
to add to the current $54,000 to bridge the $116,000 gap.
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Appendix I
Required/Elective Course Work in the Program
Degree Program:
MS/MA Biological Sciences
Total
Required
Hours
Courses Required in Major (By Course
Number and Title)
BSC 660 Intro Grad Seminar
BSC 661 Seminar I
BSC 662 Seminar II
2
2
2
Person responsible for the report: David Mallory
Elective Credit Required by the Major (By
Course Number and Title)
BSC 501 Ichthyology
BSC 505 Economic Botany
BSC 506 Herpetology
BSC 508 Ornithology
BSC 509 Mammalogy
BSC 510 Remote Sensing
BSC 513 Princ of Org Evolution
BSC 516 Plant Taxonomy
BSC 517 Biostatistics
BSC 518 Mycology
BSC 520 Plant Physiology
BSC 522 Animal Physiology
BSC 524 Animal Parasitology
BSC 525 Biosystematics
BSC 526 Medical Entomology
BSC 530 Plant Ecology
BSC 531 Limnology
BSC 542 Advanced Microbiology
BSC 543 Microbial Genetics
BSC 545 Microbial Ecology
BSC 546 Microbial Ecology Lab
BSC 550 Molecular Biology
BSC 556 Genes and Development
BSC 580 SpTp: Intermed Biochem
BSC 580 SpTp: Biochem/Mass Spec
BSC 581 SpTp: Malacology
BSC 582 SpTp: Appl Microscopy
BSC 582 SpTp: Inter Metabol
BSC 560 Cons Forest Soil W ildlife
BSC 620-622 Tax Vascular Plants
BSC 680 SpTp: Adv Ornithology
BSC 680 SpTp: Cell BioTechnology
BSC 680 SpTp: Herpetology J Club
BSC 680 SpTp: Molecular Medicine
BSC 681 Thesis (up to 12 hr)
Professional society that may have influenced the program offering and/or requirements: None
Elective
Hours
Related Fields Courses Required
12 - 26
Total
Related
Hours
0-14
Students need not take any courses
outside of Biological Sciences. Students
may take up to four hours of Independent
Study or Special Problems in consultation
with their advisor. Students may take six
hours of graduate work chosen from a
minor field.
BSC 585-588 Independent Study
BSC 650-652 Special Problems
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Appendix I
Required/Elective Course Work in the Program
Degree Program:MS/MA in BSC (AOE in Organismal, Evolutionary and Ecological Biology) Person responsible for the report: David
Mallory
Courses Required in Major (By Course
Number and Title)
Total
Required
Hours
BSC 660 Introductory Graduate Seminar
BSC 661 Seminar I
BSC 662 Seminar II
BSC 681 Thesis, up to 12 hrs.
(If only 9 hours of thesis are taken, select an additional
course(s) from the elective list.
2
2
2
9-12
Total Hours of Required Courses
15-18
Elective Credit Required by the Major (By
Course Number and Title)
BSC 501 Ichthyology
BSC 505 Economic Botany
BSC 506 Herpetology
BSC 508 Ornithology
BSC 509 Mammalogy
BSC 513 Principles of Organic Evolution
BSC 516 Plant Taxonomy
BSC 517 Biostatistics
BSC 524 Animal Parasitology
BSC 525 Biosystematics
BSC 526 Medical Entomology
BSC 530 Plant Ecology
BSC 560 Conservation Forest Soil Wildlife
BSC 610 Advanced Vertebrate Morphology
BSC 620 Taxonomy of Vascular Plants
Total Hours of Elective Courses
Elective
Hours
4
3
4
4
4
3
4
3
4
3
4
4
3
3
1-2
14-21
Related Fields Courses Required
Total
Related
Hours
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Appendix I
Required/Elective Course Work in the Program
Degree Program:
MS in BSC (AOE in Watershed Resource Science)
Courses Required in Major (By Course
Number and Title)
Total
Required
Hours
BSC 530 Plant Ecology OR
BSC 531 Limnology
4
BSC 660 Intro Grad Seminar
BSC 661 Seminar I
BSC 662 Seminar II
BSC 681 Thesis
ES 660 Environmental Law I
PS 580 SpTp: Bioassessment
Graduate GIS
2
2
2
1-6
3
4
3
Person responsible for the report: David Mallory
Elective Credit Required by the Major (By
Course Number and Title)
Elective
Hours
Students complete minimum of 32 total credit hours by
selecting elective courses from the approved list in one
of the following specializations:
Assessment
BSC 501, 505, 506, 508, 509, 516, 517, 518, 520, 522,
524, 526, 530, 531, 542, 545, 546, 550, 560, 620-622;
ES 645, 646, 648; GLY 525, 526, 530, 551, 551L, 555,
555L, 556, 556L, 557; PS570, 580-583, 585-588; PHY
505, 515, 562, 563, 644
Management
ES 600, 602, 603, 604, 609, 614, 620, 640, 654, 655,
656, 660, 661, 662, 663, 665, 674; GEO 510, 514, 55,
516, 517, 518; HST 503, 524, 540, 600; HUMN 530,
602; MGT 500, 502; PLS 500, 501, 502, 510, 511, 521,
530, 531, 540; PSC 533, 550, 552, 554
Environmental Informatics
BSC 510, 511; ES 605, 610, 626, 630; GEO 529, 530;
PS 510, 511
Total Hours of Required Courses
21-26
Total Hours of Elective Courses
Professional society that may have influenced the program offering and/or requirements: None
6-11
Related Fields Courses Required
Total
Related
Hours
22
Appendix I
Required/Elective Course Work in the Program
Degree Program:
MA in BSC (AOE in Watershed Resource Science)
Courses Required in Major (By Course
Number and Title)
Total
Required
Hours
BSC 530 Plant Ecology OR
BSC 531 Limnology
4
BSC 585 Independent Study
BSC 660 Intro Grad Seminar
BSC 661 Seminar I
BSC 662 Seminar II
ES 660 Environmental Law I
PS 580 SpTp: Bioassessment
Graduate GIS
3
2
2
2
3
4
3
Person responsible for the report: David Mallory
Elective Credit Required by the Major (By
Course Number and Title)
Elective
Hours
Students complete minimum of 32 total credit hours by
selecting elective courses from the approved list in one
of the following specializations:
Assessment
BSC 501, 505, 506, 508, 509, 516, 517, 518, 520, 522,
524, 526, 530, 531, 542, 545, 546, 550, 560, 620-622;
ES 645, 646, 648; GLY 525, 526, 530, 551, 551L, 555,
555L, 556, 556L, 557; PS570, 580-583, 585-588; PHY
505, 515, 562, 563, 644
Management
ES 600, 602, 603, 604, 609, 614, 620, 640, 654, 655,
656, 660, 661, 662, 663, 665, 674; GEO 510, 514, 55,
516, 517, 518; HST 503, 524, 540, 600; HUMN 530,
602; MGT 500, 502; PLS 500, 501, 502, 510, 511, 521,
530, 531, 540; PSC 533, 550, 552, 554
Environmental Informatics
BSC 510, 511; ES 605, 610, 626, 630; GEO 529, 530;
PS 510, 511
Total Hours of Required Courses
23
Total Hours of Elective Courses
13
Related Fields Courses Required
Total
Related
Hours
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Appendix II
Faculty Data Sheet
(Information for the period of this review)
August 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014
Name:
Dr. Brian Leslie Antonsen
Start Date at Marshall as a Faculty Member:
Status:
Rank:
Associate Professor
August 17, 2007
Tenured
Highest Degree Earned:
Conferring Institution:
Ph D
Date Degree Received:
1999
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Area of Degree Specialization:
Biology
List courses you taught during the final two years of this review. If you participated in a team-taught
course, indicate each of them and what percentage of the course you taught. For each course include
the year and semester taught (summer through spring), course number, course title and enrollment.
(Expand the table as necessary)
Term/Year
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Course
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
581
BSC
481
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
662
BSC
680
Human Physiology
Title
Enrolled
24 100%
% Respon
100
Human Physiology
22 100%
100
Human Physiology
22 100%
100
Human Physiology
22 100%
100
Human Physiology
22 100%
100
Human Physiology
24 100%
100
SpTp: Neuroscience
1 100%
100
SpTp:Neuroscience
7 100%
100
Principles of Biology
25 100%
100
Principles of Biology
27 100%
100
Principles of Biology
25 100%
100
Principles of Biology
25 100%
100
Principles of Biology
26 100%
100
Seminar II
10 50%
50
SpTp: Neuroethology
3 100%
100
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Summer
2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Fall 2011
Fall 2011
Fall 2011
Fall 2011
Fall 2011
Fall 2011
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
661
BSC
660
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
661
BSC
482
BSC
480
BSC
680
BSC
660
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
Human Physiology
20 100%
100
Human Physiology
24 100%
100
Human Physiology
25 100%
100
Human Physiology
24 100%
100
Human Physiology
20 100%
100
Human Physiology
22 100%
100
Seminar I
14 50%
50
Intro Grad Seminar
13 50%
50
Principles of Biology
27 100%
100
Principles of Biology
28 100%
100
Principles of Biology
28 100%
100
Principles of Biology
27 100%
100
Principles of Biology
26 100%
100
Human Physiology
25 100%
100
Human Physiology
27 100%
100
Human Physiology
26 100%
100
Human Physiology
23 100%
100
Seminar I
21 50%
50
SpTp:Th Meth Mammalian Jt Ctrl
2 100%
100
SpTp:Topics in Integr Physiol
3 50%
50
SpTp:Topics in Integr Physiol
6 50%
50
Intro Grad Seminar
23 100%
100
Principles of Biology
27 100%
100
Principles of Biology
28 100%
100
Principles of Biology
28 100%
100
Principles of Biology
26 100%
100
Principles of Biology
28 100%
100
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NOTE: Part-time adjunct faculty do not need to fill in the remainder of this document.
1)
Scholarship/Research
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
Price, J. E. M. (Principal), Antonsen, B. L. (Co-Principal), Collier, P. S. (Co-Principal), Schultz, G. E. (CoPrincipal), Trzyna, W. C. (Co-Principal), Zhu, G.-Z. (Co-Principal), Norton, M. L. (Co-Principal), Spitzer, N.
(Co-Principal), Grant, "Multidisciplinary Center in Differentiation and Development: Cues and Functions",
NIH, Federal, $10,296,389.00, Not Funded.
Antonsen, B. L. (Principal), Grant, "Neurotoxicology of Atrazine and its Derivatives", Marshall (NSF Sub
Award), Marshall University, $65,000.00, Funded. (July 20, 2012 - December 20, 2013).
Antonsen, B. L. (Co-Principal), Grant, "MRI-R2: Acquisition of a Confocal/Multiphoton Microscope to
Advance Cellular and Physiological Research at Marshall University", NSF, Federal, $930,058.00,
Funded. (December 15, 2009 - November 30, 2012).
Antonsen, B. L. (Principal), Grant, "Attend Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting", Marshall, Marshall
University, $500.00, Funded. (October 20, 2012).
Antonsen, B. L. (Co-Principal), Grant, "Neural Mechanisms of Dominance Behavior", NSF, Federal,
$500,000.00, Funded. (April 15, 2007 - March 31, 2012).
Antonsen, B. L. (Principal), Grant, "RUI: Modulation of a Reflex Escape Circuit.", NSF, Federal,
$250,000.00, Not Funded. (January 12, 2012).
Antonsen, B. L. (Principal), Grant, "2011 Technician Request", West Virginia HEPC, State, $23,154.00,
Funded. (March 1, 2011 - August 31, 2011).
Presentations
Antonsen, B. L. (Author Only), Starkey, C. B. (Presenter & Author), Forrester, K. E. (Presenter & Author),
Poster, Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting, Association of Southeastern Biologists,
Charleston WV, "Subthreshold toxic effects of the herbicide Atrazine on learning and behavior in
Procambarus clarkii, Red Swamp Crayfish", Conference, Academic, Regional, Accepted.
Antonsen, B. L. (Presenter & Author), Poster, Majors Biology Leadership Conference and Workshop,
Pearson, Tucson AZ, "Overcoming Freshman Trauma: Engaging New University Students in Large
Classrooms.", Conference, Academic, International, published elsewhere, Invited.
Antonsen, B. L. (Author Only), Brewer, H. (Presenter & Author), Lyons, A. R. (Presenter & Author), Blake,
M. (Presenter & Author), Poster, Sigma Xi Research Day, Marshall chapter of Sigma Xi, Huntington, WV,
USA, "Biomechanics of the Praying Mantis strike", Conference, Academic, Local, Accepted. (May 3,
2013).
Antonsen, B. L. (Author Only), Hayes, A. R. (Presenter & Author), Pauley, M. E. (Presenter & Author),
Poster, Sigma Xi Research Day, Marshall chapter of Sigma Xi, Huntington, WV, USA, "Functional
distribution of serotonin and dopamine in the crayfish CNS", Conference, Academic, Local, Accepted.
(May 3, 2013).
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Antonsen, B. L. (Author Only), Mummert, A. (Presenter & Author), Brewer, H. (Presenter & Author),
Blake, M. (Author Only), Lyons, A. R. (Author Only), Poster, Undergraduate Research Conference at the
Interface of Biology and Mathematics,, National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis,
Knoxville, TN, USA, "Biomechanical Modeling of the Praying Mantis Strike.", Conference, Academic,
National, Accepted. (November 17, 2012).
Spitzer, N. (Presenter & Author), Antonsen, B. L. (Author Only), Lyons, A. R. (Presenter & Author), Blake,
M. D. (Presenter & Author), Poster, 2012 Annual Brain Awareness Campaign Event at annual meeting of
Society for Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA, "A Brain Awareness program in an
underrepresented region.", Conference, Academic, International, published elsewhere, Accepted.
(October 13, 2012).
Antonsen, B. L. (Presenter & Author), Starkey, C. B. (Author Only), Hayes, A. R. (Presenter & Author),
Pauley, M. E. (Presenter & Author), Poster, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Society for
Neuroscience, New Orleans LA, "Calcium mediates synergistic interactions between biochemical
pathways in an identified neuron.", Conference, Academic, International, published in proceedings,
Accepted. (October 12, 2012).
Antonsen, B. L. (Author Only), Blake, M. (Presenter & Author), Lyons, A. R. (Presenter & Author), Poster,
Sigma Xi Research Day, Marshall chapter of Sigma Xi, Huntington, WV, USA, "Biomenchanical modeling
of the human knee", Conference, Academic, Local, Accepted. (April 27, 2012).
Antonsen, B. L. (Author Only), Hayes, A. R. (Presenter & Author), Pauley, M. E. (Presenter & Author),
Poster, Sigma Xi Research Day, Marshall chapter of Sigma Xi, Huntington, WV, USA, "Functional
distribution of serotonin and dopamine in the crayfish CNS", Conference, Academic, Local, Accepted.
(April 27, 2012).
Research Currently in Progress
Antonsen, Brian L, "Biochemical Pathways that Underlie Synergistic Modulation", On-Going, Scholarly.
Antonsen, Brian L, Mummert, Anna, "Biomechanics of the Praying Mantis Strike", On-Going, Scholarly.
Antonsen, Brian L, "Effects of toxins on stress behaviors in crayfish", On-Going, Scholarly.
Antonsen, Brian L, "Familiarity Confers Transient Benefits Among Crayfish", Writing Results, Scholarly.
Antonsen, Brian L, "Synergistic Modulation of an Escape Circuit", Writing Results, Scholarly.
Directed Student Learning and Research
Perez, E., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 485, 2 credit hours,
"Influences of toxins on zebrafish behavior", In-Process. (August 30, 2013 - Present).
Lockhart, T., Research, Supervised Research, Chemistry Department, "Influences of toxins on zebrafish
behavior", In-Process. (August 30, 2013 - Present).
Adkins, S., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department, BSC,
"Toxicological effects on escape behavior", In-Process. (August 20, 2013 - Present).
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Lyons, A., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, "Insect Biomechanics", InProcess. (January 1, 2013 - Present).
Lefevre, A., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 491, 2 credit hours,
"Crayfish neurotoxicology", In-Process. (August 30, 2012 - Present).
Boggs, K., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 491, 2 credit hours,
"Crayfish neurotoxicology", In-Process. (August 30, 2012 - Present).
Adkins, K., Learning, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, "River
ecology", In-Process. (August 20, 2012 - Present).
Brewer, H., Research, Supervised Research, Mathematics Department, BSC, "Insect Biomechanics", InProcess. (May 15, 2012 - Present).
Starkey, C., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department, BSC,
"Toxicological deficits of learning", In-Process. (August 20, 2011 - Present).
Milhoan, B., Learning, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, "Role of
Calcium in transducing neural excitability changes", In-Process. (August 20, 2011 - Present).
Patel, P., Learning, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, "Role of
Calcium in transducing neural excitability changes", In-Process. (August 20, 2011 - Present).
Blake, M., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, "Biomechanical simulation
of the knee", In-Process. (August 16, 2011 - Present).
Hayes, A., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 491, 2 credit hours,
"Functional distribution of serotonin and dopamine", Completed. (January 10, 2012 - May 5, 2013).
Pauley, M., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 491, 2 credit hours,
"Functional distribution of serotonin and dopamine", Completed. (January 10, 2012 - May 3, 2013).
Forester, K., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, "Toxicological
deficits of learning", Completed. (August 20, 2012 - May 2, 2013).
Hayes, A., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 485, 2 credit hours,
"Neuroanatomy and immunocytochemistry", Completed. (August 20, 2012 - December 20, 2012).
Pauley, M., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 485, 2 credit hours,
"Neuroanatomy and immunocytochemistry", Completed. (August 20, 2012 - December 20, 2012).
Wallace, T., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 491, 2 credit hours,
"Functional distribution of serotonin and dopamine", Completed. (August 20, 2012 - December 20, 2012).
Lyons, A., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 491, 2 credit hours,
"Insect Biomechanics", Completed. (May 15, 2012 - December 20, 2012).
Blake, M., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 491, 2 credit hours,
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"Insect Biomechanics", Completed. (May 15, 2012 - December 20, 2012).
Williams, A., Learning, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department, "Role of
Calcium in transducing neural excitability changes", In-Process. (August 20, 2011 - December 20, 2012).
Maniskas, M., Learning, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, "Role of
Calcium in transducing neural excitability changes", Completed. (August 20, 2010 - December 20, 2012).
Lyons, A., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 482, 2 credit hours,
"Methods in Mammalian Joint Control", Completed. (January 5, 2012 - May 1, 2012).
Blake, M., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 482, 2 credit hours,
"Methods in Mammalian Joint Control", Completed. (January 5, 2012 - May 1, 2012).
Hayes, A., Research, Directed Individual/Independent Study, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 485,
2 credit hours, "Functional distribution of serotonin and dopamine", Completed. (August 16, 2011 December 16, 2011).
Lyons, A., Research, Directed Individual/Independent Study, Exercise Sci Sport & Rec Department, BSC,
485, 2 credit hours, "Biomechanical simulation of the knee", Completed. (August 16, 2011 - December 16,
2011).
Pauley, M., Research, Directed Individual/Independent Study, Biological Sciences Department, BSC,
485, 2 credit hours, "Functional distribution of serotonin and dopamine", Completed. (August 16, 2011 December 16, 2011).
Leonard, Z., Learning, Supervised Research, Psychology Department, "Functional Neuronatomy of
serotonin and dopamine", Completed. (August 16, 2011 - December 16, 2011).
Adkins, B., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 491, 2 credit hours,
"Release distribution of serotonin in the lateral giant system", Completed. (January 2, 2011 - May 16,
2011).
LeMasters, C., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, "Role of Calcium in
transducing neural excitability changes", Completed. (January 2, 2011 - May 16, 2011).
Fields, E., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, "Release distribution of
serotonin in the lateral giant system", Completed. (January 2, 2011 - May 16, 2011).
O'Toole, W., Research, Supervised Research, Chemistry Department, "Stress and escape reactions",
Completed. (January 2, 2011 - May 16, 2011).
2)
Service
Department
Marshall Biology Web Page, Committee Chair, (January 1, 2013 - Present).
Marshall Neuroscience Club, Faculty Mentor, (August 20, 2012 - Present).
Graduate, Committee Member, (January 1, 2011 - Present).
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Recruiting and Outreach, Committee Chair, (January 1, 2011 - July 1, 2013).
Dean's NSF Road Map Ciommittee, Committee Member, (July 20, 2012 - January 30, 2013).
College
Dean's NSF Road Map, Committee Member (January 30, 2013 - Present).
University
Marshall Animal Care and Use Committee, Committee Member (January 1, 2011 - Present).
Professional letters of reference, Faculty Mentor (January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013).
Next Generation Sequencing & Bioinformatics Forum, Program Organizer (September 15, 2011 - October
30, 2011).
iPED Workshop - Improving Professional Development for Graduate Students, Guest Speaker (August
16, 2011).
Professional
Brain Behavior and Evolution, Reviewer, Journal Article (September 1, 2011 - Present).
National Science Foundation, Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Arlington, Virginia, USA (February 1, 2011 Present).
Frontiers in Neuroscience, Reviewer, Journal Article (January 1, 2011 - Present).
McGraw Hill, Reviewer, Textbook (August 10, 2012 - September 10, 2012).
Crustacean Nervous Systems, Reviewer, Book (October 10, 2011 - December 20, 2011).
McGraw Hill, Reviewer, Textbook (July 10, 2011 - November 15, 2011).
Community
Spring Valley High School/TREK program, Outreach activities, Wayne Co, WV, USA (May 20, 2011 Present).
Marshall Brain Awareness Program, co-Director and co-Founder (January 1, 2011 - Present).
3)
Professional development activities, including professional organizations to which you belong and
state, regional, national, and international conferences attended. List any panels on which you chaired or
participated. List any offices you hold in professional organizations.
Professional Memberships
Society for Toxicology, SOT, Leading organization for researchers studying all aspects of toxicology.
(September 10, 2013 - Present).
Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience, FUN, Society for professors of undergraduate neuroscience
course, including those who wish to begin a course. (January 1, 2011 - Present).
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International Society for Neuroethology, Leading society covering the study of how the nervous system
controls behavior. (January 1, 2011 - Present).
Society for Neuroscience, SfN, The leading cross disciplinary neuroscience society. (January 1, 2011 Present).
Faculty Development Activities Attended
Conference Attendance, "Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting", Society for Neuroscience, San
Diego, California, USA. (November 13, 2013 - November 14, 2013).
Workshop, "Zebrafish Behavioral Neuroscience and Neurophenotyping Workshop", International Stress
and Behavior Society, San Diego, California, USA. (November 13, 2013).
Conference Attendance, "Sigma Xi Research Day", Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA. (May 3,
2013).
Conference Attendance, "Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting", Association of
Southeastern Biologists, Charleston, West Virginia, USA. (April 12, 2013).
Workshop, "Majors Biology Leadership Conference and Workshop", Pearson, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
(March 15, 2013 - March 17, 2013).
Conference Attendance, "Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting", Society for Neuroscience, New
Orleans, LA, USA. (October 13, 2012 - October 17, 2012).
Conference Attendance, "Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Meeting", Faculty for Undergraduate
Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA, USA. (October 15, 2012).
Conference Attendance, "Sigma Xi Research Day", Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA. (April 27,
2012).
Conference Attendance, "Marshall iPed", Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA. (August 16, 2011).
Conference Attendance, "Sigma Xi Research Day", Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA. (April 29,
2011).
Workshop, "McGraw Hill Connect training", McGraw Hill, Huntington, WV, USA. (January 26, 2011).
4)
Awards/honors (including invitations to speak in your area of expertise) or special recognition.
Awards and Honors
Student Organization Advisor of the Year, Division of Student Affairs, (May 5, 2013).
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Appendix II
Faculty Data Sheet
(Information for the period of this review)
August 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014
Name:
Anne C Axel
Rank:
Start Date at Marshall as a Faculty Member:
Status:
August 17, 2012
Probationary
Highest Degree Earned:
Conferring Institution:
Ph D
Date Degree Received:
2011
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Area of Degree Specialization:
Fisheries and Wildlife; Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior
List courses you taught during the final two years of this review. If you participated in a team-taught
course, indicate each of them and what percentage of the course you taught. For each course include
the year and semester taught (summer through spring), course number, course title and enrollment.
(Expand the table as necessary)
Term/Year
Spring 2014
Course
BSC
411
BSC
511
PS 511
Title
Dgtl Image Proc/GIS Model
Enrolled
1 50%
% Respon
50
Dgtl Image Proc/GIS Model
4 100%
100
Image Processing/Modeling
2 50%
50
Principles of Biology
28 100%
100
Principles of Biology
27 100%
100
Principles of Biology
27 100%
100
Principles of Biology
28 100%
100
Principles of Biology
28 100%
100
Principles of Biology
23 100%
100
Principles of Biology
24 100%
100
Principles of Biology
23 100%
100
Principles of Biology
24 100%
100
Remote Sensing and GIS Applications
11 50%
50
Fall 2013
BSC
121
BSC
121
BSC
121
BSC
121
BSC
121
BSC
121
BSC
121
BSC
121
BSC
121
BSC
511
PS 410
Remote Sensing w Applications
1 50%
50
Fall 2013
PS 510
Remote Sensing w Applications
3 50%
50
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
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Fall 2013
BSC
410
BSC
510
PS 682
Remote Sensing/GIS Appl
1 50%
50
Remote Sensing/GIS Appl
4 50%
50
Thesis Research
1 100%
100
Dgtl Image Proc/GIS Model
2 50%
50
Spring 2013
BSC
511
PS 411
Image Processing/Modeling
1 50%
50
Spring 2013
PS 511
Image Processing/Modeling
4 50%
50
Fall 2012
BSC
410
BSC
510
BSC
121
BSC
121
BSC
121
BSC
121
Physical Principles of Remote Sensing with
Applications
Physical Principles of Remote Sensing with
Applications
Principles of Biology
50%
50
50%
50
16 100%
100
Principles of Biology
21 100%
100
Principles of Biology
25 100%
100
Principles of Biology
23 100%
100
Fall 2013
Summer
2013
Spring 2013
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
NOTE: Part-time adjunct faculty do not need to fill in the remainder of this document.
1)
Scholarship/Research
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
Axel, A. C. (Principal), Rankin, L. (Co-Principal), Grant, "USING REMOTE SENSING TO MEASURE THE
ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY OF NON-INTACT TROPICAL DRY FORESTS OF SOUTHERN
MADAGASCAR", NASA Graduate Research Fellowship Program, Marshall University, $12,000.00,
Funded. (May 2013 - December 2013).
Axel, A. C., Grant, "Quinlan Endowment Fund for Faculty Travel", Marshall University, Marshall
University, $500.00, Funded. (August 2013).
Axel, A. C., Grant, "Marshall University Summer Research Award", Marshall University, Marshall
University, $2,000.00, Funded. (July 2013 - August 2013).
Intellectual Contributions
Gage, S., Axel, A. C. (2013). Visualization of temporal change in soundscape power of a Michigan lake
habitat over a 4-year period. Ecological Informatics.
Presentations
Axel, A. C. (Presenter & Author), Oral Presentation, University Education in Natural Resources
Conference, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, "Incorporating film, television, and photographs
into the natural resources curriculum: using visual texts to create virtual field trips, provide historical
perspective, and construct case studies that underscore the “voices” of stakeholders", Conference,
Academic, National, Accepted.
Tuggle, T. S. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Axel, A. C. (Author Only), Poster, GIS
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Day at Marshall University, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, "Modeling cyanobacteria concentrations
in the Ohio River using Landsat 8", Conference, Academic, Local. (November 2013).
Parsons-White, A. (Presenter & Author), Axel, A. C. (Author Only), Poster, GIS Day at Marshall
University, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, "Modeling surface water flow and sediment transport in
the Twelve Pole Creek watershed", Conference, Academic, Local. (November 20, 2013).
Rankin, L. (Presenter & Author), Axel, A. C. (Author Only), Oral Presentation, XXIV International
Bioacoustics Congress, International Bioacoustics Council, Pirenópolis, Brazil, "Soundscapes as a
measure of ecological integrity of grazed forests in Madagascar", Conference, Academic, International,
peer-reviewed/refereed, Accepted. (September 12, 2013).
Axel, A. C. (Presenter & Author), Oral Presentation, International Prosimian Congress 2013, Institute for
the Conservation of Tropical Environments, Ranomafana, Madagascar, "The complexity of livestock in
lemur landscapes: implications for the conservation of biodiversity in Madagascar’s tropical dry forests",
Conference, Academic, International, peer-reviewed/refereed, Accepted. (August 8, 2013).
Rankin, L. (Presenter & Author), Axel, A. C. (Author Only), Oral Presentation, International Prosimian
Congress 2013, Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments, Ranomafana, Madagascar,
"Soundscapes as a measure of ecological integrity", Conference, Academic, International, peerreviewed/refereed, Accepted. (August 6, 2013).
Rankin, L. (Presenter & Author), Axel, A. C. (Author Only), Poster, Sigma Xi, Marshall University,
Huntington, WV, "Assessing ecological integrity of grazed and ungrazed tropical dry forests through
soundscape analysis", Other, Academic, Local, peer-reviewed/refereed, Accepted. (May 3, 2013).
Parsons-White, A. (Presenter & Author), Axel, A. C. (Author Only), Poster, Sigma Xi, Marshall University,
Huntington, WV, "Modeling surface water flow and sediment transport in the Twelve Pole Creek
watershed", Other, Academic, Local. (May 3, 2013).
Rankin, L. (Presenter & Author), Axel, A. C. (Author Only), Poster, Association of Southeastern Biologists,
Marshall University, Charleston, WV, "Assessing ecological integrity of grazed and ungrazed tropical dry
forests through soundscape analysis", Conference, Academic, Regional, peer-reviewed/refereed,
Accepted. (April 12, 2013).
Rankin, L. (Presenter & Author), Axel, A. C. (Author Only), Oral Presentation, 2013 Annual Meeting of the
West Virginia Academy of Science, Davis, WV, "Assessment of landscape degradation using Landsat
images and vegetation sampling in Southern Madagascar", Conference, Academic, State, Accepted.
(April 6, 2013).
Parsons-White, A. (Presenter & Author), Axel, A. C. (Author Only), Oral Presentation, 2013 Annual
Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Davis, WV, "Modeling surface water flow and sediment
transport in the Twelve Pole Creek watershed", Conference, Academic, State, Accepted. (April 6, 2013).
Parsons-White, A. (Presenter & Author), Axel, A. C. (Author Only), Poster, GIS Day at Marshall
University, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, "Application of Hyper Spectral Remote Sensing in the
Mapping of Invasive Plant Species", Conference, Academic, Local. (November 14, 2012).
Research Currently in Progress
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Axel, Anne C, Lyndsay Rankin, "Comparing acoustic indices of soundscapes across a dry forest
gradient", Writing Results, Scholarly.
Axel, Anne C, Stuart Gage, Eric Kasten, "Determination of Specific Acoustic Events by Filtering
Soundscape Energy Metrics: A Spring Peeper Case Study", Writing Results, Scholarly.
Axel, Anne C, "GPS tracking of livestock in Malagasy dry forests", On-Going, Scholarly.
Axel, Anne C, "Random forest classification of tropical dry forests in and around Beza Mahafaly Special
Reserve, Madagascar", Writing Results, Scholarly.
Directed Student Learning and Research
Davis, R., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Physics & Physical Science Department,
Proposal. (August 2013 - Present).
Tuggle, T., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, Proposal.
(August 2013 - Present).
Arneson, E., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department, Proposal.
(March 15, 2013 - Present).
White, A., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department, In-Process.
(January 2013 - Present).
Edwards, E., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, InProcess. (January 2013 - Present).
Herrick, K., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, In-Process.
(January 2013 - Present).
Legg, S., Research, Supervised Research, Yeager Scholars Department, "Acoustic detection of the
endangered West Virginia northern flying squirrel", In-Process. (September 2012 - Present).
Rankin, L., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department, "Assessing
ecological integrity of grazed and ungrazed tropical dry forests through soundscape analysis", In-Process.
(August 2012 - Present).
Reinhardt, A., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Physics & Physical Science Department,
"PREDICTING ANTHROPOGENIC STREAMBED SHIFTS IN BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA, MODELED
OVER 15 YEARS USING LANDSAT TM AND DEMS", Completed. (February 1, 2013 - December 2013).
Turley, A., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Physics & Physical Science Department,
"Suitability of low cost commercial off-the-shelf aerial platforms and consumer grade digital cameras for
small format aerial photography", Completed. (September 2012 - November 30, 2012).
2)
Service
College
NASA WV Space Grant Consortium Advisory Committee, Committee Member (October 2013).
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Teaching lab upgrade (September 2012 - December 2012).
University
INTO Marshall University, Student Recruiter (April 29, 2013).
INTO Marshall University, Student Recruiter (April 29, 2013).
INTO Marshall University, Student Recruiter (April 27, 2013).
INTO Marshall University, Student Recruiter (April 26, 2013).
INTO Marshall University, Student Recruiter (April 22, 2013).
INTO Marshall University, Student Recruiter (April 21, 2013).
Professional
Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL), Presenter on CIRTLCast online
discussion, Madison, WI, United States (November 4, 2014).
3)
Professional development activities, including professional organizations to which you belong and
state, regional, national, and international conferences attended. List any panels on which you chaired or
participated. List any offices you hold in professional organizations.
Professional Memberships
Society for Conservation GIS, SCGIS, An organization that assists conservationists worldwide in using
GIS. (February 2014 - Present).
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, ASPRS, "Our mission is to promote the
ethical application of active and passive sensors, the disciplines of photogrammetry, remote sensing,
geographic information systems, and other supporting geospatial technologies; to advance the
understanding of the geospatial and related sciences; to expand public awareness of the profession; and
to promote a balanced representation of the interests of government, academia, and private enterprise.".
(January 1, 2014 - Present).
International Association of Landscape Ecology, US-IALE, "Foster landscape ecology in the United States
and promote interdisciplinary research and communication among scientists, planners, and other
professionals concerned with landscape ecology.". (January 2014 - Present).
International Working Group on Forest Landscape Ecology, IALE-IUFRO. (January 2012 - Present).
Association for the Study of Literature and Environment, ASLE. (January 2012 - December 2012).
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS. (January 2012 - December 2012).
Faculty Development Activities Attended
Workshop, "Fall 2013 FYS Training Institute", Center for Teaching and Learning, Marshall University,
Huntington, WV, USA. (October 19, 2013 - January 5, 2014).
Workshop, "Remote Data Acquisition Sensor Training Workshop", Sevilleta Field Station at the University
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of New Mexico, Socorro, New Mexico. (June 16, 2013 - June 22, 2013).
Workshop, "Using Pivot to Find Funding", Marshall University Research Corporation, Huntington, WV,
USA. (March 13, 2013).
Workshop, "Acoustic Methods in Fisheries Management", American Fisheries Society, WV and OH
Chapters, Huntington, WV, USA. (February 19, 2013).
Continuing Education Program, "IACUC Curriculum Basic Course", Collaborative Institutional Training
Initiative (CITI), Huntington, WV, USA. (October 22, 2012).
Conference Attendance, "2012 iPeD Conference on Teaching and Learning", Marshall University,
Huntington, WV, USA. (August 21, 2012).
Conference Attendance, "University Education in Natural Resources Conference", Colorado State
University, Fort Collins, CO, USA. (March 22, 2012 - March 24, 2012).
4)
Awards/honors (including invitations to speak in your area of expertise) or special recognition.
Awards and Honors
Pickens-Queen Teacher Award, Marshall University, (December 15, 2013).
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Appendix II
Faculty Data Sheet
(Information for the period of this review)
August 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014
Name:
Dr. Eric R Blough
Rank:
Start Date at Marshall as a Faculty Member:
Status:
Associate Professor
August 17, 2003
Tenured
Highest Degree Earned:
Date Degree Received:
NOTE: Dr. Blough was a member of the Department of Biological Sciences during the review period. He
is now a faculty member in the School of Pharmacy, but has adjunct status with the Department of
Biological Sciences and mentors BSC grad students.
List courses you taught during the final two years of this review. If you participated in a team-taught
course, indicate each of them and what percentage of the course you taught. For each course include
the year and semester taught (summer through spring), course number, course title and enrollment.
(Expand the table as necessary)
Term/Year
Spring 2014
Spring 2013
Fall 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Fall 2011
Fall 2011
Fall 2011
Fall 2011
Course
PHAR
544
PHAR
544
PHAR
542
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
Title
Prin of Disease & Drug Action
Enrolled
68 75%
% Respon
75
Prin of Disease & Drug Action
78 40%
40
Immunology and Microbiology
79 100%
100
Human Physiology
26 100%
100
Human Physiology
24 100%
100
Human Physiology
25 100%
100
Human Physiology
26 100%
100
Human Physiology
24 100%
100
Human Physiology
25 100%
100
Human Physiology
24 100%
100
Human Physiology
22 100%
100
Human Physiology
22 100%
100
NOTE: Part-time adjunct faculty do not need to fill in the remainder of this document.
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1)
Scholarship/Research
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
Price, J. E. M. (Co-Principal), Blough, E. R. (Principal), Georgel, P. (Co-Principal), Grant, "Towards an
integrated and multidisciplinary analysis of epigenetic variation in complex diseases: development of the
Cell Differentiation and Development Center (CDDC) at Marshall University", WV Higher Education Policy
Commission, State, $2,291,000.00, Funded. (2008 - 2012).
Price, J. E. M. (Co-Principal), Blough, E. R. (Principal), Grant, "Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms
Underlying Skeletal Muscle and Cardiovascular Adaptation to Simulated Microgravity", NASA, Federal,
$749,921.00, Funded. (2007 - 2010).
Intellectual Contributions
Lycans, R. M., Higgins, C. B., Tanner, M. S., Blough, E. R., Day, B. S. (in press). Plasma Treatment of
PDMS for Applications of In Vitro Motility Assays. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces.
Wemm, S., Fanean, A., Baker, A., Blough, E. R., Mewaldt, S. P., Bardi, M. (2013). Problematic drinking
and physiological responses among female college students.. Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.), 47, 149-57.
Wemm, S., Koone, T., Blough, E. R., Mewaldt, S. P., Bardi, M. (2010). The role of DHEA in relation to
problem solving and academic performance.. Biological psychology, 85, 53-61.
Presentations
Higgins, C. B. (Presenter & Author), Ragland, R. M. (Author Only), Tanner, M. (Author Only), Blough, E.
R., Day, B. S., Poster, Fall ACS National Meeting, ACS, Philadelphia, PA, "Development of a Method to
Manipulate Movement of Actin Bundles within a Hybrid Microfluidic Device", Conference, National,
Accepted. (August 2012).
Wemm, S. (Presenter & Author), Fanean, A. (Presenter & Author), Baker, A. (Presenter & Author),
Mandich, D. (Presenter & Author), Blough, E. R. (Presenter & Author), Mewaldt, S. P. (Presenter &
Author), Bardi, M. (Presenter & Author), Poster, Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC,
"Physiological constituents of coping mechanisms: relation to problematic drinking and academic
performance", Conference, Academic, International, peer-reviewed/refereed, published in proceedings,
Accepted. (February 3, 2012).
Research Currently in Progress
Day, Brian S, Blough, Eric R, "Biomolecular sensors using silicon nanowires", On-Going, Scholarly.
Day, Brian S, Blough, Eric R, "Use of Myosin for Single Molecule Manipulation and Transport", Writing
Results, Scholarly.
2)
Service
3)
Professional development activities, including professional organizations to which you belong and
state, regional, national, and international conferences attended. List any panels on which you chaired or
participated. List any offices you hold in professional organizations.
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4)
Awards/honors (including invitations to speak in your area of expertise) or special recognition.
40
Appendix II
Faculty Data Sheet
(Information for the period of this review)
August 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014
Name:
Dr. Victor Fet
Rank:
Start Date at Marshall as a Faculty Member:
Status:
Professor
August 28, 1995
Tenured
Highest Degree Earned:
Conferring Institution:
Ph D
Date Degree Received:
1984
Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
Area of Degree Specialization:
Zoology
List courses you taught during the final two years of this review. If you participated in a team-taught
course, indicate each of them and what percentage of the course you taught. For each course include
the year and semester taught (summer through spring), course number, course title and enrollment.
(Expand the table as necessary)
Term/Year
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Summer
2013
Course
BSC
512
BSC
412
BSC
104
BSC
104
BSC
104
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
324
BSC
324
BSC
324
BSC
324
Title
Biogeography
Enrolled
1 100%
% Respon
100
Biogeography for BSC Majors
9 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
26 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
25 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
28 100%
100
Principles of Biology
26 100%
100
Principles of Biology
26 100%
100
Principles of Biology
26 100%
100
Principles of Biology
25 100%
100
Principles of Biology
9 100%
100
Principles of Genetics
20 100%
100
Principles of Genetics
14 100%
100
Principles of Genetics
22 100%
100
Principles of Genetics
13 100%
100
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Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Summer
2012
BSC
104
BSC
104
BSC
104
BSC
324
BSC
324
BSC
324
BSC
104
BSC
104
BSC
104
BSC
413
BSC
513
BSC
324
Introduction to Biology
27 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
24 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
27 100%
100
Principles of Genetics
11 100%
100
Principles of Genetics
20 100%
100
Principles of Genetics
16 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
28 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
26 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
28 100%
100
Prin of Organic Evolution
22 100%
100
Prin of Organic Evolution
4 100%
100
Principles of Genetics
8 100%
100
NOTE: Part-time adjunct faculty do not need to fill in the remainder of this document.
1)
Scholarship/Research
Intellectual Contributions
Fet, V., Soleglad, M. E., Parmakelis, A., Kotsakiozi, P., Stathi, I. (2013). A new species of Euscorpius
from Tinos Island, Greece (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae).. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, 23, 3‒10..
Fet, V. (2013). Reviews of articles for scholarly journals - total 22.
Fet, V. (2013). Notes on Nabokov's childhood entomology. Pobrezhye, 21.
Parmakelis, A., Stathi, I., Kotsakiozi, P., Poulikarakou, S., Fet, V. (2013). Hidden diversity of Euscorpius
(Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) in Greece revealed by multilocus species-delimitation approaches.. Biological
Journal of the Linnean Society, 110, 728−748.
Fet, V. (2013). Notes on scorpions and scorpiologists. Priroda [Nature], 52-58.
Navidpour, S., Soleglad, M., Fet, V., Kovarik, F. (2013). Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part
IX. Hormozgan Province, with description of Odontobuthus tavighiae sp. n. (Buthidae).. Euscorpius, 170.
Tropea, G., Fet, V., Parmakelis, A., Kotsakiozi, P., Stathi, I. (2013). A new species of Euscorpius Thorell,
1876 from Peloponnese, Greece (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae).. Euscorpius, 169, 1-11.
Fet, V., Soleglad, M. E., Parmakelis, A., Kotsakiozi, P., Stathi, I. (2013). Three more species of
Euscorpius confirmed for Greece (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae).. Euscorpius, 1-27.
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Benli, M., Yagmur, E. A., Fet, V. (2013). Etudes on iurids, VII. An SEM study of external morphology of
Calchas birulai Fet et al., 2009 (Scorpiones: Iuridae).. Euscorpius, 164, 1-31.
Fet, V. (2013). Babkov, V. The Dawn of Human Genetics (translation by V. Fet). Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory Press.
Parmakelis, A., Kotzakiosi, P., Tropea, G., Yagmur, E. A., Stathi, I., Fet, V., Soleglad, M. E. (2013). DNA
markers confirm presence of Euscorpius avcii Tropea et al., 2012 (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) on Samos
Island, Greece.. Euscorpius, 1-6.
Fet, V. (2013). [Fantastic person, fantastic life]. Fantasticheskie - i chelovek, i sud'ba / Фантастические и человек, и судьба. Priroda [Nature] (Moscow, Russia), 4: 83-87 (in Russian) [about the life of Raissa L.
Berg (1913-2006)].. Priroda [Nature], 83-87.
Fet, V., Soleglad, M. E., Kovarik, F., Yagmur, E. A. (2013). Etudes on iurids, VI. Further revision of
Calchas Birula, 1899 (Scorpiones: Iuridae), with a description of a new genus and two new species..
Euscorpius, 1-37.
Fet, V. (2012). Reviews of articles for scholarly journals, 2012: Total 26 reviews in 2012.
Graham, M. R., Webber, M. M., Blagoev, G., Ivanova, N., Fet, V. (2012). Molecular and morphological
evidence supports the elevation of Euscorpius germanus croaticus Di Caporiacco, 1950 (Scorpiones:
Euscorpiidae) to Euscorpius germanus croaticus stat. nov., a rare species from Croatia.. Revista Ibérica
de Aracnología , 21, 41-50..
Karatas, A., Fet, V., Gharkeloo, M. (2012). On the type locality of Mesobuthus vesiculatus (Pocock, 1899)
(Scorpiones: Buthidae).. Euscorpius, 1-3.
Soleglad, M. E., Fet, V., Kovarik, F., Yagmur, E. (2012). Etudes on iurids, V. Further revision of Iurus
Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones: Iuridae), with a description of a new genus and two new species.. Euscorpius,
1-70.
Fet, V. (2012). Slanted truths of Lynn Мargulis. Priroda [Nature], 8, 67-71.
Soleglad, M. E., Kovarik, F., Fet, V. (2012). A new species of Pseudochactas (Scorpiones:
Pseudochactidae) from Afghanistan. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragones, 50, 89-98.
Graham, M. R., Stoev, P., Akkari, N., Blagoev, G., Fet, V. (2012). Euscorpius sicanus (Scorpiones:
Euscorpiidae) from Tunisia: DNA barcoding confirms ancient disjunctions across the Mediterranean Sea..
Serket, 25, 16-26.
Navidpour, S., Fet, V., Kovarik, F., Soleglad, M. E. (2012). Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones).
Part VIII. Fars Province.. Euscorpius, 1-32.
Fet, V. (2012). Toward the history of study of symbiogenesis. On the English translation of B. M. KozoPolyansky’s A New Principle of Biology (1924). Istoriko-biologicheskie issledovaniya [Studies in Historical
Biology], 4, 125-129.
Fet, V., Graham, M. R., Oláh-Hemmings, V. (2012). Phylogeography of co-distributed dune scorpions
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identifies the Amu Darya River as a long-standing component of Central Asian biogeography
(Scorpiones: Buthidae).. Zoology in the Middle East , 55, 95−110.
Fet, V. (2011). Reviews of articles for scholarly journals: Total 43 reviews in 2011.
Fet, V. (2011). Symbiogenesis in Russia.. In Margulis, L., C. A. Asikainen & W. Krumbein (Ed.), (pp. 153158). MIT Press: Chimeras and Consciousness: Evolution of the Sensory Self..
Navidpour, S., Ezatkhah, M., Kovařík, F., Soleglad, M. E., Fet, V. (2011). Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida,
Scorpiones). Part VII. Kerman Province.. Euscorpius, 1-32.
Fet, V., Soleglad, M. E., Zonstein, S. L. (2011). The genus Akrav Levy, 2007 (Scorpiones: Akravidae)
revisited. Euscorpius, 1-49.
Fet, V. (2011). Nabokov’s biogeographic mosaic. Priroda, 88-95.
Fet, V., Shcherbakov, D. E., Soleglad, M. E. (2011). The first record of Upper Permian and Lower Triassic
scorpions from Russia (Chelicerata: Scorpiones).. Euscorpius, 1-16.
Soleglad, M. E., Fet, V., Lowe, G. (2011). Contributions to scorpion systematics. IV. Observations on the
Hadrurus “spadix” subgroup with a description of a new species (Scorpiones: Caraboctonidae)..
Euscorpius, 1-36.
Kovařík, F., Yagmur, E. A., Fet, V., Navidpour, S. (2011). On two subspecies of Mesobuthus eupeus (C.
L. Koch, 1839) in Turkey (Scorpiones: Buthidae).. Euscorpius, 1-15.
Presentations
Fet, V., Lecture, Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, "Scorpions of Greece", Seminar, Academic,
International, peer-reviewed/refereed, published elsewhere.
Parmakelis, A., Kotsakiozi, P., Poulikarakou, S., Stathi, I., Fet, V., Poster, 12th International Congress on
the Zoogeography, Ecology and Evolution of Southeastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean,
University of Athens, Athens, Greece, "Ancient scorpions of Greece: DNA phylogeny of Euscorpius
(Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae).", Conference, Academic, International, peer-reviewed/refereed, published
elsewhere. (June 2012).
Fet, V., Lecture, 12th International Congress on the Zoogeography, Ecology and Evolution of
Southeastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean, University of Athens, Athens, Greece, "The diverse
scorpions of Greece". (June 2012).
Fet, V., Lecture, University of Crete, Iraklio, Crete, Greece, "Ancient Scorpions of Greece", Conference,
Academic, International, peer-reviewed/refereed, published elsewhere. (May 2012).
Fet, V., Lecture, Museum national d’histoire naturelle, Paris, "Scorpions as a new model group for
evolutionary studies", Seminar, peer-reviewed/refereed, published elsewhere. (March 2012).
Fet, V. (Author Only), Zonstein, S. L. (Presenter & Author), Soleglad, M. E. (Author Only), Poster, 26th
European Congress of Arachnology, Israel, "The genus Akrav Levy, 2007 (Scorpiones: Akravidae)
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revisited", Conference, Academic, International, peer-reviewed/refereed, published elsewhere, Invited.
(September 2011).
Fet, V., Lecture, Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria, "Scorpions as a new model group for
evolutionary studies", Seminar, Academic, International, peer-reviewed/refereed, published elsewhere.
(April 2011).
Research Currently in Progress
Fet, Victor, "Biodiversity and Biogeography of Greece".
Fet, Victor, S. Navidpour, "Fauna of Scorpions of Iran", On-Going.
Fet, Victor, G. Tropea, A. Parmakelis, I. Stathi, "Fauna of Scorpions of the Mediterranean Region
(families Euscorpiidae, Iuridae, Buthidae)", On-Going, Scholarly.
Fet, Victor, "New scorpion species from Greece", On-Going.
Fet, Victor, "Scanning Electron Miscroscopy of Cuticular Sensory Organs".
Directed Student Learning and Research
Neff, D., Learning, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department.
Webb, J., Research, Directed Individual/Independent Study, Biological Sciences Department. (January
2011 - Present).
2)
Service
Department
Faculty Development, Committee Member, (2011 - Present).
Promotion & Tenure, Committee Member, (January 2013 - December 2013).
College
Student reference letters (January 2013 - December 2013).
Student reference letters, Student reference letters - wrote 13 in 2011 (2011).
University
Promotion & Tenure, Committee Member (January 2012 - December 2012).
Professional
Professional journals, reviewer, Reviewer, Journal Article (January 2012 - December 2012).
Euscorpius, Editor, Journal Editor, Huntington, WV, USA (November 2001 - December 2012).
Guggenheim Fellowship, Reviewer, Grant Proposal, New York, NY, USA (December 2011).
Professional Journals -- 43 reviews in 2011, Reviewer, Journal Article (January 2011 - December 2011).
Children Science Books, Reviewer, Book, CA, USA (October 2011 - November 2011).
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Fulbright / CIES, Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Washington, DC, USA (September 2011).
3)
Professional development activities, including professional organizations to which you belong and
state, regional, national, and international conferences attended. List any panels on which you chaired or
participated. List any offices you hold in professional organizations.
Professional Memberships
American Arachnological Society.
Linnean Society London.
4)
Awards/honors (including invitations to speak in your area of expertise) or special recognition.
Awards and Honors
Fulbright Scholar international exchange award for Greece (January-June 2012), CIES, (2012).
Fulbright Scholar Award, CIES, (April 2011).
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Appendix II
Faculty Data Sheet
(Information for the period of this review)
August 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014
Name:
Dr. Philippe Georgel
Rank:
Start Date at Marshall as a Faculty Member:
Status:
Professor
August 17, 2002
Tenured
Highest Degree Earned:
Conferring Institution:
Ph D
Date Degree Received:
1993
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Area of Degree Specialization:
Biochemistry and Biophysics
List courses you taught during the final two years of this review. If you participated in a team-taught
course, indicate each of them and what percentage of the course you taught. For each course include
the year and semester taught (summer through spring), course number, course title and enrollment.
(Expand the table as necessary)
Term/Year
Spring 2014
Course
FYS 100
Title
First Yr Sem Critical Thinking
Enrolled
22 100%
% Respon
100
Spring 2014
BSC
456
BSC
556
BSC
104
BSC
104
BSC
104
BSC
450
BSC
550
FYS 100
Genes and Development
8 100%
100
Genes and Development
4 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
25 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
24 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
11 100%
100
Molecular Biology
33 100%
100
Molecular Biology
10 100%
100
First Yr Sem Critical Thinking
22 100%
100
BSC
662
BSC
450
BSC
550
BSC
662
BSC
456
FSC
627
Seminar II
21 50%
50
Molecular Biology
31 100%
100
Molecular Biology
11 100%
100
Seminar II
22 100%
100
Genes and Development
10 100%
100
Human Genetics
12 100%
100
Spring 2014
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
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Spring 2012
BSC
662
Seminar II
10 50%
50
NOTE: Part-time adjunct faculty do not need to fill in the remainder of this document.
1)
Scholarship/Research
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
Georgel, P. (Co-Principal), Sollars, V. (Principal), "Dietary fatty acids as a preventative strategy in acute
myelogenous leukemia", NIH, Federal.
Georgel, P. (Co-Principal), Grant, "Center for Biomedical Research Excellence in Nutrition and Cancer",
NIH COBRE program, Federal, $10,351,786.00, Not Funded.
Georgel, P. (Principal), Grant, "Coordinated epigenetic regulation of gene expression by sulforaphane as
a visually detectable biomarker in prostate cancer cells", NIH, Federal, $959,884.00, Currently Under
Review.
Georgel, P. (Supporting), Grant, "Epigenetic link between Endometriosis and Epithelial ovarian cancer",
NIH COBRE program, Federal, Currently Under Review.
Georgel, P. (Supporting), Grant, "miRNA editing and adipocyte aging", NIH, Federal, Not Funded.
Georgel, P. (Principal), Wilson, J. (Co-Principal), Grant, "Sulforaphane-responsive microRNAs modulate
epigenetic events in prostate cancer cells.", NIH, Federal, $384,999.00, Not Funded.
Georgel, P. (Supporting), Song, X. (Principal), "MRI: ACQUISITION OF A FIELD EMISSION SCANNING
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND
EDUCATION AT WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY", NSF, Federal, Currently Under Review.
Georgel, P. (Supporting), Sponsored Research, "NSF RII Road map", NSF, Federal.
Georgel, P. (Principal), Grant, "Epigenetic Marker Involved in Diet-related Maternal Genomic Imprinting in
Breast Cancer", Department of Defense, Breast cancer Program, Federal, $780,000.00, Funded.
(October 1, 2010 - September 30, 2013).
Price, J. E. M. (Co-Principal), Blough, E. R. (Principal), Georgel, P. (Co-Principal), Grant, "Towards an
integrated and multidisciplinary analysis of epigenetic variation in complex diseases: development of the
Cell Differentiation and Development Center (CDDC) at Marshall University", WV Higher Education Policy
Commission, State, $2,291,000.00, Funded. (2008 - 2012).
Georgel, P. (Principal), Grant, "Epigenetic Modulations Of Breast Cancer by omega-3 Fatty Acids
Mediated By The Methyl-DNA Binding Protein MeCP2", WV INBRE, State, $10,000.00, Funded. (April 20,
2012 - July 30, 2012).
Intellectual Contributions
Georgel, P., Abbas, A., Hall, J. A., Patterson, W. L., Ho, E., Al-mulla, F. Epigenetic regulations modulated
by sulforaphane modulate telomerase activity in prostate cancer cell lines. PLOS One.
Georgel, P., Hall, J. A., Patterson, W., Al-Mulla, F., Applegate, M., Wilson, J., Ho, E. Epigenetics and Diet:
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Prostate Cancer and Sulforaphane Biochemistry and Cell Biology.
Georgel, P., Adkins, N. L. MeCP2, Structure and Function. Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 89, 1-11.
Georgel, P., Abbas, A., Schell, B. P. Role of Human Leukocyte Antigen G (HLA-G) in Breast Cancer
Pathogenesis. BCB.
Georgel, P., Patterson, W. L. Breaking the cycle: the role of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in
inflammation-driven cancers. Biochemistry and Cell Biology.
Georgel, P., Abbas, A., Patterson, W. L. The epigenetic potential of dietary polyphenols in prostate
cancer. Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 91, 361-368.
Georgel, P., Abbas, A., Witte, T., Patterson, W. L., Wilson, J.-A. E., Fahrman, J., Ion, G., Hardman, W. E.,
Denvir, J. Epigenetic contributions associated with maternal diet lead to a decrease of breast cancer in
female offspring BCB.
Georgel, P., Thambirajah, A. A., Ausio, J., Hendzel, M., Ng, M. K. (in press). MeCP2 binds to
nucleosomes free (linker DNA) regions and to H3K9/H3K27 methylated nucleosomes in the brain. Nucleic
Acids Research.
Georgel, P., Hall, J. A., Adkins, N. L., A. J. Van Horn, Culp, D. J. Novel interactions between two similar
chromatin remodelers contribute to a phenotypical switch in mouse salivary gland Biochemistry and Cell
Biology.
Georgel, P., Ion, G., Witte, T., Akinsete, J., Patterson, W., Wilson, J. E., Fahrmann, J., Hall, J. A., Abbas,
A., Denvir, J., Hardman, W. E. Potential epigenetic contributions associated with maternal diet lead to a
decreased incidence of breast cancer in female offspring Biochemistry and Cell Biology.
Georgel, P., & Hall, J. A. (2011). The Worlds of Splicing and Chromatin Collide. (978-953-307-332-3 ed.).
InTechweb.org.
Georgel, P., Hall, J. A., Van Horn, A. J., Adkins, N. L. (2011). A disease phenotype in the mouse
sublingual gland involves aberrant redundancy of two highly-conserved chromatin remodelers
Biochemistry and Cell Biology.
Presentations
Georgel, P., Oral Presentation, Asilomar Chromatin and Chromosome Conference, Pacific Grove, CA,
"Epigenetic contributions associated with maternal diet lead to a decrease of breast cancer in female
offspring", Conference, Academic, International, peer-reviewed/refereed, Invited. (December 15, 2013).
Georgel, P. (Presenter & Author), Oral Presentation, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, "Investigating the
complex interplay between diet, epigenetics, and cancer", Seminar, Academic, International, Invited.
(August 14, 2013).
Georgel, P. (Presenter & Author), Oral Presentation, International Asilomar Chromatin and Chromosome
Conference, Pacific Grove, CA, "HLA-G expression used as a marker for breast cancer", Conference,
Academic, International, published in proceedings. (December 11, 2012).
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Georgel, P. (Presenter & Author), Oral Presentation, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington
WV, "Investigating the complex interplay between diet, epigenetics, and cancer", Seminar, Academic,
Local, Invited. (September 4, 2012).
Georgel, P. (Leader), Poster, INBRE Symposium, WVU, Morgantown, WV, "An Analytical Approach to
Determining Characteristics Provided by the Differential Expression of CHD1 Protein on Cell
Differentiation", Conference, Academic, State. (July 30, 2012).
Georgel, P. (Leader), Poster, INBRE Symposium, WVU, Morgantown, WV, "Role of Human Leukocyte
Antigen G (HLA-G) in Breast Cancer Pathogenesis", Conference, Academic, State. (July 30, 2012).
Georgel, P. (Presenter & Author), Oral Presentation, Institut de Genetique et de Biologie Moleculaire et
Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France, "The role of chromatin higher-order structure in the activation of MMTV
promoter.", Seminar, Academic, International, Invited. (June 21, 2012).
Georgel, P. (Presenter & Author), Oral Presentation, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK, "Novel
interactions between two similar chromatin remodelers contribute to a phenotypical switch in mouse
salivary glands", Seminar, Academic, International. (June 14, 2012).
Georgel, P. (Presenter & Author), Oral Presentation, 20th International AUC Conference, University of
Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, "Chromatin Stability at low concentration
depends on histone octamers saturation levels", Conference, Academic, International, peerreviewed/refereed, published elsewhere, Invited. (March 28, 2012).
Georgel, P. (Coordinator/Organizer), Poster, Cell Differentiation and Development Center Symposium,
Marshall University, Huntington, WV, "Epigenetic links between maternal consumption of omega-3 fatty
acid and breast cancer risk in offspring.", Conference, Academic, Regional. (March 23, 2012).
Georgel, P. (Other), Poster, Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol, Charleston, WV, "Document
retrieval to identify evidence of protein roles", Conference, Non-Academic, State. (January 2012).
Georgel, P. (Presenter & Author), Hall, J. A. (Author Only), Van Horn, A. J. (Author Only), Adkins, N. L.
(Author Only), Culp, D. J. (Author Only), Oral Presentation, Asilomar Chromatin and Chromosome
Conference, Pacific Grove, CA, "Novel interactions between two similar chromatin remodelers contribute
to a phenotypical switch in mouse salivary glands", Conference, Academic, International, peerreviewed/refereed, published in proceedings, Invited. (December 11, 2011).
Georgel, P. (Presenter & Author), Hardman, W. E. (Author Only), Oral Presentation, Asilomar Chromatin
and Chromosome Conference, Pacific Grove, CA, "Epigenetic events mediated by maternal consumption
of omea-3 fatty acids leads to the reduction of breast cancer risk in ofspring", Conference, Academic,
International, published in proceedings, Accepted. (December 9, 2011).
Georgel, P. (Presenter & Author), Hardman, W. E. (Author Only), Poster, Chromosome structure and
function, NCI Center of excellence in chromosome biology, Bethesda, MD, "Epigenetic events mediated
by maternal consumption of omega 3 fatty acids lead to the reduction of breast cancer risk in offspring",
Conference, Academic, International, published in proceedings, Invited. (November 1, 2011).
Georgel, P. (Author Only), Hall, J. A. (Presenter & Author), Adkins, N. L. (Author Only), Van Horn, A. J.
(Author Only), Poster, Chromosome structure and function, NCI Center of excellence in chromosome
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biology, Bethesda, MD, "The chromatin remodeler CHD1 is a key regulator in the sublingual glands in
vivo", Conference, Academic, International, Accepted. (November 1, 2011).
Georgel, P., Hardman, W. E., Poster, Era of Hope, Department of Defense, Orlando, FL, "Maternal
consumption of omega 3 fatty acids to reduce breast cancer risk in offspring", Conference, Academic,
National, published in proceedings, Accepted. (August 25, 2011).
Georgel, P. (Presenter & Author), Hardman, W. E. (Author Only), Oral Presentation, Era of Hope,
Department of Defense, Orlando, FL, "Maternal consumption of omega 3 fatty acids to reduce breast
cancer risk in offspring", Conference, Academic, National, published in proceedings, Invited. (August 24,
2011).
Georgel, P. (Presenter & Author), Witte, T., Patterson, W., Fahrmann, J., Hall, J. A., Wilson, J. E.,
Hardman, W. E., Poster, Second Annual IMPPC Conference 2011 Signaling to Chromatin in
Differentiation and Cancer, Institut de Medicina Predictiva I Personalitzada del Cancer (IMPPC),
Barcelona, Spain, "Epigenetic events mediated by maternal consumption of omega 3 fatty acids lead to
the reduction of breast cancer risk in offspring", Conference, Academic, International, published in
proceedings, Accepted. (March 30, 2011).
Georgel, P. (Author Only), Van Horn, A. J. (Presenter & Author), Hall, J. A. (Author Only), Adkins, N. L.
(Author Only), Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol, WV HEPC, Charleston, WV, "The role of
chromatin remodeler in the differentiation of sublingual glands", Conference, Academic, State, Accepted.
(February 2011).
Georgel, P. (Presenter & Author), Oral Presentation, Invited Speaker, University of Missouri Kansas City,
Kansas City, "MeCP2 and epigenetics: more than just DNA methylation", Seminar, Academic, National,
peer-reviewed/refereed, Invited. (January 13, 2011).
Research Currently in Progress
Han, Hyoil, Georgel, Philippe, "Controversial Topics Mining", On-Going, Scholarly.
Georgel, Philippe, J. Adam Hall, David J. Culp, "Importance of chromatin remodeling in the differentiation
of salivary gland", On-Going, Scholarly.
Georgel, Philippe, "Role of HLA-G in breast cancer", On-Going, Scholarly.
Georgel, Philippe, William Patterson, W. Elaine Hardman, "Role of maternal diet rich in omega-3 fatty
acid on breast cancer in offspring", On-Going, Scholarly.
Georgel, Philippe, Frank Lutz, Marlee Ng, Juan Ausio, "Role of MeCP2 in the Rett syndrome", On-Going,
Scholarly.
Georgel, Philippe, Ata Abbas, "Role of sulforaphane in prostate cancer", On-Going, Scholarly.
Directed Student Learning and Research
Adkins, S., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, Proposal.
(November 4, 2013 - Present).
Schell, B., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, "Female
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steroid hormone activity effects on expression of transcription factors KLF10 and ETS 2 in meningioma
tumorigenesis". (January 2012 - Present).
Patel, P., Learning, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, "M.A.",
In-Process. (November 30, 2011 - Present).
Ray, K., Research, Dissertation Committee Member, Biomedical Sciences Department, Proposal.
(September 1, 2011 - Present).
Mick, H., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 681, InProcess. (August 15, 2011 - Present).
Milhoan, B., Learning, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 681,
In-Process. (August 15, 2011 - Present).
Starkey, C., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 681,
Proposal. (August 15, 2011 - Present).
Hamden, J. A., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, BMS,
681, In-Process. (June 1, 2011 - Present).
Hall, J. A., Research, Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair, Biomedical Sciences Department, BMS, 20
credit hours, "Role of CHD1 and CHD2 in salivary gland differentiation", In-Process. (January 15, 2004 Present).
Rogers, S., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biomedical Sciences Department,
Completed. (December 9, 2013).
Hussain, D., Research, Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Biochemistry Department. (August 2013).
Patterson, W., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biomedical Sciences Department, "Breaking
the cycle: the role of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in inflammation-driven cancers", Completed.
(January 1, 2010 - April 30, 2013).
Fet, E., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 681, 12
credit hours, "Ohio River Phylogeoraphy Study", In-Process. (June 1, 2009 - March 15, 2013).
Lutz, F., Research, Dissertation Committee Chair, Biomedical Sciences Department, BMS, 6 credit hours,
"Identification of molecular determinants for MeCP2 binding", In-Process. (January 1, 2012 - December
31, 2012).
Lutz, F., Research, Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair, Biomedical Sciences Department, BMS, 2 credit
hours, "N/A", Proposal. (August 15, 2011 - November 1, 2012).
Thomas, R., Research, INBRE Summer research program, "Histone post-translational modifications
modulate binding of MeCP2", Completed. (May 31, 2011 - July 28, 2011).
Dean, R., Learning, Supervised Teaching Activity, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 485, "Gene
Therapy", Completed. (January 27, 2011 - May 18, 2011).
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Dillon, S., Research, Capstone Research, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 491, 2 credit hours,
"Capstone Report", Completed. (January 27, 2011 - May 8, 2011).
Shah, S., Research, Advisor for High-School student (Science Fair project), Other (Outside Marshall
University) Department, Completed. (September 20, 2010 - March 2011).
Harlow, M., Learning, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biomedical Sciences Department, BMS, "M.
A.". (March 29, 2011).
Van Horn, A., Research, Capstone Research, Chemistry Department, CHM, 491, 2 credit hours,
"CHARACTERIZATION OF THE CHROMATIN BINDING ABILITY OF A TRUNCATED CHD2 VARIANT",
Completed. (August 20, 2010 - February 15, 2011).
2)
Service
Department
Preparation of letters of recommendation.
Graduate Student Committee (Biomedical Science, MUSOM), Committee Member, (August 15, 2011 Present).
Biology Curriculum Committee, Committee Member, (August 15, 2009 - Present).
University
Academic Planning, Chairperson (September 1, 2013 - Present).
Grade Appeal Board, Committee Member (August 15, 2012 - September 1, 2013).
Budget and Academic Policies, Committee Chair (August 15, 2009 - September 1, 2013).
Grade Appeal Board, Committee Chair (August 15, 2010 - August 15, 2012).
Professional
African Journal of Agricultural Research, Reviewer, Journal Article.
Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Reviewer, Journal Article, Canada.
Biochimica and Biophysica acta, Reviewer, Journal Article, USA.
Cancer Letters, Reviewer, Journal Article, USA.
Molecular Cancer, Reviewer, Journal Article, USA.
Nucleic Acids Research, Reviewer, Journal Article, USa.
PLOS One, Reviewer, Journal Article.
CDDC, Workshop Organizer, Huntington, WV, USA (October 27, 2011 - Present).
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Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Editor, Associate Editor, Canada (July 30, 2009 - Present).
Biophysical Society, Member (January 1, 2009 - Present).
Cell Differentiation and Development Center, Coordinator of the CDDC Seminar Series program,
Huntington, WV, USA (July 15, 2007 - Present).
Australian Research Council, Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Australia (January 15, 2004 - Present).
Sigma-Xi Scientific Research Society, Member, USA (June 1, 2003 - Present).
3)
Professional development activities, including professional organizations to which you belong and
state, regional, national, and international conferences attended. List any panels on which you chaired or
participated. List any offices you hold in professional organizations.
Professional Memberships
Biophysical Society, Biophysical Society, member, Promote biological research involving biophysical
methods. (January 1, 2009 - Present).
Australian Research Council, ARC, Reviewer, Support Australian Research. (June 1, 2003 - Present).
Sigma-Xi Scientific Research Society, Sigma-Xi, member, Promote scientific research. (June 1, 2003 Present).
Faculty Development Activities Attended
Continuing Education Program, "Training for Critical Thinking courses", Marshall University, Huntington,
WV, USA.
Seminar, "International Asilomar Chromatin and Chromosome Conference", Pacific Grove, CA, USA.
Seminar, "Investigating the complex interplay between diet, epigenetics, and cancer", University of
Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. (August 14, 2013 - Present).
Seminar, "HLA-G expression used as a marker for breast cancer", International Asilomar Chromatin and
Chromosome Conference, Pacific Grove, CA, USA. (December 14, 2012 - Present).
Seminar, "The role of chromatin higher-order structure in the activation of MMTV promoter.", Institut de
Genetique et de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France. (June 21, 2012 - Present).
Seminar, "Novel interactions between two similar chromatin remodelers contribute to a phenotypical
switch in mouse salivary gland", Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK (Wales). (June 14, 2012 - Present).
Conference Attendance, "Cell Differentiation and Development Center Symposium", Marshall University,
Huntington, WV, USA. (March 23, 2012 - Present).
Conference Attendance, Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol, Charleston, WV, USA. (January
2012 - Present).
Conference Attendance, "International Asilomar Chromatin & Chromosome Conference", Pacific Grove,
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CA, USA. (December 12, 2013 - December 15, 2013).
Conference Attendance, "STaR Symposium", WV EPSCoR, Morgantown, WV, USA. (October 22, 2013 October 23, 2013).
Workshop, "Bioinformatics Training (Ingenuity Pathway Analysis)", WV INBRE, Huntington, WV. (August
30, 2013 - August 31, 2013).
Conference Attendance, "NCI Symposium Chromosome Biology", NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA. (April 4,
2013 - April 5, 2013).
Conference Attendance, "INBRE Symposium", WVU, Morgantown, WV, USA. (July 29, 2012 - July 30,
2012).
Workshop, "Clinical Epigenetics- Novel Diagnostic Approaches", Swansea University, Swansea, UK
(Wales). (June 11, 2012 - June 13, 2012).
Workshop, "Genomics Research Conference Epigenetics workshop", Select Biosciences, Boston, MA,
USA. (April 19, 2012 - April 20, 2012).
Seminar, "Chromatin stability at low concentration depends on histone octamer saturation levels", 20th
International AUC conference, San Antonio, TX, USA. (March 27, 2012 - March 31, 2012).
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Appendix II
Faculty Data Sheet
(Information for the period of this review)
August 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014
Name:
Emily Laura Gillespie
Rank:
Start Date at Marshall as a Faculty Member:
Status:
August 17, 2012
Probationary
Highest Degree Earned:
Conferring Institution:
Ph D
Date Degree Received:
2010
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Area of Degree Specialization:
Biology, Plant systematics
List courses you taught during the final two years of this review. If you participated in a team-taught
course, indicate each of them and what percentage of the course you taught. For each course include
the year and semester taught (summer through spring), course number, course title and enrollment.
(Expand the table as necessary)
Term/Year
Fall 2014
Fall 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Course
BSC
482
BSC
583
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
416
BSC
416
BSC
516
BSC
516
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
Title
Sp. Top. Phylogenetic Theory
Enrolled
100%
% Respon
100
Sp. Top. Phylogenetic Theory
100%
100
Principles of Biology
28 100%
100
Principles of Biology
25 100%
100
Principles of Biology
23 100%
100
Plant Taxonomy
9 100%
100
Plant Taxonomy
7 100%
100
Plant Taxonomy
2 100%
100
Plant Taxonomy
2 100%
100
Principles of Biology
24 100%
100
Principles of Biology
23 100%
100
Principles of Biology
21 100%
100
Principles of Biology
27 100%
100
Principles of Biology
27 100%
100
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Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
Principles of Biology
28 100%
100
Principles of Biology
28 100%
100
Principles of Biology
28 100%
100
NOTE: Part-time adjunct faculty do not need to fill in the remainder of this document.
1)
Scholarship/Research
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
Gillespie, E. L. (Principal), Grant, "MU-Advance Path Forward", Marshall University, Marshall University,
$1,250.00, Currently Under Review. (September 22, 2014 - Present).
Gillespie, E. L. (Principal), Grant, "NASA Space Grant", NASA, Marshall University, $1,250.00, Currently
Under Review. (September 22, 2014 - Present).
Gillespie, E. L. (Principal), Ford-Werntz, D. (Co-Principal), Grant, "Advancing Digitization in Biological
Collections (ADBC): “The Key to the Cabinets: Building and sustaining a research database for a global
biodiversity hotspot”", National Science Foundation, Federal, $138,795.00, Funded. (August 15, 2014 Present).
Gillespie, E. L. (Co-Principal), Payne, K. T. (Co-Principal), Grant, "Investigations into the putative
tetraploid azalea, Rhododendron calendulaceum", Society for Systematic Biology, Other, $1,300.00,
Funded. (August 3, 2014 - Present).
Gillespie, E. L. (Supporting), Moates, T. (Principal), Grant, "Evolution of the deciduous southeastern
azaleas (Rhododendron subgenus Pentanthera section Pentanthera)", Dow Chemical Company, Private,
$5,000.00, Funded. (June 1, 2014 - Present).
Gillespie, E. L. (Co-Principal), Kron, K. A. (Principal), Fajardo, D. A. (Co-Principal), Pedraza, P. (CoPrincipal), Zalapa, J. E. (Co-Principal), Grant, "Diversity and evolution of the chloroplast genome in the
Ericales", National Science Foundation, Federal, Not Funded. (January 23, 2014).
Gillespie, E. L., Grant, "Small Herbarium Focus Group", iDigBio / Florida State University, Federal,
Funded. (December 9, 2013 - December 12, 2013).
Gillespie, E. L. (Principal), Grant, "NASA Space Grant", NASA, Marshall University, $1,230.00, Currently
Under Review. (September 30, 2013).
Intellectual Contributions
Gillespie, E. L., Reece, L. C., Teat, A. L., Murrell, Z. E. Reevaluation of the species boundaries between
Carex eburnea and C. mckittrickensis based on morphology, ISSR markers and cpDNA and a molecular
phylogeny of Carex Section Albae Taxon/International Association for Plant Taxonomy.
Gillespie, E. L., Kron, K. A. (in press). Phylogenetic relationships and morphological evolution of the
mountain laurel tribe (Ericaceae: Phyllodoceae). Systematic Botany, 38, 752-763.
Gillespie, E. L., Kron, K. (in press). Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the circumboreal genus Cassiope
(Ericaceae) reveals trends in some morphological and wood anatomy characters and likely reticulate
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evolution. Rhodora/ New England Botanical Club, Inc, advanced online, unknown yet.
Fajardo, D., Senalik, D., Ames, M., Zhu, H., Steffan, S., Harbut, R., Polashock, J., Versa, N., Gillespie, E.
L., Kron, K., Zalapa, J. (2013). Complete plastid genome sequence of Vaccinium macrocarpon: structure,
gene content, and rearrangements revealed by next generation sequencing. Tree Genetics and
Genomes.
Braco, J., Gillespie, E. L., Alberto, G., Brenman, J., Johnson, E. (2012). Energy-Dependent Modulation of
Glucagon-Like Signaling in Drosophila via the AMP-Activated Protein Kinase. Genetics, 192, 457-466.
Stoltzfus, A., O'Meara, B., Whitacre, J., Mounce, R., Gillespie, E. L., Kumar, S., Rosauer, D., Vos, R.
(2012). Sharing and Re-use of Phylogenetic Trees (and associated data) to Facilitate Synthesis. BMC
Research Notes, 5, 574-588.
Gillespie, E. L., Kron, K. A. (2012). A new tribe, Bryantheae (Ericoideae, Ericaceae), comprised of
disjunct taxa from South America and Japan Brittonia/The New York Botanical Garden Press.
Presentations
Gillespie, E. L., Kron, K. A., Oral Presentation, Botanical Society of America/American Society of Plant
Taxonomists Joint Annual Meeting, Botanical Society of America, Boise, Idaho, "Molecular and
morphological phylogenetic data indicate an extremely recent origin of the southeastern deciduous
azaleas (Rhododendron subg. Pentanthera subsect. Pentanthera)", Conference, Academic, International,
Accepted. (July 29, 2014).
Gillespie, E. L., Kron, K. A., Oral Presentation, Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual meeting,
Association of Southeastern Biologists, Spartanburg, SC, "A preliminary phylogeny of the southeastern
azaleas based on multiple molecular markers", Conference, Academic, Regional, Accepted. (April 3,
2014).
Payne, K. T. (Author Only), Gillespie, E. L., Oral Presentation, Association of Southeastern Biologists
Annual meeting, Association of Southeastern Biologists, Spartanburg, SC, "Using herbarium informatics
to revise county-based distributions of the Ericaceae throughout West Virginia", Conference, Academic,
Regional, Accepted. (April 3, 2014).
Gillespie, E. L., Paper, Botany2013, Botanical Society of America/American Society of Plant
Taxonomists, New Orleans, LA, "Evolution of the cirum-boreal genus Cassiope (Ericaceae) with
emphasis on leaf form and putative hybrid species", Conference, Academic, International, Accepted. (July
29, 2013).
Gillespie, E. L. (Author Only), Hart, A. P. (Presenter & Author), Poster, Association of Southeastern
Biologists 2013, Association of Southeastern Biologists, Charleston, WV, "Preliminary investigation of
species boundaries in the Labrador teas (Ericaceae: Ledum).", Conference, Academic, Regional,
Accepted. (April 11, 2013).
Gillespie, E. L. (Presenter & Author), Kron, K. A. (Author Only), Paper, Association of Southeastern
Biologists 2013, Association of Southeastern Biologists, Charleston, WV, "Toward a robust phylogeny of
Rhododendron", Conference, Academic, Regional, Accepted. (April 11, 2013).
Gillespie, E. L. (Presenter & Author), Kron, K. A. (Author Only), Crayn, D. (Author Only), Gadek, P.
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(Author Only), Puente-Lelievre, C. (Author Only), Anderberg, A. (Author Only), Quinn, C. (Author Only),
Wagstaff, S. (Author Only), Fritsch, P. (Author Only), Oral Presentation, American Society of Plant
Taxonomists 2012 Annual Meeting, American Society of Plant Taxonomists, Columbus, OH, "An updated
phylogeny of the Ericaceae", Conference, Academic, International, Accepted. (July 11, 2012).
Gillespie, E. L., Oral Presentation, University of Virginia/ Mountain Lake Biological Station, Pearisburg,
VA, "21st century systematics: Going beyond tree-building in the Rhododendron family (Ericaceae)",
Seminar, Academic, Local, Accepted. (May 24, 2012).
Gillespie, E. L., Lecture, Tri-State Chapter of the West Virginia Native Plant Society, West Virginia Native
Plant Society, Marshall University(?), "New Age Taxonomy: The utility of molecular tools", Other, NonAcademic, Local, Accepted. (March 7, 2012).
Research Currently in Progress
Gillespie, Emily L, Mirissa Roles, "A specimen-based, geo-referenced revision of the Ericaceae of West
Virginia", On-Going, Scholarly.
Gillespie, Emily L, Diego Fajardo, Juan Zalapa, Kathleen Kron, "Chloroplast Evolution within the heather
family (Ericaceae)", On-Going, Scholarly.
Gillespie, Emily L, Donna Ford-Werntz, Zack Murrell, "Digitization of West Virginia Flora", On-Going,
Scholarly.
Gillespie, Emily L, Kathleen Kron, Charles Horn, "Evolution of the southeastern azaleas", On-Going,
Scholarly.
Gillespie, Emily L, Zack Murrell, "Examination of phylogenetic relationships and species boundaries within
the North American dogwoods (Cornaceae: Cornus)", Writing Results, Scholarly.
Gillespie, Emily L, Andrea Hart, Courtney Kramer, Elizabeth Segrest, "Examination of putative hybrid
species of moss heathers (Ericaceae: Cassiope)", On-Going, Scholarly.
Gillespie, Emily L, Krystal (KT) Payne, "Genetic structure and hybrid parentage of flame azalea,
Rhododendron calendulaceum", Planning, Scholarly.
Gillespie, Emily L, Anna Monfils, Ashley Morris, George Johnson, Travis Marsico, Kari Panhorst, Richard
Carter, Erica Kimmel, Ross McCauley, Gil Nelson, Jeremy Caron, "Hidden Data in Small Herbaria. A
collaborative effort to quantitatively document unique collections found in small herbaria.", On-Going,
Scholarly.
Gillespie, Emily L, Kathleen Kron, Titian Ghandforoush, "Phylogeny of the genus Rhododendron
(Ericaceae)", Planning, Scholarly.
Gillespie, Emily L, Bryan Niedenbarger, Zack Murrell, "Phylogeny of the wild gingers (Aristolochiaceae:
Hexastylis)", Writing Results, Scholarly.
Gillespie, Emily L, Andrew Hart, "Preliminary phylogenetic investigations into the Labrador Teas
(Ericaceae: Rhododendron: Ledum)", On-Going, Scholarly.
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Directed Student Learning and Research
Moates, T., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, "Evolution of the
deciduous southeastern azaleas (Rhododendron subg. Pentanthera)", In-Process. (August 25, 2014 Present).
Burgess, A., Learning, Supervised Teaching Activity, "Herbarium curation", In-Process. (August 25, 2014
- Present).
Payne, K., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department, "Genetic
structure and hybrid origin of flame azalea, Rhododendron calendulaceum", In-Process. (August 26, 2013
- Present).
O'Neal, K., Learning, Supervised Teaching Activity, "Herbarium curation", In-Process. (August 26, 2013 Present).
Conley, K., Learning, Supervised Teaching Activity, "Herbarium curation", In-Process. (August 26, 2013 Present).
Hammond, K., Smith, R., Roles, M., Grabenstein, K., Learning, Supervised Teaching Activity, "Herbarium
curation", In-Process. (August 26, 2013 - Present).
Smith, R., Learning, Supervised Teaching Activity, "Herbarium curation", In-Process. (August 26, 2013 Present).
Hart, A., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, "Phylogenetic investigation of
labrador tea (Ericaceae: Ledum species)", In-Process. (October 2012 - Present).
Roles, M., Research, Directed Individual/Independent Study, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 485,
2 credit hours, "Introduction to molecular systematic laboratory", Completed. (January 13, 2014 - May 2,
2014).
Segrest, E., Research, Directed Individual/Independent Study, Biochemistry Department, BSC, 485, 2
credit hours, "Phylogeography of mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia", Completed. (August 26, 2013 December 5, 2013).
Segrest, E., Research, Supervised Research, Biochemistry Department, "Introduction to methods in plant
molecular phylogenetics", Completed. (February 15, 2013 - May 5, 2013).
Hart, A., Kramer, C., Research, Directed Individual/Independent Study, Biological Sciences Department,
BSC, 485, 1 credit hours, "Introduction to methods in plant molecular phylogenetics", Completed.
(January 14, 2013 - May 3, 2013).
Kramer, C., Research, Directed Individual/Independent Study, Biological Sciences Department, BSC,
485, 1 credit hours, "Introduction to methods in plant molecular phylogenetics", Completed. (January 14,
2013 - May 3, 2013).
Parsley, Z., Learning, Directed Individual/Independent Study, Secondary Education Department, BSC,
485, 3 credit hours, "Independent study in Plant Taxonomy", Completed. (January 14, 2013 - May 3,
2013).
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Snyder, M., Learning, Supervised Teaching Activity, Health Professions Department, "Basic herbarium
curation", Completed. (September 1, 2012 - December 6, 2012).
2)
Service
Department
Collections Committee, Committee Member, (September 1, 2014 - Present).
Graduate Committee, Committee Member, (January 24, 2013 - Present).
College
Environment & Plant Diversity Committe (temp name), Committee Member (November 2012 - Present).
University Herbarium, Curator of the Marshall University Herbarium (August 17, 2012 - Present).
Job Search Committee: Education & Outreach Coordinator for the NSF RII, Committee Member
(November 2012 - December 2012).
Professional
Society of Herbarium Curators, Social media manager (September 2014 - Present).
Association of Southeastern Biologists, Social media manager (March 2014 - Present).
Association of Southeastern Biologists Conservation Committee, Committee Member (July 2013 Present).
Society of Herbarium Curators Internal Auditing Committee, Committee Member (April 2011 - Present).
Society of Herbarium Curators Membership Committee Chair, Committee Chair (April 2011 - Present).
Systematic Botany, Reviewer, Journal Article (August 18, 2014 - September 18, 2014).
Feddes Repertorium, Reviewer, Journal Article (July 30, 2014 - September 16, 2014).
iDigBio, Workshop Organizer, Boise, ID, USA (April 2014 - August 2014).
Association of Southeastern Biologists, Session Chair, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States (April
3, 2014 - April 4, 2014).
Sinauer Associates, Reviewer, Textbook, Sunderland, MA, USA (July 2013 - January 2014).
Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting Arrangements Committee Local Chair, Committee
Chair (October 2012 - May 2013).
Association of Southeastern Biologists, Session Chair, Charleston, West Virginia, United States (April 11,
2013 - April 12, 2013).
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American Society of Plant Taxonomists, Reviewer, Journal Article (March 2013).
3)
Professional development activities, including professional organizations to which you belong and
state, regional, national, and international conferences attended. List any panels on which you chaired or
participated. List any offices you hold in professional organizations.
Professional Memberships
American Society of Plant Taxonomists, ASPT, The American Society of Plant Taxonomists promotes
research and teaching of taxonomy, systematics, and phylogeny of vascular and nonvascular plants.
Organized in 1935, the Society has a membership of over 1300. The Society publishes several
publications, supports funds for a variety of honorary and charitable activities, and conducts scientific
meetings each summer.
Botanical Society of America, BSA, Botanical Society of America (BSA) is a "not-for-profit" 501 (c) (3)
membership society whose mission is to: promote botany, the field of basic science dealing with the study
and inquiry into the form, function, development, diversity, reproduction, evolution, and uses of plants and
their interactions within the biosphere. To accomplish this mission, the objectives of The Society are to:
sustain and provide improved formal and informal education about plants; encourage basic plant
research; provide expertise, direction, and position statements concerning plants and ecosystems; and
foster communication within the professional botanical community, and between botanists and the rest of
humankind through publications, meetings, and committees.
Southern Appalachian Botanical Society, SABS, In 1935 The Southern Appalachian Botanical Club was
formed at West Virginia University for "all persons interested in the botany of the Southern Appalachian
Mountains." Today, the name and purpose has changed slightly to the Southern Appalachian Botanical
Society (SABS) with its focus on the botany of the eastern states. The membership includes professional
and amateur botanists from across the country who are interested in eastern botany, in the journal, and in
the activities of the society.
North American Network of Small Herbaria, NANSH, This organization is devoted to issues particular to
'small' herbaria--those under 100,000 specimens. We work to share information, write publications and
grants, and hold workshops. (November 2013 - Present).
West Virginia Native Plant Society, WVNPS, The West Virginia Native Plant Society (WVNPS) is a nonprofit organization open to people who are learning about West Virginia’s native plants and their habitats.
We are dedicated to the conservation of the state’s native flora. (October 2012 - Present).
Society of Herbarium Curators, SHC, Chairperson, Membership Committee, SHC is a forum for
discussion, collaboration and action related to promoting herbaria and other biological collections as
important tools of scientific research and education. (April 15, 2011 - Present).
Association of Southeastern Biologists, ASB, Annual Meeting Arrangements Committee (AMAC), ASB
strives to provide an atmosphere that is collaborative, collegial, and open to all disciplines. The strength
of ASB is dependent on both diversity in biological sub-field interests, as well as diversity in those
individuals involved in those sub-fields. We welcome scholarly and applied work from the many diverse
disciplines of the biological sciences. Subject areas include, but are not limited to, floristic & plant
systematics, entomology, invertebrate zoology, community & population ecology, evolutionary biology,
conservation biology, microbiology, genetics, cell & molecular biology, as well as scientific pedagogy.
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(October 1, 2012 - May 31, 2013).
Faculty Development Activities Attended
Self-Study Program, "Responsible Conduct in Research", Marshall University & University of Miami,
Huntington, West Virginia, United States. (September 19, 2014 - September 21, 2014).
Conference Attendance, "Botanical Society of America / American Society of Plant Taxonomists annual
meeting", Botanical Society of America, Boise, ID, USA. (July 27, 2014 - August 1, 2014).
Course, "Training in First Year Seminar Pedagogy", Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia,
United States. (February 7, 2014 - May 5, 2014).
Conference Attendance, "Association of Southeastern Biologists annual meeting", Association of
Southeastern Biologists, Spartanburg, SC, USA. (April 2, 2014 - April 5, 2014).
Workshop, "Small Herbarium Digitization", iDigBio, Tallahassee, Florida, United States. (December 9,
2013 - December 12, 2013).
Conference Attendance, "Missouri Botanical Garden Annual Systematics Symposium", Missouri Botanical
Garden, St. Louis, MO, USA. (October 11, 2013 - October 12, 2013).
Tutorial, "Budget Basics", MURC, Huntington, WV, United States. (October 8, 2013).
Tutorial, "Lifecycle of Grant", MURC, Huntington, WV, USA. (September 27, 2013).
Self-Study Program, "Computational Molecular Evolution", Technical University of Denmark,
Copenhagen, Denmark, 6 credit hours. (June 24, 2013 - August 15, 2013).
Conference Attendance, "Botany2013", Botanical Society of America/American Society of Plant
Taxonomists, New Orleans, LA, USA. (July 29, 2013 - July 31, 2013).
Workshop, "Next Generation Sequencing", American Society of Plant Taxonomists, New Orleans, LA,
USA. (July 28, 2013).
Workshop, "Herbarium Digitization", iDigBio, Charleston, WV, USA. (April 13, 2013).
Conference Attendance, "Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting", Association of
Southeastern Biologists, Charleston, WV, USA. (April 10, 2013 - April 13, 2013).
Tutorial, "Basic Web Design", Brian Antonsen/ Dept. of Biology, Huntington, WV, United States. (February
22, 2013).
Tutorial, "Banner Basic Navigation", Marshall University, Huntington, WV, United States. (February 19,
2013).
Tutorial, "Banner Basic Purchasing Training", Marshall University, Huntington, WV, United States.
(February 12, 2013).
Conference Attendance, "iPed (Inquiring Pedagogies) 2012", Marshall University, Huntington, WV, United
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States. (August 21, 2012).
Workshop, "Pedagogy of Teaching and Learning Online", Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA.
(August 16, 2012 - August 17, 2012).
Workshop, "iDigBio Botany 2012 Digitization Workshop", iDigBio and ASPT, Columbus, OH, USA. (July
13, 2012).
Conference Attendance, "Botany2012", Botanical Society of America/American Society of Plant
Taxonomists, Columbus, OH, USA. (July 7, 2012 - July 11, 2012).
4)
Awards/honors (including invitations to speak in your area of expertise) or special recognition.
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Appendix II
Faculty Data Sheet
(Information for the period of this review)
August 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014
Name:
Dr. Frank S Gilliam
Rank:
Start Date at Marshall as a Faculty Member:
Status:
Professor
August 27, 1990
Tenured
Highest Degree Earned:
Conferring Institution:
Ph D
Date Degree Received:
1983
Duke University, Durham, NC
Area of Degree Specialization:
Plant Ecology, Forest Ecology
List courses you taught during the final two years of this review. If you participated in a team-taught
course, indicate each of them and what percentage of the course you taught. For each course include
the year and semester taught (summer through spring), course number, course title and enrollment.
(Expand the table as necessary)
Term/Year
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Course
BSC
430
BSC
530
BSC
121
BSC
121
BSC
121
BSC
121
BSC
121
BSC
320
BSC
320
BSC
430
BSC
530
BSC
121
BSC
121
BSC
121
BSC
121
Title
Plant Ecology
Enrolled
13 100%
% Respon
100
Plant Ecology
5 100%
100
Principles of Biology
22 100%
100
Principles of Biology
17 100%
100
Principles of Biology
9 100%
100
Principles of Biology
18 100%
100
Principles of Biology
10 100%
100
Principles of Ecology
23 100%
100
Principles of Ecology
23 100%
100
Plant Ecology
9 100%
100
Plant Ecology
1 100%
100
Principles of Biology
24 100%
100
Principles of Biology
24 100%
100
Principles of Biology
27 100%
100
Principles of Biology
24 100%
100
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Spring 2013
Summer
2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
BSC
121
BSC
320
BSC
430
BSC
530
Principles of Biology
8 100%
100
Principles of Ecology
19 100%
100
Plant Ecology
7 100%
100
Plant Ecology
8 100%
100
NOTE: Part-time adjunct faculty do not need to fill in the remainder of this document.
1)
Scholarship/Research
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
Schultz, G. E. (Co-Principal), Gilliam, F. S. (Co-Principal), Grant, "Effects of excess nitrogen on above
and below ground interactions in a hardwood forest biogeochemical linkages of overstory, herbaceous
layer, and microbial communities.", NSF, Federal, Currently Under Review.
Intellectual Contributions
Gilliam, F. S., Goodale, C. L., Pardo, L. H., Geiser, L. H., & Lilleskov, E. A. Eastern temperate forests,
Chapter 10. IN: Assessment of Nitrogen deposition effects and empirical critical loads of Nitrogen for
ecoregions of the United States.. In Pardo LH, Robin-Abbott MJ, Driscoll CT (Ed.), (vol. Gen. Tech. Rep.
NRS-80., pp. 229-284). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 229284..
Zhang, X., Wang, Q., Gilliam, F. S., Bai, W., Han, X., Li, L. (in press). Effect of nitrogen fertilization on net
nitrogen mineralization in grassland soil of Northern China: implications for grassland management..
Grass and Forage Science, in press.
Lu, X., Mo, J., Gilliam, F. S., Yu, G., Zhang, W., Fang, Y., Huang, J. Effects of experimental nitrogen
additions on plant diversity in tropical forests of contrasting disturbance regimes in Southern China..
Environmental Pollution, 159, 2228-2235.
Zhang, X., Bai, W., Gilliam, F. S., Han, X., Li, L. Effects of in situ freezing on soil nitrogen mineralization in
fertilized grassland, northern China.. Grass and Forage Science, 66, 391-401.
Pardo, L. H., Fenn, M. E., Goodale, C. L., Geiser, L. H., Driscoll, C. T., Allen, E. B., Baron, J., Bobbink,
R., Bowman, W. D., Clark, C., Emmett, B., Gilliam, F. S., Greaver, T., Hall, S. J., Lilleskov, E. A., Liu, L.,
Lynch, J., Nadelhoffer, K., Perakis, S. S., Robin-Abbott, M. J., Stoddard, J., Weathers, K., Dennis, R. L.
Effects of nitrogen deposition and empirical nitrogen critical loads for ecoregions of the United States..
Ecological Applications, 21, 3049-3082.
Gilliam, F. S., Adams, M. B. Effects of nitrogen on temporal and spatial patterns of nitrate in streams and
soil solution of a central hardwood forest.. ISRN Ecology.
Lu, X., Mo, J., Gilliam, F. S., Fang, H., Zhu, F., Fang, Y., Zhang, W., Huang, J. (in press). Land-use
history mitigates response of soil phosphorus availability to nitrogen addition in two reforested tropical
forests in southern China.. Biotropica, in press.
Gilliam, F. S., McCulley, R. L., Nelson, J. A. (2011). Spatial variability in soil microbial communities in a
nitrogen-saturated hardwood forest watershed.. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 75, 280-286.
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Presentations
Gilliam, F. S., Lecture, Dine and Discover Lecture Series, College of Science, Marshall University,
Huntington, WV, "Nitrogen pollution in West Virginia: too much of a good thing.", Seminar, Academic,
Local, Invited. (October 4, 2011).
Gilliam, F. S., Oral Presentation, 96th Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America, Austin, TX, "Effects
of excess nitrogen deposition on the herbaceous layer of temperate hardwood forests.", Conference,
Academic, International, peer-reviewed/refereed, Invited. (August 2011).
Gilliam, F. S., Lecture, South China Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science,
Guangzhou, China, "Effects of excess nitrogen on forest biodiversity.", Seminar, Academic, International,
Invited. (July 14, 2011).
Gilliam, F. S., Lecture, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China, "The impact of excess nitrogen
dynamics on sustainable forest ecosystems: Implications for agriculture.", Seminar, Academic,
International, Invited. (July 4, 2011).
Directed Student Learning and Research
Murphy, P., Research, Capstone Experience, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 3 credit hours,
"Effects of temperature on net nitrification in nitrogen-saturated soils", Completed. (September 2010 January 2011).
2)
Service
3)
Professional development activities, including professional organizations to which you belong and
state, regional, national, and international conferences attended. List any panels on which you chaired or
participated. List any offices you hold in professional organizations.
Professional Memberships
Ecological Society of America, ESA, Program Director, 2010 Annual Meeting.
4)
Awards/honors (including invitations to speak in your area of expertise) or special recognition.
Awards and Honors
Marshall University Distinguished Artists & Scholars Award, Marshall University, (May 2012).
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Appendix II
Faculty Data Sheet
(Information for the period of this review)
August 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014
Name:
Dr. Marcia Ann Harrison-Pitaniello
Start Date at Marshall as a Faculty Member:
Status:
Rank:
Professor
September 01, 1986
Tenured
Highest Degree Earned:
Conferring Institution:
Ph D
Date Degree Received:
1983
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Area of Degree Specialization:
Botany
Professional Registration/Licensure:
Human Research Curriculum Completion Report
Field of Registration /Licensure:
Agency:
Marshall University IRB2
Date Obtained, Expiration Date
Obtained: August 16, 2010, Expired: December 31, 2014
List courses you taught during the final two years of this review. If you participated in a team-taught
course, indicate each of them and what percentage of the course you taught. For each course include
the year and semester taught (summer through spring), course number, course title and enrollment.
(Expand the table as necessary)
Term/Year
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2013
Course
BSC
104
BSC
104
BSC
104
BSC
104
BSC
420
BSC
322
BSC
322
BSC
322
BSC
580
BSC
104
Title
Introduction to Biology
Enrolled
26 100%
% Respon
100
Introduction to Biology
25 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
25 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
28 100%
100
Plant Physiology
13 100%
100
Principles Cell Biology
26 100%
100
Principles Cell Biology
19 100%
100
Principles Cell Biology
17 100%
100
SpTp: Biomech Journal Club
3 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
27 100%
100
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Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
BSC
104
BSC
104
BSC
104
BSC
420
BSC
280
BSC
322
BSC
322
BSC
322
BSC
680
BSC
482
BSC
420
BSC
520
Introduction to Biology
25 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
25 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
27 100%
100
Plant Physiology
6 100%
100
SpTp:Mathematical Biology
4 100%
100
Principles Cell Biology
23 100%
100
Principles Cell Biology
22 100%
100
Principles Cell Biology
21 100%
100
SpTp: Biomechanics Jrnl Club
3 100%
100
SpTp:Biomechanics Jrnl Club
6 100%
100
Plant Physiology
7 100%
100
Plant Physiology
1 100%
100
NOTE: Part-time adjunct faculty do not need to fill in the remainder of this document.
1)
Scholarship/Research
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
Saken, J. M. (Co-Principal), Murray, E. E. (Principal), Maynard, A. S. (Co-Principal), Beckelhimer, S. (CoPrincipal), Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A., Grant, "RISE- Rural Innovations in Science Education", NASA,
Federal, $500,000.00, Currently Under Review. (December 2012 - Present).
Kovatch, J. J. (Co-Principal), Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Principal), Mummert, A. (Co-Principal), Sanyal, S.
(Co-Principal), Collier, P. S. (Co-Principal), Grant, "Enhancing undergraduate training through
participation in biological and mathematical research at Marshall University", NSF Undergraduate Biology
and Mathematics/RUI, Federal, $280,000.00, Funded. (September 2010 - Present).
Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Principal), Grant, "Undergraduate Mathematical Biology Research at Marshall
University", NSF, Federal, $236,659.00. (September 1, 2010 - August 31, 2014).
Walz, A. (Supporting), Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Principal), Collier, P. S. (Co-Principal), Kovatch, J. J.
(Co-Principal), Mummert, A. (Co-Principal), Sarra, S. (Co-Principal), Grant, "UBM-Group: RUI:
Undergraduate Mathematical Biology Research at Marshall University (2010-2013)", NSF, Federal,
$236,659.00, Funded. (2010 - 2013).
Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Co-Principal), Grant, "MRI-R2: Acquisition of a Confocal/Multiphoton
Microscope to Advance Cellular and Physiological Research at Marshall University)", NSF, Federal,
$930,058.00, Funded. (2009 - 2012).
Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Principal), Grant, "Advancing Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and
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Math at Marshall University", NSF, Federal, $750,000.00. (September 2009 - August 2012).
Silver, J. A. (Co-Principal), Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Principal), Murray, E. E. (Co-Principal), Logan, P.
(Co-Principal), Grant, "Advancing Women in Math, Science, and Engineering at Marshall", National
Science Foundation, Federal, $750,000.00, Funded. (August 26, 2009 - May 30, 2010).
Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Principal), Grant, "NSF: ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award:
Advancing women in science, math and engineering at Marshall", NSF, Federal, $1,200,000.00, Funded.
(September 1, 2006 - August 2009).
Intellectual Contributions
Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (2013). Using student-produced time-lapse plant movies to communicate
concepts in plant biology [Written Case]. 14, 2.
Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (2012). Cross-talk between phytohormone signaling pathways under optimal
and stressful conditions. In Khan, N.A.; Nazar, R.; Iqbal, N.; Anjum, N.A. (Eds.) (Ed.), (pp. 28 (for
chapter)). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag GmbH.
Gilkerson, J. G., Kelley, J. A., Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (2009). Evaluation of ethylene production in
tobacco and Arabidopsis induced by particle bombardment. Bio-Rad Bulletin, 4.
Presentations
Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Presenter & Author), Mummert, A. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J.
(Presenter & Author), Other, iPED Teaching Conference: Inquiring Pedagogies, CTL Marshall University,
Huntington, WV, "So I Won’t Do That Again: Student and Mentor (Great) Expectations in
Undergraduate Research", Conference, Academic, peer-reviewed/refereed, Accepted. (August 19,
2014).
Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Presenter & Author), Mummert, A. (Author Only), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only),
Sarra, S. (Author Only), Collier, P. S. (Author Only), Poster, Plant Biology 2014, American Society of
Plant Biologists, Portland, Oregon, "Topics in Mathematical Biology: A Course to Introduce
Undergraduate Students to Primary Literature", Conference, Non-Academic, International, Accepted.
(July 13, 2014).
Mummert, A. (Presenter & Author), Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Author Only), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only),
Sarra, S. (Author Only), Collier, P. S. (Author Only), Poster, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Baltimore, MD,
"BioM2: Biological Mathematics at Marshall". (January 15, 2014).
Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Presenter & Author), Spitzer, N. (Presenter & Author), Mummert, A. (Presenter
& Author), Oral Presentation, Marshall University iPED Teaching Conference- The Pedagogy of
Community - Local, Global, Virtual, Marshall University, Marshall University, "Creating virtual research
communities using electronic laboratory notebooks", Conference, Academic, Local, Accepted. (August
20, 2013).
Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Author Only), Shiltz, J. (Presenter & Author), Poster, Marshall University Sigma
Xi Research Day, Sigma Xi, Marshall University, "The effect of TiO2 nanoparticles on the growth and
stress response of Arabidopsis thaliana", Conference, Academic, Local. (May 2013).
Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Presenter & Author), Silver, D. (Author Only), Poster, Annual Meeting of the
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American Society for Gravitational and Space Research, American Society for Gravitational and Space
Research, New Orleans, Louisiana, "Modeling Gravitropic Curvature in Plant Stems: An Undergraduate
Mathematical Biology Research Project.", Conference, Academic, National. (November 29, 2012).
Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Presenter & Author), Demonstration, Marshall University iPED Teaching
Conference, CTL, Marshall University, "Publishing Your Teaching Resources", Workshop, Academic,
Local. (August 21, 2012).
Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Author Only), Mick, H. (Presenter & Author), Poster, Botany 2012, Botanical
Society of America, Columbus, Ohio, "Development of a screening method for identification of new
proteins that regulate gravitropism kinetics in Arabidopsis thaliana", Conference, Academic, National.
(July 10, 2012).
Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Presenter & Author), Poster, Botany 2012, Botanical Society of America,
Columbus, Ohio, "Imaging Plant Growth: A tool to enhance student learning in plant physiology at all
levels.", Conference, Academic, National. (July 10, 2012).
Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Author Only), Chuchiak, K. (Presenter & Author), Whited, B. (Presenter &
Author), Poster, 2012 Marshall University Sigma Xi Research Day, Marshall University Sigma Xi Chapter,
Marshall University, "Modeling gravitropic effects using pea stems.", Conference, Academic, Local. (April
2012).
Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Author Only), Whited, B. (Presenter & Author), Oral Presentation, 2012
Meeting West Virginia Academy of Science, West Virginia Academy of Science, Institute, WV, "Modeling
gravitropic curvature in plant stems.", Conference, Academic, State. (April 21, 2012).
Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Presenter & Author), Poster, 2012 Meeting West Virginia Academy of Science,
West Virginia Academy of Science, Institute, WV, "Publishing your Teaching Resources through The
National Science Digital Library", Conference, Academic, State. (April 21, 2012).
Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Presenter & Author), Poster, 2010 ADVANCE PI Meeting,, National Science
Foundation, Alexandria, VA, "Disseminating Successful Practices of MU-ADVANCE: Advancing Women
in Science, Math, and Engineering at Marshall", Conference, Non-Academic, National. (November 8,
2010).
Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Presenter & Author), Poster, PLant Biology 2010, Americal Society of Plant
Biologists, Montreal, Canada, "Using MATLAB to process images for the analysis of plant organ growth
and curvature", Conference, Academic, National. (July 2010).
Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Presenter & Author), Williams, H. M. (Author Only), Baker, E. (Author Only),
Beverly, D. (Author Only), Silver, J. A. (Author Only), Logan, P. (Author Only), Poster, NSF ADVANCE PI
meeting, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, "MU-ADVANCE: Developing Faculty-Administrative
Partnerships to Drive Institutional Change", Conference, Non-Academic, National. (November 2009).
Research Currently in Progress
Murray, Elizabeth E, Harrison-Pitaniello, Marcia A, Michael, "Genetics of Cilantro Taste", On-Going,
Scholarly.
Directed Student Learning and Research
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Brown, M., Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department.
Mick, H., Learning, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department, In-Process.
(August 2011 - 2013).
Shiltz, J., Research, Directed Individual/Independent Study, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 491, 2
credit hours, "The effect of TiO2 nanoparticles on the growth and stress response of Arabidopsis
thaliana", Completed. (January 2013 - May 2013).
2)
Service
Department
Greenhouse, Committee Chair.
SCORES exam - Cell Biology/Genetics, oversee an exam for SCORES, (January 2, 2012 - Present).
Graduate Program Committee, Committee Member, (September 2011 - Present).
Faculty Development, Committee Chair, (August 2010 - Present).
Microbiology Search Committee, Committee Member, (September 2013 - December 2013).
Leaning Assistant Program, Faculty Advisor, (January 15, 2013 - May 15, 2013).
Botany Search Committee, Committee Chair, (February 2012 - April 2012).
Microbiology Search Committee, Committee Chair, (January 2011 - July 2011).
College
SURE Fellowship Selection Committee, Attendee, Meeting (January 2010 - Present).
University
MU Institutional Biological Safety Committee, Committee Member (September 2011 - Present).
MU Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, Communications Officer (November 2010 - Present).
MU Chapter of Sigma Xi, Chairperson (July 2007 - Present).
Marshall Chapter of the WV NASA Space Grant Consortium, Committee Chair (September 2001 Present).
Writing Across the Curriculum, Committee Member (August 1999 - Present).
MU-ADVANCE, Faculty Mentor (August 2011 - May 2012).
CITE Dean Search Committee, Committee Member (January 2012 - March 2012).
Retention Committee, Committee Member (May 15, 2011).
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Dialogues on Faculty Diversity, Guest Speaker (February 18, 2011).
Professional
Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer (September 6, 2013 Present).
American Society for Space and Gravitational Research, Governing Board Member (November 2011 Present).
West Virginia Academy of Science, Communications Director (July 1997 - Present).
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Reviewer, Textbook (October 24, 2013 - October 28, 2013).
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Reviewer, Journal Article (August 2, 2013 - August 21, 2013).
NASA, Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Crystal City, VA (February 20, 2013 - February 21, 2013).
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Reviewer, Textbook (December 7, 2012 - December 15, 2012).
WV Leadership Team member to review the Next Generation Science Standards, Committee Member,
Charleston, WV, USA (January 2012 - November 2012).
National Science Foundation, Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Arlington, VA, USA (October 15, 2012 - October
17, 2012).
Marshall University, wrote letters for faculty and students (August 2011 - May 2012).
Environmental and Experimental Botany (journal), Reviewer, Journal Article (March 2012).
WV Space Grant Consortium Grant, Workshop Organizer, Huntington, WV (January 2012).
Environmental and Experimental Botany, Reviewer, Journal Article (August 2011 - November 2011).
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Reviewer, Textbook (October 20, 2011 - October 28, 2011).
WV Space Grant Consortium Grant Workshop, Workshop Organizer (January 21, 2011).
Community
WV eMentoing, mentor and scientist (January 2012 - Present).
SCORES Cell Biology Exam, Competition supervisory, Huntington, WV, USA (March 31, 2012 - April
2013).
Huntington Community Gardens, MU liaison (February 2010 - 2012).
Women in Tech Conference, panelist, Wheeling, WV, USA (October 18, 2012 - October 19, 2012).
Presented "Plant Movies" at Barboursville Science Day, Guest Speaker, Barbousville, WV, USA (April 12,
2012).
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3)
Professional development activities, including professional organizations to which you belong and
state, regional, national, and international conferences attended. List any panels on which you chaired or
participated. List any offices you hold in professional organizations.
Professional Memberships
Sigma Xi, President of Marshall University Chapter.
American Society for Gravitational and Space Research, ASGSB, Board of Directors member, 20112013. (July 1, 1994 - Present).
West Virginia Academy of Science, WVAS, Website manager(1997-present) , President(1995-1997).
(July 1, 1988 - Present).
Botanical Society of America, BSA. (September 16, 2011 - 2014).
American Society of Plant Biologists, ASPB. (December 30, 2014).
Phi Kappa Phi, PKP. (November 2010 - December 30, 2014).
Association for Women in Science, AWIS. (December 30, 2013).
Council on Undergraduate Research, CUR. (December 30, 2013).
Faculty Development Activities Attended
Conference Attendance, "Marshall University iPED Teaching Conference 2013", Marshall University,
Huntington, WV, USA. (August 20, 2013).
Conference Attendance, "Marshall University iPED Teaching Conference", MU Center for the
Advancement of Teaching and Learning, Huntington, WV, USA, 0 credit hours. (August 21, 2012).
Conference Attendance, "2012 Annual Society for Mathematical Biology Conference", Society for
Mathematical Biology, Knoxville, TN, USA, 0 credit hours. (July 25, 2012 - July 28, 2012).
Workshop, "BEN Scholars Workshop", National Science Digital Library, Washington DC, DC, USA.
(January 25, 2012 - January 28, 2012).
Conference Attendance, "The 3rd Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning", CTL-Marshall
University, Huntington, WV, USA, 0 credit hours. (August 16, 2011).
Tutorial, "Confocal Microscope-Training-pt 2", MBIC-Marshall. (July 27, 2011).
Tutorial, "Confocal Microscope-Training", MBIC-Marshall. (July 22, 2011).
Conference Attendance, "UBM PI meeting", NSF, Fort Collins, Colorado. (March 11, 2011 - March 12,
2011).
Conference Attendance, "UBM PI meeting", NSF, Fort Collins, Colorado. (March 11, 2011 - March 12,
2011).
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Tutorial, "Wimba Training", Marshall-IT. (February 23, 2011).
Workshop, "Photoshop Basics", Marshall. (February 18, 2011).
Workshop, "Turning Point", Marshall and Turning Technologies. (February 10, 2011).
4)
Awards/honors (including invitations to speak in your area of expertise) or special recognition.
Awards and Honors
2012 BEN Scholar, National Science Digital Library (NSDL) Biological Sciences Pathway., (January
2012).
Distinguished Service Award, Marshall University, (April 2011).
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Appendix II
Faculty Data Sheet
(Information for the period of this review)
August 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014
Name:
Dr. James E Joy
Rank:
Start Date at Marshall as a Faculty Member:
Status:
Professor
August 28, 1972
Tenured
Highest Degree Earned:
Date Degree Received:
Conferring Institution:
Area of Degree Specialization:
List courses you taught during the final two years of this review. If you participated in a team-taught
course, indicate each of them and what percentage of the course you taught. For each course include
the year and semester taught (summer through spring), course number, course title and enrollment.
(Expand the table as necessary)
Term/Year
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Course
BSC
424
BSC
105
BSC
105
BSC
105
BSC
105
BSC
105
BSC
105
BSC
105
BSC
105
BSC
426
BSC
526
BSC
424
BSC
524
BSC
105
BSC
105
Animal Parasitology
Title
Enrolled
19 100%
% Respon
100
Introduction to Biology
26 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
28 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
27 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
27 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
25 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
26 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
27 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
28 100%
100
Medical Entomology
18 100%
100
Medical Entomology
2 100%
100
Animal Parasitology
16 100%
100
Animal Parasitology
2 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
28 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
27 100%
100
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Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
BSC
105
BSC
105
BSC
105
BSC
105
BSC
105
BSC
105
BSC
312
BSC
424
BSC
524
BSC
105
BSC
105
BSC
105
BSC
105
Introduction to Biology
26 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
25 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
27 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
25 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
25 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
27 100%
100
Invertebrate Zoology
10 100%
100
Animal Parasitology
11 100%
100
Animal Parasitology
1 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
24 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
24 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
24 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
24 100%
100
NOTE: Part-time adjunct faculty do not need to fill in the remainder of this document.
1)
Scholarship/Research
Intellectual Contributions
Savilla, T. M., Somerville, C., Joy, J. E., May, J. D. Prevalence of dog intestinal nematode parasites in
south central West Virginia. Veterinary Parasitology, 178, 115-120.
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Appendix II
Faculty Data Sheet
(Information for the period of this review)
August 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014
Name:
Jeffrey J Kovatch
Rank:
Start Date at Marshall as a Faculty Member:
Status:
Assistant Professor
January 02, 2009
Probationary
Highest Degree Earned:
Conferring Institution:
Ph D
Date Degree Received:
2008
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Area of Degree Specialization:
Biology, Animal Physiological Ecology
List courses you taught during the final two years of this review. If you participated in a team-taught
course, indicate each of them and what percentage of the course you taught. For each course include
the year and semester taught (summer through spring), course number, course title and enrollment.
(Expand the table as necessary)
Term/Year
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Course
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
662
BSC
431
BSC
531
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
121
Title
Human Physiology
Enrolled
21 100%
% Respon
100
Human Physiology
24 100%
100
Human Physiology
24 100%
100
Human Physiology
23 100%
100
Human Physiology
23 100%
100
Human Physiology
23 100%
100
Seminar II
13 50%
50
Limnology
3 100%
100
Limnology
4 100%
100
Human Physiology
22 100%
100
Human Physiology
24 100%
100
Human Physiology
24 100%
100
Human Physiology
24 100%
100
Human Physiology
21 100%
100
Principles of Biology
28 100%
100
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Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Fall 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
BSC
121
BSC
121
BSC
121
BSC
121
FYS 100
Principles of Biology
18 100%
100
Principles of Biology
23 100%
100
Principles of Biology
14 100%
100
Principles of Biology
20 100%
100
First Yr Sem Critical Thinking
22 100%
100
BSC
121
BSC
121
BSC
121
BSC
121
BSC
121
BSC
280
Principles of Biology
25 100%
100
Principles of Biology
28 100%
100
Principles of Biology
24 100%
100
Principles of Biology
26 100%
100
Principles of Biology
23 100%
100
SpTp:Mathematical Biology
9 100%
100
NOTE: Part-time adjunct faculty do not need to fill in the remainder of this document.
1)
Scholarship/Research
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
Kovatch, J. J. (Co-Principal), Waldron, J. (Principal), Grant, "Testing bioclimatic thresholds of reptiles
predicted by maximum energy entropy theory", Department of the Army, Federal, $105,000.00, Currently
Under Review. (November 2013 - Present).
Kovatch, J. J. (Co-Principal), Grant, "Modeling the fate and effects of emerging contaminants:
computational science at the intersection of chemistry, biology and the environment.", WV EPSCoR,
Federal, $8,500,000.00, Currently Under Review. (July 2013 - Present).
Kovatch, J. J. (Co-Principal), Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Principal), Mummert, A. (Co-Principal), Sanyal, S.
(Co-Principal), Collier, P. S. (Co-Principal), Grant, "Enhancing undergraduate training through
participation in biological and mathematical research at Marshall University", NSF Undergraduate Biology
and Mathematics/RUI, Federal, $280,000.00, Funded. (September 2010 - Present).
Kovatch, J. J. (Supporting), Drum, R. J. (Principal), Grant, "Pilot Studies Responses to Climate Change:
Formulating Climate Change Mitigation/Adaptation Strategies through Regional Collaboration with the
Ohio River Basin Alliance", US Army Corps of Engineers, Federal, $200,000.00, Funded. (2012 - 2014).
Kovatch, J. J., Grant, "Community Grant for the Fourpole Creek Watershed Association in Huntington,
WV", West Virginia Dept of Environmental Protection, State, $3,785.00, Funded. (October 2013 - June
2014).
Walz, A. (Supporting), Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Principal), Collier, P. S. (Co-Principal), Kovatch, J. J.
(Co-Principal), Mummert, A. (Co-Principal), Sarra, S. (Co-Principal), Grant, "UBM-Group: RUI:
Undergraduate Mathematical Biology Research at Marshall University (2010-2013)", NSF, Federal,
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$236,659.00, Funded. (2010 - 2013).
Kovatch, J. J. (Co-Principal), Grant, "Studying fossil energy power and pollutant generation and resulting
interactions of chemistry, biology, and the environment", Department of Energy, Federal, $4,000,000.00,
Not Funded. (August 2013).
Kovatch, J. J. (Co-Principal), Trzyna, W. C. (Principal), Schultz, G. E. (Co-Principal), Grant, "Using nextgeneration sequencing to explore the microbial diversity of the Ohio River", Illumina, Inc., Private,
$125,000.00, Not Funded. (October 15, 2012).
Kovatch, J. J. (Co-Principal), Grant, "An economic and climatic analysis on the future of isolated desert
wildlife waters", Dept of the Interior WaterSMART Applied Science Grants for the Desert Landscape
Conservation Cooperative, Federal, $160,000.00, Not Funded. (August 2012).
Kovatch, J. J. (Co-Principal), Grant, "An Economic and Climatic Analysis on the Future of Isolated Desert
Wildlife Waters", NOAA CLimate ChangeProgram, Federal, Not Funded. (August 2012).
Kovatch, J. J. (Principal), Sponsored Research, "Estimation of spatial homogeneity of phytoplankton in a
large temperate river", Faculty Senate, Marshall University, $2,000.00, Funded. (June 2012 - August
2012).
Kovatch, J. J. (Principal), Grant, "Adaptive interspecific variation in metabolism and internal microbial flora
in coexisting Unionids", NSF Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII), Marshall University, $15,600.00,
Funded. (June 2011 - December 2011).
Kovatch, J. J. (Supporting), Somerville, C. (Principal), El-Shazly, A. E. (Supporting), Kolling, D.
(Supporting), Grant, "Appalachian Water Resources Institute", NIST Construction Grant Program,
Federal, $9,000,000.00, Not Funded. (April 2011 - 2011).
Kovatch, J. J. (Co-Principal), Griffis-Kyle, K. L. (Principal), Hayhoe, K. (Co-Principal), Arnett, J. (CoPrincipal), Grant, "Developing robust high-resolution climate projections for regional vulnerability
assessments: A case study of the future of amphibians in the desert Southwest", Dept of Defense
Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, Federal, $587,000.00, Not Funded.
(2011).
Kovatch, J. J. (Supporting), Drum, R. J. (Principal), Grant, "Pilot Studies Responses to Climate Change:
Formulating Climate Change Mitigation/Adaptation Strategies through Regional Collaboration with the
Ohio River Basin Alliance", US Army Corps of Engineers, Federal, $200,000.00, Not Funded. (2011).
Kovatch, J. J. (Principal), Somerville, C. (Co-Principal), Barrios, J. d. D. (Co-Principal), Grant, "Detection
of phytoplankton biomass in large rivers with remote sensing", NASA WV Space Consortium RIG, State,
$30,000.00, Funded. (April 2010 - December 2011).
Kovatch, J. J. (Principal), Barrios, J. d. D. (Co-Principal), Grant, "The detection of phytoplankton biomass
and the tracking of phytoplankton blooms in a large, temperate and turbid waterway, the Ohio River",
DigitalGlobe 8-Band Research Challenge, Private, $5,000.00, Funded. (August 2010 - September 2011).
Kovatch, J. J. (Principal), Sponsored Research, "Interspecific variation in metabolic rates of freshwater
mussels", Faculty Senate, Marshall University, $2,000.00, Funded. (June 2011 - August 2011).
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Kovatch, J. J. (Principal), El-Shazly, A. E. (Co-Principal), Grant, "Developing a timetable of elemental
contamination in streams by measuring selenium concentrations in freshwater mussel shells", NASA WV
Research Enhancement Award, Marshall University, $6,000.00, Funded. (2009 - 2010).
Kovatch, J. J. (Principal), Sponsored Research, "Estimation of phytoplankton biomass in the Ohio River
using satellite based remote sensing", Faculty Senate, Marshall University, $2,000.00, Funded. (June
2010 - August 2010).
Kovatch, J. J. (Co-Principal), Somerville, C. (Principal), Evans, D. K. (Co-Principal), Jones, T. G. (CoPrincipal), Contract, "Habitat Improvement Structure Assessment on Kanawha River, WV", US Army
Corps of Engineers:, Federal, $130,000.00, Funded. (January 2009 - November 2009).
Intellectual Contributions
Kovatch, J. J., Somerville, C., Evans, D. K., Jones, T. G. Assessment of the efficacy of stone habitat
improvement structures on the recruitment of larval and juvenile fishes and benthic macroinvertebrates in
the Marmet and Winfield pools of the Great Kanawha River.. Huntington, WV: US Army Corps of
Engineers.
Schultz, G. E., Kovatch, J. J., Hertler, H. Impact of Coastal Development on Nearshore Bacterial Diversity
Along a Development Gradient, Southwest Puerto Rico. Marine Environmental Research.
Kovatch, J. J. (in press). Water quality: a hidden danger in man-made desert catchments.. Wildlife Society
Bulletin.
Schultz, G. E., Kovatch, J. J., Anneken, E. M. (2013). Bacterial diversity in a large, temperate, heavily
modified river, as determined by pyrosequencing. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 70, 169-179.
Kovatch, J. J. Increased average body temperature does not affect growth rate in young altricial nestlings:
A test of a general growth model under field conditions using Troglodytes aedon. Journal of Experimental
Biology.
Kovatch, J. J. Physiology, ecology, climate change and species persistence. Trends in Ecology and
Evolution.
Kovatch, J. J., Sovic, D. M. Nonlethal tissue mass and condition estimation in freshwater mussels using
relic shells. Journal of the North American Benthological Society.
Presentations
Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Presenter & Author), Mummert, A. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J.
(Presenter & Author), Other, iPED Teaching Conference: Inquiring Pedagogies, CTL Marshall University,
Huntington, WV, "So I Won’t Do That Again: Student and Mentor (Great) Expectations in
Undergraduate Research", Conference, Academic, peer-reviewed/refereed, Accepted. (August 19,
2014).
Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Presenter & Author), Mummert, A. (Author Only), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only),
Sarra, S. (Author Only), Collier, P. S. (Author Only), Poster, Plant Biology 2014, American Society of
Plant Biologists, Portland, Oregon, "Topics in Mathematical Biology: A Course to Introduce
Undergraduate Students to Primary Literature", Conference, Non-Academic, International, Accepted.
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(July 13, 2014).
Mummert, A. (Presenter & Author), Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Author Only), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only),
Sarra, S. (Author Only), Collier, P. S. (Author Only), Poster, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Baltimore, MD,
"BioM2: Biological Mathematics at Marshall". (January 15, 2014).
Tuggle, T. S. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Axel, A. C. (Author Only), Poster, GIS
Day at Marshall University, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, "Modeling cyanobacteria concentrations
in the Ohio River using Landsat 8", Conference, Academic, Local. (November 2013).
Hamrick, J. J. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Oral Presentation, Marshall University
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program, SURE, Huntington, WV, "Modeling productivity
within a light-attenuating turbulent system", Conference, Academic, Local. (August 2013).
Cogar, S. J. (Presenter & Author), Moats, T. (Author Only), Castle, M. (Author Only), Kovatch, J. J.
(Author Only), Oral Presentation, Marshall University Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
Program, SURE, Huntington, WV, "The metabolic theory of ecology as displayed by the respiration rate of
aggregated mussels", Conference, Academic, Local. (August 2013).
Hamrick, J. J. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Poster, Undergraduate Capstone
Conference at the Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Columbus,
OH, "Modeling productivity within a light-attenuating turbulent system", Conference, Academic, Regional.
(August 2013).
Moats, T. (Presenter & Author), Castle, M. (Author Only), Cogar, S. J. (Author Only), Kovatch, J. J.
(Author Only), Poster, Undergraduate Capstone Conference at the Mathematical Biosciences Institute,
Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Columbus, OH, "The metabolic theory of ecology as displayed by the
respiration rate of aggregated mussels", Conference, Academic, National. (August 2013).
Hamrick, J. J. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Poster, Joint Meeting of the West
Virginia and Ohio Chapters of the American Fisheries Society, Association of Southeastern Biologists,
Charleston, WV, "Vertically homogenous phytoplankton concentrations within the Greenup Pool of the
Ohio River", Conference, Academic, Regional. (May 2013).
Kovatch, J. J. (Presenter & Author), Schultz, G. E. (Author Only), Oral Presentation, Society for
Freshwater Science, Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, FL, "Comparative
effects of surface mining on microbial biodiversity in conjoined river tributaries", Conference, Academic,
National, Invited. (May 2013).
Schultz, G. E. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Oral Presentation, Meeting of the
Association of Southeastern Biologists, Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists,
Charleston, WV, "Microbial beta diversity patterns in the Ohio River watershed as determined by
pyrosequencing", Conference, Academic, Regional. (April 2013).
Schultz, G. E. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Oral Presentation, Association for the
Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Association for the Sciences of
Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences, New Orleans, LA, "The bacterial diversity of the Ohio
River as determined by pyrosequencing.", Conference, Academic, International. (February 2013).
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Kovatch, J. J. (Coordinator/Organizer), Schultz, G. E. (Author Only), Oral Presentation, Joint Meeting of
the West Virginia and Ohio Chapters of the American Fisheries Society, American Fisheries Society,
Huntington, WV, "Comparative effects of surface mining on microbial biodiversity in conjoined river
tributaries of the Mud River in southern West Virginia.", Conference, Academic, Regional. (February
2013).
Hamrick, J. J. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Poster, Joint Meeting of the West
Virginia and Ohio Chapters of the American Fisheries Society, American Fisheries Society, Huntington,
WV, "Vertically homogenous phytoplankton concnetrations within the Greenup Pool of the Ohio River",
Conference, Academic, Regional. (February 2013).
Clements, M. C. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Paper, Meeting of the Association of
Southern Biologist, Association of Southeastern Biologists, Athens, GA, "The integrated effect of
photoperiod and temperature on metabolic rate in the freshwater mussel Pyganodon grandis". (April
2012).
Clements, M. C. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Paper, Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic
Chapter of the Ecological Society of America, Ecological Society of America, Blacksburg, VA, "Metabolic
response of the freshwater mussel Pyganodon grandis to alterations in temperature and photoperiod".
(April 2012).
Stephenson, D. E. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Paper, Northeast Fish and Wildlife
Conference, American Fish and Wildlife Society, Charleston, WV, "A test of concordance between
benthic macroinvertebrate and fish taxa in West Virginia’s Streams". (April 2012).
Schultz, G. E. (Author Only), Kovatch, J. J. (Presenter & Author), Trzyna, W. C. (Author Only), Poster,
Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference, American Fish and Wildlife Society, Charleston, WV, "Diversity
and resilience of the mircrobial community of the Ohio River". (April 2012).
Clements, M. C. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Paper, Northeast Fish and Wildlife
Conference, American Fish and Wildlife Society, Charleston, WV, "Responses of the freshwater mussel
Pyganodon grandis to alterations in temperature and photoperiod". (April 2012).
Price, M. A. (Presenter & Author), Mummert, A. (Author Only), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Poster, Sigma
Xi Research Day, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, "Data analysis of respiratory rates of freshwater
mussels in declining oxygen conditions.". (April 2012).
Schultz, G. E. (Author Only), Kovatch, J. J. (Presenter & Author), Trzyna, W. C. (Author Only), Poster,
Sigma Xi Research Day, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, "Diversity and resilience of the mircrobial
community of the Ohio River". (April 2012).
Lefevre, F. H. (Author Only), Kovatch, J. J. (Presenter & Author), Poster, Sigma Xi Research Day,
Marshall University, Huntington, WV, "Dropping weight incrases the accuracy of mass and metabolic rate
estimation in the freshwater mussel, Pyganodon grandis.". (April 2012).
Lefevre, F. H. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Poster, West Virginia Academy of
Sciences/STaR Symposium, West Virginia Academy of Sciences, Institute, WV, "Dropping weight
increases the accuracy of mass and metabolic rate estimation in the freshwater mussel, Pyganodon
grandis.". (April 2012).
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Kovatch, J. J. (Presenter & Author), Lecture, Ecology and Evolution Lecture Series, Biology Department,
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, "Hot herps and cool chicks: Modeling animal growth and success
with metabolic scaling", Other, Academic, Local, Invited. (2011).
Kovatch, J. J. (Presenter & Author), Clements, M. C. (Author Only), Paper, International Symposium of
the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, Louisville, KY,
"Metabolic scaling in Unionids: A review", Conference, Academic, International, peer-reviewed/refereed,
Accepted. (2011).
Dayan, S. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Barrios, J. D. (Author Only), Somerville, C.
(Author Only), Paper, Joint Meeting of the Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research and Education and
the Ohio River Basin Alliance, Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research and Education, Huntington,
WV, "Detection and estimation of planktonic algal biomass in the Ohio River using spaceborne remote
sensing", Conference, Academic, Regional, peer-reviewed/refereed, Accepted. (2011).
Lefevre, F. H. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Poster, Joint Meeting of the Ohio River
Basin Consortium for Research and Education and the Ohio River Basin Alliance, Ohio River Basin
Consortium for Research and Education, Huntington,WV, "Effect of time out of water on non-lethal
prediction of soft tissue mass for the freshwater mussel, Pyganodon grandis", Conference, Academic,
Regional, peer-reviewed/refereed, Accepted. (2011).
Kovatch, J. J. (Presenter & Author), Paper, Joint Meeting of the Ohio River Basin Consortium for
Research and Education and the Ohio River Basin Alliance, Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research
and Education, Huntington, WV, "Quantitative estimates of the bioenergetic role of native freshwater
mussels in a large temperate river", Conference, Academic, Regional, peer-reviewed/refereed, Accepted.
(2011).
Clements, M. C. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Paper, Joint Meeting of the Virginia
and West Virginia Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, American Fisheries Society, Berkley
Springs, WV, "Determination of an allometric scaling coefficient for metabolism in native North American
freshwater mussels of the order Unionidae", Conference, Academic, State, peer-reviewed/refereed,
Accepted. (2011).
Stephenson, D. E. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Barrios, J. D. (Author Only),
Somerville, C. (Author Only), Poster, Joint Meeting of the Virginia and West Virginia Chapter of the
American Fisheries Society, American Fisheries Society, Berkley Springs, WV, "Satellite-based remotely
sensed phytoplankton biomass estimation in the Ohio River", Conference, Academic, State, peerreviewed/refereed, Accepted. (2011).
Decker, D. J. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Poster, Joint Meeting of the Virginia and
West Virginia Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, American Fisheries Society, Berkley Springs,
WV, "Summary of historical fish specimen collection at Marshall University", Conference, Academic,
State, peer-reviewed/refereed, Accepted. (2011).
Kovatch, J. J. (Presenter & Author), Paper, Joint Meeting of the Virginia and West Virginia Chapter of the
American Fisheries Society, American Fisheries Society, Berkley Springs, WV, "What can organismal
resource allocation theory tell us about growth and sustainability of freshwater mussels?", Conference,
Academic, State, peer-reviewed/refereed, Accepted. (2011).
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Midkiff, K. C. (Presenter & Author), Foster, S. W. (Author Only), Row, R. D. (Author Only), Kovatch, J. J.
(Author Only), Poster, Sigma Xi Research Day, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, "Impact of anoxic
water discharges to freshwater fish communities below Tappan Dam, OH", Conference, Academic, Local.
(2011).
Decker, D. J. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Poster, Sigma Xi Research Day,
Marshall University, Huntington, WV, "Summary of historical fish specimen collection at Marshall
University", Conference, Academic, Local. (2011).
Price, M. A. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Mummert, A. (Author Only), Poster,
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Presentations, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, "Data
analysis of respiratory rates of freshwater mussels in declining oxygen conditions", Other, Academic,
Local, Accepted. (2011).
Lefevre, F. H. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Poster, Summer Undergraduate
Research Experience Presentations, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, "Effect of time out of water on
non-lethal prediction of soft tissue mass for the freshwater mussel, Pyganodon grandis", Other,
Academic, Local, Accepted. (2011).
Price, M. A. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Mummert, A. (Author Only), Poster,
Undergraduate Biology & Mathematics and Research Experience for Undergradates Summer
Presentations, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, "Data analysis of respiratory rates of freshwater
mussels in declining oxygen conditions", Other, Academic, Local, Accepted. (2011).
Lefevre, F. H. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Poster, Undergraduate Biology &
Mathematics and Research Experience for Undergradates Summer Presentations, Marshall University,
Huntington, WV, "Effect of time out of water on non-lethal prediction of soft tissue mass for the freshwater
mussel, Pyganodon grandis", Other, Academic, Local, Accepted. (2011).
Research Currently in Progress
Schultz, Gary E, Kovatch, Jeffrey J, "Bacterial Diversity Twelvepole Creek", Writing Results, Scholarly.
Directed Student Learning and Research
Levin-Nielsen, E., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department, InProcess. (January 2014 - Present).
Tuggle, T., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department, In-Process.
(September 2013 - Present).
Phelps, S., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, In-Process. (May 2013 Present).
Starkey, C., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department. (November
2012 - Present).
Breakfield, D., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department,
Proposal. (November 2012 - Present).
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Jones, S., Learning, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department. (November
2012 - Present).
Castle, M., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, "Testing clustering effect of
mussuls on metabolic rates", In-Process. (September 2012 - Present).
Castle, M., Research, Supervised Research, Mathematics Department, In-Process. (January 2012 Present).
Adkins, K., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department, In-Process.
(October 2011 - Present).
Stephenson, D., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department, InProcess. (September 2010 - Present).
Clements, M., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department, In-Process.
(September 2010 - Present).
Cogar, S., Research, Supervised Research, Mathematics Department, In-Process. (May 2013 - May
2014).
Moats, T., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, In-Process. (May 2013 May 2014).
Hamrick, J., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, "Estiamted phytoplankton
biomass and primary productivity in the Greenup Pool of the Ohio River", In-Process. (August 2012 December 2013).
Kinsey, M., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, In-Process.
(January 2008 - 2013).
Tabassum, S., Learning, Supervised Teaching Activity, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 121 H, 4
credit hours, In-Process. (January 2013 - May 2013).
Lewis, R., Research, Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Biological Sciences Department, Completed.
(January 2010 - April 2013).
Lefevre, F., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 492, 2 credit hours,
"Dropping weight increases the accuracy of mass and metabolic rate estimation in the freshwater mussel,
Pyganodon grandis.", In-Process. (May 2011 - December 2012).
Robert, M., Research, Supervised Research, Geography Department, Completed. (May 2012).
Price, M., Research, Supervised Research, Mathematics Department, In-Process. (May 2011 - May
2012).
Calderwood, B., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 491, 2 credit
hours, Completed. (November 2010 - August 2011).
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Boone, L., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department. (September
2010 - May 2011).
Decker, D., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 491, 2 credit hours,
Completed. (June 2010 - May 2011).
Midkiff, K., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 491, Completed.
(May 2010 - May 2011).
Holmes, B., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Geology Department, Completed. (January
2010 - May 2011).
Dodson, B., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 491, 2 credit hours,
Completed. (May 2009 - April 2011).
Vargo, E., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Physics & Physical Science Department.
(September 2010 - December 2010).
Efaw, L., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department. (May 2010 - September
2010).
Felix, B., Research, Supervised Research, Geology Department. (January 2010 - May 2010).
Ackison, L., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 491, 2 credit hours.
(September 2007 - May 2010).
Chadwick, C., Research, Supervised Research, Integrated Sci & Technology Department. (May 2009 April 2010).
2)
Service
Department
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Committee Member, (2010 - Present).
Smith-Goodno Fellowship Award Committee, Committee Chair, (March 2009 - Present).
Greenhouse Committee, Committee Member, (January 2009 - Present).
Outreach Committee, Committee Member, (October 2010 - 2013).
Remote Sensing Facutly Position Search Committee, Committee Chair, (March 2012 - May 2012).
Equity Program Training, Attendee, Meeting, (March 6, 2012).
Microbiologist Term-position Search Committee, Committee Member, (February 2011 - April 2011).
Ecology Reading Group, Founder and director, (2009).
College
Student Poster Judge, Student Poster Judge (December 2013).
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Dine and Discover: Ohio River Lecture Series, Sole founder and coordinator of lecture series (November
2009 - 2013).
Outreach Coordinator Search Committee, Committee Member (2012).
Eminent Scholar Search Committee, Committee Member (December 2010 - April 2011).
University
Alpha Phi Omega HY Chapter - Coed national service fraternity, Student Org Advisor (Non-Professional
Org) (2009 - Present).
American Fisheries Society, MU student chapter, Student Org Advisor (Professional Org) (January 2008 Present).
Alpha Phi Omega - Coed national service fraternity, Guest Speaker (November 2013).
Guest Speaker (April 24, 2013).
Campus Conversations: The Art of Changing the Brain, Attendee, Meeting (February 28, 2012).
Brain Expo, Guest Speaker (2011).
Biotech Incubator and Applied Engineering Complex (BIAEC) Planning and Design Committee,
Committee Member (July 2011 - October 2011).
Attendee, Graduation (May 2011).
Ad Hoc Work Group on Faculty Scholarly Achievement, Committee Member (2009).
Marshall Univeristy Sweat Equity Day, Task Force Member (October 2009).
Professional
Ohio River Basin Alliance Climate Change Workgroup, Member (2012 - Present).
McGraw Hill Publishing Compnany, Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer (2013).
NIH/NSF Doctoral Recipients Survey, Participant in Survey of Doctoral Recipients (2013).
US Army Corps of Engineers, Consultant, Huntington, WV (2013).
McGraw Hill Publishing Company, Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer (April 2013).
WV/OH Joint Chapter Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Conference-Related, Huntington, WV,
USA (October 2012 - February 2013).
NIH/NSF Doctoral Recipients Survey, Participant in Survey of Doctoral Recipients (2012).
American Fish and Wildlife Society, Attendee, Meeting, Charleston, WV, USA (April 2012).
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Remote Sensing - Journal, Reviewer, Journal Article (2011).
W.H. Freeman & Company, Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer (2011).
Symposium of the Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research and Education, Attendee, Meeting,
Huntington, WV (September 2011).
Symposium of the Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research and Education, Session Chair, Huntington,
WV (September 2011).
International Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, Attendee, Meeting, Louisville,
KY, USA (April 2011).
International Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, Conference-Related,
Lousiville, KY, USA (April 2011).
Joint Meeting of the Virginia and West Virginia Chapters of the American Fisheries Society, Attendee,
Meeting, Berkley Springs, WV, USA (February 2011).
NIH/NSF Doctoral Recipients Survey, Participant in Survey of Doctoral Recipients (2010).
West Virginia Academy of Sciences, Reviewer, Journal Article (2010).
West Virginia Water Conference: Water Resources Threats and Opportunities, Attendee, Meeting,
Morgantown, WV, USA (October 2010).
American Physiological Society Intersociety Meeting: Global Change and Global Science: Comparative
Physiology in a Changing World, Attendee, Meeting, Denver, CO, USA (August 2010).
International Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, Attendee, Meeting, Baltimore,
MD, USA (April 2010).
Highlands Summit and West Virginia Chapter Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Attendee,
Meeting, Davis, WV, USA (March 2010).
American Fisheries Society WV/KY Meeting, Program Coordinator, Huntington, WV, USA (2009).
Elsevier/Academic Press, Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer (2009).
John Wiley & Sons, Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer (2009).
W.H. Freeman & Company, Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer (2009).
Community
Dine and Discover Lecture Series, Chairperson, Huntington, WV (November 2010 - Present).
Fourpole Creek Watershed Group, Chairperson, Huntington, WV (2010 - Present).
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Girsl Scouts of America, Workshop Organizer, Hunington, WV (2013).
Boy Scouts of America, Guest Speaker, Huntington, WV, USA (April 2013).
Huntington Community Gardens, Grant Proposal Reviewer, External, Huntington, WV (2010 - 2012).
Southside Elementary College of Science and Industry on Wheels, Guest Speaker, Huntington, WV
(September 20, 2011).
Explore the Ohio River Program, Cabell County Public Library, Guest Speaker, Hunington, WV (2010).
3)
Professional development activities, including professional organizations to which you belong and
state, regional, national, and international conferences attended. List any panels on which you chaired or
participated. List any offices you hold in professional organizations.
Professional Memberships
Society for Freshwater Science, SFS. (April 2013 - Present).
American Fisheries Society, AFS, Faculty Advisor, Faculty advisor for Marshall Chapter, member of WV
state chapter. (2008 - Present).
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, SICB. (2008 - Present).
Freshwater Mollusk Coservation Society, FMCS. (2007 - Present).
American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS. (2003 - Present).
Cooper Ornithological Society. (2002 - Present).
Faculty Development Activities Attended
Conference Attendance, "Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting", Society for Freshwater
Science, Jacksonville, FL, USA. (May 2013).
Conference Attendance, "Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists", Association of
Southeastern Biologists, Charleston, WV, USA. (April 2013).
Conference Attendance, "Joint Meeting of the West Virginia and Ohio Chapters of the American Fisheries
Society", West Virginia Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Huntington, WV, USA. (February
2013).
Conference Attendance, "Ohio River Valley Mollusk Meeting", Ohio River Valley Mollusk Group,
California, KY, USA. (November 2012).
Continuing Education Program, "FlowCAM by Fluid Imaging on-site Training", US Army Corps of
Engineers, Point Pleasant, WV, USA. (November 2012).
Faculty Fellowship, "First Year Seminar Faculty Training", Center for the Advancement of Teaching and
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Learning Marshall University. (January 2012 - May 2012).
Conference Attendance, "Northeast Fish & Wildlife Conference", Northeast Association of Fish & Wildlife
Agencies, Charleston, WV, USA. (March 2012).
Tutorial, "Digital Measures information system training", Marshall University Instructional Technology
Dept., Huntington, WV, USA, 0 credit hours. (January 20, 2012).
Conference Attendance, "SD1 Site Visit by Marshall University", SD1, Fort Wright, KY. (2011).
Workshop, "Institutional Change: The Musical", University of Michigan Center for Research on Learning
and Teaching, Huntington, WV, USA. (January 2011).
Workshop, "The First Class", University of Michigan Center for Research on Learning and Teaching,
Huntington, WV, USA. (January 2011).
4)
Awards/honors (including invitations to speak in your area of expertise) or special recognition.
Awards and Honors
Create Huntington's Annual Community Member Recognition, Create Huntington, (April 2, 2013).
Create Huntington's Annual Community Member Recognition, Create Huntington, (March 22, 2012).
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Appendix II
Faculty Data Sheet
August 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014
Name:
Dr. Nicola LoCascio
Start Date at Marshall as a Faculty Member:
Status:
Rank:
Associate Professor
August 17, 1998
Tenured
Highest Degree Earned:
Conferring Institution:
Ph D
Date Degree Received:
1984
Univ. of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Area of Degree Specialization: Immunogenetics
List courses you taught during the final two years of this review. If you participated in a team-taught
course, indicate each of them and what percentage of the course you taught. For each course include
the year and semester taught (summer through spring), course number, course title and enrollment.
(Expand the table as necessary)
Term/Year
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2013
Fall 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Course
BSC
324
BSC
324
BSC
324
HON
480
HON
292
HON
200
HON
292
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
HON
480
Principles of Genetics
Title
Enrolled
26 100%
% Respon
100
Principles of Genetics
25 100%
100
Principles of Genetics
25 100%
100
SpTp: Conquering Smallpox
18 100%
100
Yeager Seminar III
6 50%
50
Second Year Seminar
26 100%
100
Yeager Seminar III
6 34%
34
Principles of Biology
30 100%
100
Principles of Biology
28 100%
100
Principles of Biology
30 100%
100
Principles of Biology
30 100%
100
Principles of Biology
30 100%
100
SpTp: Bubonic Plague
15 100%
100
NOTE: Part-time adjunct faculty do not need to fill in the remainder of this document.
1)
2)
3)
Scholarship/Research
Service
Professional development activities, including professional organizations to which you belong and
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state, regional, national, and international conferences attended. List any panels on which you chaired or
participated. List any offices you hold in professional organizations.
Professional Memberships
National Association of Fellowship Advisors, NAFA. (2012 - Present).
Phi Kappa Phi. (May 2011 - Present).
American Association of Colleges and Universities, AAC&U. (January 2011 - Present).
National Collegiate Honors Council, NCHC. (January 2011 - Present).
National Science Teachers Association, NSTA. (January 2007 - Present).
American Association of Immunologists, AAI. (January 1985 - Present).
4)
Awards/honors (including invitations to speak in your area of expertise) or special recognition.
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Appendix II
Faculty Data Sheet
(Information for the period of this review)
August 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014
Name:
Dr. David S. Mallory
Rank:
Start Date at Marshall as a Faculty Member:
Status:
Professor
August 28, 1989
Tenured
Highest Degree Earned:
Conferring Institution:
Ph D
Date Degree Received:
1987
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Area of Degree Specialization:
Reproductive Physiology
List courses you taught during the final two years of this review. If you participated in a team-taught
course, indicate each of them and what percentage of the course you taught. For each course include
the year and semester taught (summer through spring), course number, course title and enrollment.
(Expand the table as necessary)
Term/Year
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Summer
2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Course
BSC
422
BSC
522
BSC
491
BSC
491
BSC
491
BSC
491
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
491
BSC
422
BSC
522
Animal Physiology
Title
Enrolled
31 100%
% Respon
100
Animal Physiology
5 100%
100
Capstone Experience
26 100%
100
Capstone Experience
18 100%
100
Capstone Experience
21 100%
100
Capstone Experience
7 100%
100
Human Physiology
22 100%
100
Human Physiology
22 100%
100
Human Physiology
23 100%
100
Human Physiology
24 100%
100
Human Physiology
24 100%
100
Human Physiology
22 100%
100
Capstone Experience
2 100%
100
Animal Physiology
29 100%
100
Animal Physiology
3 100%
100
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Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Summer
2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
BSC
491
BSC
491
BSC
422
BSC
522
BSC
491
BSC
491
BSC
228
BSC
422
BSC
522
BSC
491
BSC
491
BSC
483
BSC
483
BSC
480
BSC
680
Capstone Experience
21 100%
100
Capstone Experience
24 100%
100
Animal Physiology
18 100%
100
Animal Physiology
2 100%
100
Capstone Experience
34 100%
100
Capstone Experience
6 100%
100
Human Physiology
18 100%
100
Animal Physiology
30 100%
100
Animal Physiology
3 100%
100
Capstone Experience
12 100%
100
Capstone Experience
11 100%
100
SpTp: Kisspeptin Lab
2 100%
100
SpTp:Reading in Endocrinology
5 100%
100
SpTp:Topics in Integr Physiol
3 50%
50
SpTp:Topics in Integr Physiol
6 50%
50
NOTE: Part-time adjunct faculty do not need to fill in the remainder of this document.
1)
Scholarship/Research
Directed Student Learning and Research
Milhoan, B., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, In-Process.
McGill, K., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Integrated Sci & Technology Department, InProcess.
Thornton, K., Learning, Directed Individual/Independent Study, Biological Sciences Department, BSC,
485, 2 credit hours, "Infertility", In-Process. (August 2013 - Present).
Adkins, C., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, Proposal.
(August 2012 - Present).
Breakfield, D., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, InProcess. (August 2012 - Present).
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Foltz, D., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Integrated Sci & Technology Department, InProcess. (August 17, 2011 - Present).
Williams, A., Learning, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, Completed.
(August 2011 - May 2013).
Yin, C., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, "Kiss1 mRNA Levels in mPOA
and ARC of the Female Rat", Completed. (May 2012 - August 2012).
Abidir, M., Ronto, B., Research, Supervised Research, Chemistry Department, BSC, 480, 2 credit hours,
"Kisspeptin Lab", Completed. (August 2011 - December 2011).
2)
Service
Department
Department Chairman, Chairman, (July 1, 2013 - Present).
interim Department Chairman, Administration, (July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013).
Department Administration, Associate Chairman, (July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2012).
Curriculum, Committee Chair, (January 1, 2012).
College
Brain Expo, Participant in presenting information to elementary students (March 8, 2013).
Brain Expo, Participant in presenting information to elementary students (March 9, 2012).
Curriculum Committee, Committee Member (January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011).
Brain Expo, Participant in presenting information to elementary students (March 11, 2011).
University
Faculty Senate, Committee Member (August 1, 2011 - May 5, 2012).
Community
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Member, Huntington, WV, USA (April 1998 - Present).
3)
Professional development activities, including professional organizations to which you belong and
state, regional, national, and international conferences attended. List any panels on which you chaired or
participated. List any offices you hold in professional organizations.
Professional Memberships
American Physiology Society, APS, Research and Teaching as it applies to physiology. (January 1, 2012
- Present).
Sigma Xi, Scientific organization. (January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012).
American Physiology Society, APS, Research and Teaching as it applies to physiology. (January 1, 2011
- December 31, 2011).
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Sigma Xi, Scientific organization. (January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011).
Faculty Development Activities Attended
Workshop, "First Class & Institutional Change", CATL, Huntington, WV. (February 7, 2011).
4)
Awards/honors (including invitations to speak in your area of expertise) or special recognition.
Awards and Honors
INCO Faculty Development funding, Faculty Development Committee (Marshall U), (October 29, 2012).
Research Committee Funding, Faculty Senate, (April 2012).
Marshall and Shirley Reynolds Outstanding Teacher, Center for Teaching and Learning/MU/Marshall and
Shirley Reynolds, (April 27, 2010).
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Appendix II
Faculty Data Sheet
(Information for the period of this review)
August 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014
Name:
Herman Mays
Rank:
Start Date at Marshall as a Faculty Member:
Status:
Assistant Professor
August 15, 2014
Probationary
Highest Degree Earned:
Conferring Institution:
Ph.D.
Date Degree Received:
May 2001
Univ. Kentucky
Area of Degree Specialization:
Evolutionary Ecology
List courses you taught during the final two years of this review. If you participated in a team-taught
course, indicate each of them and what percentage of the course you taught. For each course include
the year and semester taught (summer through spring), course number, course title and enrollment.
(Expand the table as necessary)
Term/Year
Course
Title
Enrolled
NOTE: Part-time adjunct faculty do not need to fill in the remainder of this document.
% Respon
98
1)
Scholarship/Research
Intellectual Contributions
McKay, B. D., Mays, Jr, H. L., Yao, C. T., Wan, D., Higuchi, H., Nishiumi, I. (2014). Incorporating color
into integrative taxonomy: analysis of the varied tit (Sittiparus varius) complex in East Asia.. Systematic
biology, 63, 505-17.
Rocha, L. A., Aleixo, A., Allen, G., Almeda, F., Baldwin, C. C., Barclay, M. V., Bates, J. M., Bauer, A. M.,
Benzoni, F., Berns, C. M., Berumen, M. L., Blackburn, D. C., Blum, S., Bolaños, F., Bowie, R. C., Britz,
R., Brown, R. M., Cadena, C. D., Carpenter, K., Ceríaco, L. M., Chakrabarty, P., Chaves, G., Choat, J. H.,
Clements, K. D., Collette, B. B., Collins, A., Coyne, J., Cracraft, J., Daniel, T., de Carvalho, M. R., de
Queiroz, K., Di Dario, F., Drewes, R., Dumbacher, J. P., A Engilis, Jr, Erdmann, M. V., Eschmeyer, W.,
Feldman, C. R., Fisher, B. L., Fjeldså, J., Fritsch, P. W., Fuchs, J., Getahun, A., Gill, A., Gomon, M.,
Gosliner, T., Graves, G. R., Griswold, C. E., Guralnick, R., Hartel, K., Helgen, K. M., Ho, H., Iskandar, D.
T., Iwamoto, T., Jaafar, Z., James, H. F., Johnson, D., Kavanaugh, D., Knowlton, N., Lacey, E., Larson,
H. K., Last, P., Leis, J. M., Lessios, H., Liebherr, J., Lowman, M., Mahler, D. L., Mamonekene, V.,
Matsuura, K., Mayer, G. C., Mays, Jr, H., McCosker, J., McDiarmid, R. W., McGuire, J., Miller, M., Mooi,
R., Mooi, R. D., Moritz, C., Myers, P. A., Nachman, M. W., Nussbaum, R. A., Foighil, D. Ó., Parenti, L. R.,
Parham, J. F., Paul, E., Paulay, G., Pérez-Emán, J., Pérez-Matus, A., Poe, S., Pogonoski, J., Rabosky,
D. L., Randall, J. E., Reimer, J. D., Robertson, D., Rödel, M. O., Rodrigues, M. T., Roopnarine, P., Rüber,
L., Ryan, M. J., Sheldon, F., Shinohara, G., Short, A., Simison, W. B., Smith-Vaniz, W. F., Springer, V. G.,
Stiassny, M., Tello, J. G., Thompson, C. W., Trnski, T., Tucker, P., Valqui, T., Vecchione, M., Verheyen,
E., Wainwright, P. C., Wheeler, T. A., White, W. T., Will, K., Williams, J. T., Williams, G., Wilson, E. O.,
Winker, K., Winterbottom, R., Witt, C. C. (2014). Specimen collection: an essential tool. Science (New
York, N.Y.).
Prokop, J. W., Schmidt, C., Gasper, D., Duff, R. J., Milsted, A., Ohkubo, T., Ball, H. C., Shawkey, M. D.,
Mays, Jr, H. L., Cogburn, L. A., Londraville, R. L. (2014). Discovery of the elusive leptin in birds:
identification of several 'missing links' in the evolution of leptin and its receptor.. PloS one, 9, e92751.
McKay, B. D., Mays, Jr, H. L., Wu, Y., Li, H., Yao, C. T., Nishiumi, I., Zou, F. (2013). An empirical
comparison of character-based and coalescent-based approaches to species delimitation in a young
avian complex.. Molecular ecology, 22, 4943-57.
Sheldon, F. H., Oliveros, C. H., Taylor, S. S., McKay, B., Lim, H. C., Abdul Rahman, M., Mays, H., Moyle,
R. G. (2012). Molecular phylogeny and insular biogeography of the lowland tailorbirds of Southeast Asia
(Cisticolidae: Orthotomus).. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 65, 54-63.
McKay, B. D., Barker, F. K., Mays, Jr, H. L., Doucet, S. M., Hill, G. E. (2010). A molecular phylogenetic
hypothesis for the manakins (Aves: Pipridae).. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 55, 733-7.
McKay, B. D., Mays, Jr, H. L., Peng, Y. W., Kozak, K. H., Yao, C. T., Yuan, H. W., Lee, P. F., Hsu, F. H.
(2010). Recent range-wide demographic expansion in a Taiwan endemic montane bird, Steere's Liocichla
(Liocichla steerii).. BMC evolutionary biology, 10, 71.
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Appendix II
Faculty Data Sheet
(Information for the period of this review)
August 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014
Name:
Jennifer J Mosher
Rank:
Start Date at Marshall as a Faculty Member:
Status:
Assistant Professor
August 15, 2014
Probationary
Highest Degree Earned:
Conferring Institution:
Ph D
Date Degree Received:
2008
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Area of Degree Specialization:
Biological Sciences
List courses you taught during the final two years of this review. If you participated in a team-taught
course, indicate each of them and what percentage of the course you taught. For each course include
the year and semester taught (summer through spring), course number, course title and enrollment.
(Expand the table as necessary)
Term/Year
Fall 2014
Fall 2014
Course
BSC
302
BSC
662
Title
Principles of Microbiology
Enrolled
71 100%
% Respon
100
Seminar II
17 50%
50
NOTE: Part-time adjunct faculty do not need to fill in the remainder of this document.
1)
Scholarship/Research
Intellectual Contributions
Vishnivetskaya, T. A., Hamilton-Brehm, S. D., Podar, M., Mosher, J. J., Palumbo, A. V., Phelps, T. J.,
Keller, M., Elkins, J. G. (2014). Community Analysis of Plant Biomass-Degrading Microorganisms from
Obsidian Pool, Yellowstone National Park.. Microbial ecology.
Mosher, J. J., Bowman, B., Bernberg, E. L., Shevchenko, O., Kan, J., Korlach, J., Kaplan, L. A. (2014).
Improved performance of the PacBio SMRT technology for 16S rDNA sequencing.. Journal of
microbiological methods, 104, 59-60.
2)
Service
Department
Department Autoclave Manager, Manage autoclave facilities for department, (October 15, 2014 Present).
Professional
Frontiers in Microbiology journal, Editorial Review Board Member (January 1, 2010 - Present).
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Ohio River Basin Conference of Research and Education, Student Poster and Presentation Judge,
Pittsburgh, PA, USA (September 11, 2014).
3)
Professional development activities, including professional organizations to which you belong and
state, regional, national, and international conferences attended. List any panels on which you chaired or
participated. List any offices you hold in professional organizations.
Professional Memberships
American Society for Limnology and Oceanography, ASLO. (January 1, 2011 - Present).
American Society for Microbiology, ASM. (January 1, 2001 - Present).
4)
Awards/honors (including invitations to speak in your area of expertise) or special recognition.
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Appendix II
Faculty Data Sheet
(Information for the period of this review)
August 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014
Name:
Dr. Frank Robin O'Keefe
Start Date at Marshall as a Faculty Member:
Status:
Rank:
Associate Professor
August 17, 2006
Tenured
Highest Degree Earned:
Ph.D.
Date Degree Received:
Conferring Institution:
Area of Degree Specialization:
List courses you taught during the final two years of this review. If you participated in a team-taught
course, indicate each of them and what percentage of the course you taught. For each course include
the year and semester taught (summer through spring), course number, course title and enrollment.
(Expand the table as necessary)
Term/Year
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Summer
2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Course
BSC
610
BSC
310
BSC
661
BSC
227
BSC
227
BSC
227
BSC
227
BSC
227
BSC
227
BSC
660
PT 700
BSC
310
BSC
661
BSC
227
BSC
227
Adv Vert Morphology
Title
Enrolled
4 100%
% Respon
100
Comp Vertebrate Anatomy
17 100%
100
Seminar I
15 34%
34
Human Anatomy
24 100%
100
Human Anatomy
22 100%
100
Human Anatomy
24 100%
100
Human Anatomy
21 100%
100
Human Anatomy
22 100%
100
Human Anatomy
24 100%
100
Intro Grad Seminar
16 50%
50
Gross Anatomy for PT
39 50%
50
Comp Vertebrate Anatomy
18 100%
100
Seminar I
14 50%
50
Human Anatomy
24 100%
100
Human Anatomy
25 100%
100
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Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Summer
2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
BSC
227
BSC
227
BSC
227
BSC
227
PT 700
Human Anatomy
25 100%
100
Human Anatomy
24 100%
100
Human Anatomy
23 100%
100
Human Anatomy
23 100%
100
Gross Anatomy for PT
29 100%
100
BSC
310
BSC
661
BSC
680
Comp Vertebrate Anatomy
17 100%
100
Seminar I
21 50%
50
SpTp: Vertebrate Evolution
4 100%
100
1)
Scholarship/Research
2)
Service
3)
Professional development activities, including professional organizations to which you belong and
state, regional, national, and international conferences attended. List any panels on which you chaired or
participated. List any offices you hold in professional organizations.
4)
Awards/honors (including invitations to speak in your area of expertise) or special recognition.
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Appendix II
Faculty Data Sheet
(Information for the period of this review)
August 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014
Name:
Dr. J Elmer M Price
Rank:
Start Date at Marshall as a Faculty Member:
Status:
Professor
April 01, 2007
Tenured
Highest Degree Earned:
Conferring Institution:
Ph D
Date Degree Received:
1987
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Area of Degree Specialization:
Biochemistry
List courses you taught during the final two years of this review. If you participated in a team-taught
course, indicate each of them and what percentage of the course you taught. For each course include
the year and semester taught (summer through spring), course number, course title and enrollment.
(Expand the table as necessary)
Term/Year
Spring 2014
Course
FYS 100
Title
First Yr Sem Critical Thinking
Enrolled
20 100%
% Respon
100
Spring 2014
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
660
BSC
104
BSC
104
BSC
104
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
BSC
120
Principles of Biology
27 100%
100
Principles of Biology
26 100%
100
Principles of Biology
28 100%
100
Intro Grad Seminar
16 50%
50
Introduction to Biology
27 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
28 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
27 100%
100
Principles of Biology
27 100%
100
Principles of Biology
27 100%
100
Principles of Biology
27 100%
100
Principles of Biology
27 100%
100
Principles of Biology
29 100%
100
Principles of Biology
29 100%
100
Principles of Biology
28 100%
100
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
104
Fall 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
BSC
120
FYS 100
Principles of Biology
26 100%
100
First Year Seminar
22 100%
100
BSC
481
SpTp:Parkinson's
1 100%
100
NOTE: Part-time adjunct faculty do not need to fill in the remainder of this document.
1)
Scholarship/Research
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
Price, J. E. M. (Co-Principal), Norton, M. L. (Principal), Muchlinski, M. (Co-Principal), Cartwright, T. J.
(Co-Principal), B. H. (Co-Principal), Grant, "Launching Tomorrow’s Biotechnology Workforce Leaders",
NSF, Federal, $2,563,467.00, Not Funded.
Price, J. E. M. (Principal), Antonsen, B. L. (Co-Principal), Collier, P. S. (Co-Principal), Schultz, G. E. (CoPrincipal), Trzyna, W. C. (Co-Principal), Zhu, G.-Z. (Co-Principal), Norton, M. L. (Co-Principal), Spitzer, N.
(Co-Principal), Grant, "Multidisciplinary Center in Differentiation and Development: Cues and Functions",
NIH, Federal, $10,296,389.00, Not Funded.
Price, J. E. M. (Principal), Grant, "Neurogenic Adult Blood-Derived Stem Cells: Differentiation, Migration
and Therapy", NIH, Federal, $1,772,500.00, Not Funded.
Price, J. E. M. (Principal), Grant, "RUI: Understanding Neurogenesis of the Adult Mammalian Brain:
Differentiation, Migration and Cell-Cell Communication", NSF, Federal, $1,349,326.00, Not Funded.
Price, J. E. M. (Principal), Grant, "URM: Full-Immersion Research Experience for Undergraduate
Pioneers in", NSF, Federal, $1,000,000.00, Not Funded.
Price, J. E. M. (Principal), Grant, "IOS Preliminary Proposal: RUI: Modeling Adult Neurogenesis Using
Defined Microenvironments", NSF, Federal, $2.00, Currently Under Review. (2014 - 2017).
Price, J. E. M. (Principal), Grant, "Driving neural stem cell migration and differentiation with signaling
gradients immobilized in biocompatible implantable scaffolds", NIH, Federal, $435,300.00, Currently
Under Review. (2013 - 2016).
Price, J. E. M. (Principal), Grant, "RUI: Biological Engineering of Neural Migratory Streams", NSF,
Federal, $381,520.00, Currently Under Review. (2013 - 2016).
Price, J. E. M. (Co-Principal), Maher, J. (Principal), Grant, "Bionanotechnology for Public Security and
Environmental Safety", NSF, Federal, $5,624,846.00, Funded. (2010 - 2015).
Price, J. E. M. (Supporting), Carter, A. (Principal), Grant, NASA, State, $1,000.00, Funded. (2013).
Price, J. E. M. (Supporting), Carter, A., Grant, "Development of a Biological Matrix for Neural Stem Cell
Guidance and Differentiation", SURE, State, $5,000.00, Funded. (2012).
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Price, J. E. M. (Co-Principal), Blough, E. R. (Principal), Georgel, P. (Co-Principal), Grant, "Towards an
integrated and multidisciplinary analysis of epigenetic variation in complex diseases: development of the
Cell Differentiation and Development Center (CDDC) at Marshall University", WV Higher Education Policy
Commission, State, $2,291,000.00, Funded. (2008 - 2012).
Price, J. E. M. (Supporting), Graham, M. (Principal), Grant, "Ex Vivo Studies of Endothelium", SURE,
State, $5,000.00, Funded. (2011).
Price, J. E. M. (Supporting), White, A. (Principal), Grant, "Neurogenesis of Adult Stem Cells", SURE,
State, $5,000.00, Funded. (2010).
Price, J. E. M. (Co-Principal), Blough, E. R. (Principal), Grant, "Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms
Underlying Skeletal Muscle and Cardiovascular Adaptation to Simulated Microgravity", NASA, Federal,
$749,921.00, Funded. (2007 - 2010).
Price, J. E. M. (Supporting), White, A., Grant, "Axon Growth and Differentiation of Subventricular Zone
Neural Stem Cells", SURE, State, $5,000.00, Funded. (2009).
Price, J. E. M. (Principal), Grant, "Biologics of Adult Endothelial Progenitor Cells", NIH, Federal,
$392,500.00, Funded. (2007 - 2009).
Intellectual Contributions
Spitzer, N., Sammons, G. S., Butts, H. M., Grover, L. M., Price, J. E. M. (2011). Multipotent Progenitor
Cells Derived From Adult Peripheral Blood of Swine Have High Neurogenic Potential In Vitro J. Cell.
Physiol.
Presentations
Norton, M. L. (Author Only), Wang, B. (Author Only), Price, J. E. M. (Author Only), Neff, D. (Author Only),
Rahman, M. (Author Only), Koontz, C. (Author Only), Khan, I. (Presenter & Author), Poster, 244th ACS
National Meeting & Exposition, ACS, Philadelphia, PA, "Endothelial Cell Culture System for monitoring
environmental toxins", Conference, Academic, International, peer-reviewed/refereed, published in
proceedings, published elsewhere, Accepted. (August 21, 2012).
Norton, M. L. (Author Only), Price, J. E. M. (Author Only), Wang, B. (Author Only), Koontz, C. (Author
Only), Rahman, M. (Author Only), Khan, I. (Presenter & Author), Oral Presentation, West Virginia Science
Technology and Research Symposium 2012, West Virginia Science, Technology and Research Office,
Charleston WV, "Designing a microfluidic cell culture system for growing endothelial cells", Conference,
Academic, State, peer-reviewed/refereed, Accepted. (April 21, 2012).
2)
Service
3)
Professional development activities, including professional organizations to which you belong and
state, regional, national, and international conferences attended. List any panels on which you chaired or
participated. List any offices you hold in professional organizations.
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4)
Awards/honors (including invitations to speak in your area of expertise) or special recognition.
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Appendix II
Faculty Data Sheet
(Information for the period of this review)
August 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014
Name:
Dr. Gary E Schultz
Rank:
Start Date at Marshall as a Faculty Member:
Status:
Assistant Professor
January 02, 2008
Probationary
Highest Degree Earned:
Conferring Institution:
Ph D
Date Degree Received:
1999
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Area of Degree Specialization:
Marine Science/Microbial Ecology, Marine Microbial Ecology
List courses you taught during the final two years of this review. If you participated in a team-taught
course, indicate each of them and what percentage of the course you taught. For each course include
the year and semester taught (summer through spring), course number, course title and enrollment.
(Expand the table as necessary)
Term/Year
Spring 2014
Course
Title
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Enrolled
1
Spring 2014
BSC
661
BSC
302
BSC
302
BSC
661
BSC
443
BSC
543
BSC
302
BSC
302
BSC
302
BSC
438
BSC
580
Graduate Seminar
15
Microbiology
73
Principles of Microbiology
71 100%
100
Seminar I
15 33%
33
Microbial Genetics
29 100%
100
Microbial Genetics
2 100%
100
Principles of Microbiology
68 100%
100
Principles of Microbiology
16 100%
100
Principles of Microbiology
76 100%
100
Emerging Infect Diseases
31 100%
100
SpTp:Emerging Infec Disease
4 100%
100
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Summer
2013
Spring 2013
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
% Respon
108
Spring 2012
FYS 100
First Year Seminar
23 100%
100
Spring 2012
BSC
104
BSC
104
BSC
104
BSC
104
Introduction to Biology
30 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
29 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
29 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
27 100%
100
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
NOTE: Part-time adjunct faculty do not need to fill in the remainder of this document.
1)
Scholarship/Research
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
Schultz, G. E. (Principal), Grant, "Diversity, Stability, and Resilience of the Microbial Community of
Nearshore Marine Ecosystems over Temporal and Spatial Scales", NSF, Federal, $1,150,000.00, Not
Funded.
Schultz, G. E. (Co-Principal), Gilliam, F. S. (Co-Principal), Grant, "Effects of excess nitrogen on above
and below ground interactions in a hardwood forest biogeochemical linkages of overstory, herbaceous
layer, and microbial communities.", NSF, Federal, Currently Under Review.
Schultz, G. E., Grant, "Influence of Dispersion on Bacterial Dynamics and Community Structure in a
Large River", NSF, Federal, Not Funded.
Price, J. E. M. (Principal), Antonsen, B. L. (Co-Principal), Collier, P. S. (Co-Principal), Schultz, G. E. (CoPrincipal), Trzyna, W. C. (Co-Principal), Zhu, G.-Z. (Co-Principal), Norton, M. L. (Co-Principal), Spitzer, N.
(Co-Principal), Grant, "Multidisciplinary Center in Differentiation and Development: Cues and Functions",
NIH, Federal, $10,296,389.00, Not Funded.
Schultz, G. E. (Principal), Grant, "Relationships Between Bacterial Diversity, Ecosystem Structure, and
Ecosystem Function of the Ohio River Over Spatial and Temporal Scales", NSF, Federal, $595,345.00,
Not Funded.
Schultz, G. E. (Principal), Grant, "Species Level Bacterial Dynamics and Community Structure in the Ohio
River", NSF, Federal, Not Funded.
Schultz, G. E. (Principal), Grant, "Species Level Bacterial Dynamics and Community Structure in the Ohio
River", NSF, Federal, $350,000.00, Currently Under Review. (December 1, 2012 - December 1, 2016).
Schultz, G. E. (Principal), Sponsored Research, "Population Dynamics of the Microbial Community in the
Ohio River Over Seasonal and Spatial Scales", NSF EPSCOR RII, Federal, $15,000.00, Funded. (June 1,
2012 - May 31, 2013).
Kovatch, J. J. (Co-Principal), Trzyna, W. C. (Principal), Schultz, G. E. (Co-Principal), Grant, "Using nextgeneration sequencing to explore the microbial diversity of the Ohio River", Illumina, Inc., Private,
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$125,000.00, Not Funded. (October 15, 2012).
Schultz, G. E. (Principal), Grant, "Diversity, Stability, and Resilience of the Microbial Community of the
Ohio River over Temporal and Spatial Scales", Marshall University, Marshall University, $2,000.00,
Funded. (May 1, 2012 - August 1, 2012).
Schultz, G. E. (Principal), Grant, "The relationship between environment, diversity, and relative
abundance at the species level in the microbial community of the Ohio River", WVHEPC, State,
$5,000.00, Funded. (June 1, 2012 - July 1, 2012).
Schultz, G. E. (Principal), Sponsored Research, "Diversity, Stability, and Resilience of the Microbial
Community of the Ohio River over Temporal and Spatial Scales", NSF EPSCOR RII, Federal,
$15,000.00, Funded. (June 1, 2011 - May 31, 2012).
Schultz, G. E., Grant, "Diversity, Stability, and Resilience of the Microbial Community of the Ohio River
over Temporal and Spatial Scales", Marshall University, Marshall University, $2,000.00, Funded. (May 1,
2011 - August 20, 2011).
Schultz, G. E. (Principal), Grant, "Diversity, Stability, and Resilience of the Microbial Community of the
Ohio River over Temporal and Spatial Scales", WVHEPC Research Proposal Mini-Grants Program,
State, $5,000.00, Funded. (June 1, 2011 - July 1, 2011).
Intellectual Contributions
Schultz, G. E., Kovatch, J. J., Hertler, H. Impact of Coastal Development on Nearshore Bacterial Diversity
Along a Development Gradient, Southwest Puerto Rico. Marine Environmental Research.
Schultz, G. E., Kovatch, J. J., Anneken, E. M. (2013). Bacterial diversity in a large, temperate, heavily
modified river, as determined by pyrosequencing. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 70, 169-179.
Presentations
Kovatch, J. J. (Presenter & Author), Schultz, G. E. (Author Only), Oral Presentation, Society for
Freshwater Science, Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, FL, "Comparative
effects of surface mining on microbial biodiversity in conjoined river tributaries", Conference, Academic,
National, Invited. (May 2013).
Schultz, G. E. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Oral Presentation, Meeting of the
Association of Southeastern Biologists, Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists,
Charleston, WV, "Microbial beta diversity patterns in the Ohio River watershed as determined by
pyrosequencing", Conference, Academic, Regional. (April 2013).
Schultz, G. E. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Oral Presentation, Association for the
Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Association for the Sciences of
Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences, New Orleans, LA, "The bacterial diversity of the Ohio
River as determined by pyrosequencing.", Conference, Academic, International. (February 2013).
Kovatch, J. J. (Coordinator/Organizer), Schultz, G. E. (Author Only), Oral Presentation, Joint Meeting of
the West Virginia and Ohio Chapters of the American Fisheries Society, American Fisheries Society,
Huntington, WV, "Comparative effects of surface mining on microbial biodiversity in conjoined river
tributaries of the Mud River in southern West Virginia.", Conference, Academic, Regional. (February
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2013).
Schultz, G. E. (Presenter & Author), Oral Presentation, Ecosystems Center at the Marine Biological
Laboratory, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, "Patterns of Bacterial Biodiversity in the Ohio
River", Seminar, Academic, Regional, Invited. (September 24, 2012).
Schultz, G. E. (Author Only), Kovatch, J. J. (Presenter & Author), Trzyna, W. C. (Author Only), Poster,
Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference, American Fish and Wildlife Society, Charleston, WV, "Diversity
and resilience of the mircrobial community of the Ohio River". (April 2012).
Schultz, G. E. (Author Only), Kovatch, J. J. (Presenter & Author), Trzyna, W. C. (Author Only), Poster,
Sigma Xi Research Day, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, "Diversity and resilience of the mircrobial
community of the Ohio River". (April 2012).
Schultz, G. E. (Presenter & Author), Oral Presentation, Dine and Discover, Marshall University,
Huntington, WV, "Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found in the Ohio", Other, Non-Academic,
Local, Invited. (November 15, 2011).
Schultz, G. E. (Presenter & Author), Oral Presentation, ORBCRE/ORBA Symposium, ORBCRE, Marshall
University, Huntington, WV, "Bacterial Diversity of the Ohio River", Conference, Academic, Regional,
Invited. (September 27, 2011).
Research Currently in Progress
Schultz, Gary E, "Bacterial Diversity Fourpole Creek", Scholarly.
Schultz, Gary E, "Bacterial Diversity in the Ohio River", On-Going, Scholarly.
Schultz, Gary E, Kovatch, Jeffrey J, "Bacterial Diversity Twelvepole Creek", Writing Results, Scholarly.
Directed Student Learning and Research
Anneken, E., Boone, L., Smith, P., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences
Department.
Conlon, C., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, Completed.
Desser, D., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, Completed.
Lacy, E., Learning, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, Completed.
Ayewoh, O., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, InProcess.
Fulcher, R., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member.
Kelly, W., Ayewoh, O., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department,
In-Process.
Sexton, A., Sexton, S., McDonald, Z., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department.
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Jude, B., Amos, M., Riley, M., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, InProcess. (August 2013 - Present).
White, A., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, In-Process.
(August 2012 - Present).
Boone, L., Smith, P., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department,
Proposal. (August 2011 - Present).
Sexton, A., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department, Completed. (May 1, 2012 August 1, 2012).
Sheppard, S., Research, Supervised Research, Biological Sciences Department. (January 15, 2012 May 1, 2012).
2)
Service
Department
Microbiologist Search Committee Round 3, Committee Member.
Microbiologist Search Committee Round 2, Committee Member.
Microbiologist Search Committee, Committee Member, (August 1, 2011 - Present).
Safety, Committee Member, (January 1, 2011 - Present).
Space Committee, Committee Member, (January 1, 2011 - Present).
Microbiologist Search Committee, Committee Member, (January 1, 2011 - June 30, 2011).
College
Employee of the Month, Committee Member (October 1, 2010 - April 1, 2011).
Professional
Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Reviewer, Journal Article (August 26, 2014 - September 17, 2014).
Community
Fourpole Creek Watershed Association, Scientist/consultant/founding member, Huntington, WV, United
States.
Dine and Discover, Guest Speaker, Huntington, WV, USA (November 15, 2011).
3)
Professional development activities, including professional organizations to which you belong and
state, regional, national, and international conferences attended. List any panels on which you chaired or
participated. List any offices you hold in professional organizations.
Professional Memberships
Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, ASLO, The leading organization for
researchers and teachers in the aquatic sciences. (January 2013 - Present).
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Faculty Development Activities Attended
Workshop, "CLC Workshop", CLC, Huntington, WV, USA. (December 13, 2011 - Present).
Workshop, "Next Generation Sequencing and Bioinformatics Forum", Marshall University, Huntington,
WV, USA. (October 27, 2011 - Present).
Conference Attendance, "ORBCRE/ORBA Conference", ORBCRE, Huntington, WV, USA. (September
26, 2011 - September 28, 2011).
Appendix II
Faculty Data Sheet
(Information for the period of this review)
August 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014
Name:
Dr. Charles Somerville
Start Date at Marshall as a Faculty Member:
Rank:
Professor
August 25, 1997
Tenured. –Dean of College of Science--
Status:
Highest Degree Earned:
Ph.D.
Date Degree Received:
Conferring Institution:
List courses you taught during the final two years of this review. If you participated in a team-taught
course, indicate each of them and what percentage of the course you taught. For each course include
the year and semester taught (summer through spring), course number, course title and enrollment.
(Expand the table as necessary)
Term/Year
Summer
2009
Course
BSC
491
Title
Capstone Experience
Enrolled
1 100%
% Respon
100
NOTE: Part-time adjunct faculty do not need to fill in the remainder of this document.
1)
Scholarship/Research
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
Kovatch, J. J. (Supporting), Somerville, C. (Principal), El-Shazly, A. E. (Supporting), Kolling, D.
(Supporting), Grant, "Appalachian Water Resources Institute", NIST Construction Grant Program,
Federal, $9,000,000.00, Not Funded. (April 2011 - 2011).
Kovatch, J. J. (Principal), Somerville, C. (Co-Principal), Barrios, J. d. D. (Co-Principal), Grant, "Detection
of phytoplankton biomass in large rivers with remote sensing", NASA WV Space Consortium RIG, State,
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$30,000.00, Funded. (April 2010 - December 2011).
Kovatch, J. J. (Co-Principal), Somerville, C. (Principal), Evans, D. K. (Co-Principal), Jones, T. G. (CoPrincipal), Contract, "Habitat Improvement Structure Assessment on Kanawha River, WV", US Army
Corps of Engineers:, Federal, $130,000.00, Funded. (January 2009 - November 2009).
Intellectual Contributions
Kovatch, J. J., Somerville, C., Evans, D. K., Jones, T. G. Assessment of the efficacy of stone habitat
improvement structures on the recruitment of larval and juvenile fishes and benthic macroinvertebrates in
the Marmet and Winfield pools of the Great Kanawha River.. Huntington, WV: US Army Corps of
Engineers.
Savilla, T. M., Somerville, C., Joy, J. E., May, J. D. Prevalence of dog intestinal nematode parasites in
south central West Virginia. Veterinary Parasitology, 178, 115-120.
Presentations
Dayan, S. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Barrios, J. D. (Author Only), Somerville, C.
(Author Only), Paper, Joint Meeting of the Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research and Education and
the Ohio River Basin Alliance, Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research and Education, Huntington,
WV, "Detection and estimation of planktonic algal biomass in the Ohio River using spaceborne remote
sensing", Conference, Academic, Regional, peer-reviewed/refereed, Accepted. (2011).
Stephenson, D. E. (Presenter & Author), Kovatch, J. J. (Author Only), Barrios, J. D. (Author Only),
Somerville, C. (Author Only), Poster, Joint Meeting of the Virginia and West Virginia Chapter of the
American Fisheries Society, American Fisheries Society, Berkley Springs, WV, "Satellite-based remotely
sensed phytoplankton biomass estimation in the Ohio River", Conference, Academic, State, peerreviewed/refereed, Accepted. (2011).
Professional Memberships
United States Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association, USCGA Alumni Association. (July 17, 2009 Present).
Faculty Development Activities Attended
Workshop, "Digital Measures Training", Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, USA.
4)
Awards/honors (including invitations to speak in your area of expertise) or special recognition.
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Appendix II
Faculty Data Sheet
(Information for the period of this review)
August 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014
Name:
Dr. Nadja Spitzer
Rank:
Start Date at Marshall as a Faculty Member:
Status:
Assistant Professor
August 17, 2012
Probationary
Highest Degree Earned:
Conferring Institution:
Ph D
Date Degree Received:
2006
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Area of Degree Specialization:
Biology, Neurobiology and Behavior
List courses you taught during the final two years of this review. If you participated in a team-taught
course, indicate each of them and what percentage of the course you taught. For each course include
the year and semester taught (summer through spring), course number, course title and enrollment.
(Expand the table as necessary)
Term/Year
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Course
BSC
422
BSC
522
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
BSC
228
Animal Physiology
Title
Enrolled
20 100%
% Respon
100
Animal Physiology
6 100%
100
Human Physiology
22 100%
100
Human Physiology
22 100%
100
Human Physiology
26 100%
100
Human Physiology
26 100%
100
Human Physiology
25 100%
100
Human Physiology
25 100%
100
Human Physiology
24 100%
100
Human Physiology
20 100%
100
NOTE: Part-time adjunct faculty do not need to fill in the remainder of this document.
1)
Scholarship/Research
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
Price, J. E. M. (Principal), Antonsen, B. L. (Co-Principal), Collier, P. S. (Co-Principal), Schultz, G. E. (CoPrincipal), Trzyna, W. C. (Co-Principal), Zhu, G.-Z. (Co-Principal), Norton, M. L. (Co-Principal), Spitzer, N.
(Co-Principal), Grant, "Multidisciplinary Center in Differentiation and Development: Cues and Functions",
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NIH, Federal, $10,296,389.00, Not Funded.
Spitzer, N. (Principal), Grant, "IOS Preliminary Proposal: RUI: Modulation of adult neural stem cell
differentiation by silver nanoparticles.", NSF, Federal, Currently Under Review. (January 17, 2014 Present).
Spitzer, N. (Principal), Grant, "MU-ADVANCE Path Forward Travel Award", MU-ADVANCE, Marshall
University, $1,000.00, Funded. (November 2013).
Presentations
Cooper, R. J. (Presenter & Author), Spitzer, N. (Author Only), Poster, Annual Meeting of American
Society for Cell Biology, American Society for Cell Biology, New Orleans, LA, "Silver nanoparticles disrupt
cytoskeletal function in adult neural stem cells in vitro.", Conference, Academic, International, peerreviewed/refereed, published in proceedings, Accepted. (December 16, 2013).
Harrison-Pitaniello, M. A. (Presenter & Author), Spitzer, N. (Presenter & Author), Mummert, A. (Presenter
& Author), Oral Presentation, Marshall University iPED Teaching Conference- The Pedagogy of
Community - Local, Global, Virtual, Marshall University, Marshall University, "Creating virtual research
communities using electronic laboratory notebooks", Conference, Academic, Local, Accepted. (August
20, 2013).
Campbell, A. (Presenter & Author), Spitzer, N. (Author Only), Oral Presentation, WV-INBRE Research
Symposium, IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence, Byrd Biotechnology Science Center,
Marshall University, "Adult neural stem cell differentiation after phthalate exposure", Conference,
Academic, State. (July 29, 2013).
Cooper, R. (Presenter & Author), Adkins, C. E. (Author Only), Spitzer, N. (Author Only), Poster, Sigma Xi
Day at Marshall University, Marshall Sigma Xi, Science Building, Marshall University, "In vitro modulation
of adult neural stem cell differentiation through the biogenic amines serotonin and dopamine",
Conference, Academic, Local, peer-reviewed/refereed. (May 3, 2013).
Spitzer, N. (Presenter & Author), Antonsen, B. L. (Author Only), Lyons, A. R. (Presenter & Author), Blake,
M. D. (Presenter & Author), Poster, 2012 Annual Brain Awareness Campaign Event at annual meeting of
Society for Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA, "A Brain Awareness program in an
underrepresented region.", Conference, Academic, International, published elsewhere, Accepted.
(October 13, 2012).
Research Currently in Progress
Spitzer, Nadja, Ana, Joshua, "Effects of fructose-mediated oxidative stress on differentiation of adult
neural stem cells in vitro.", On-Going, Scholarly.
Spitzer, Nadja, Robert, Danielle, "The effects of nanoparticles on differentiation of neural stem cells in
vitro.", On-Going, Scholarly.
Spitzer, Nadja, Corinne, Amber, Ana, "The effects of phthalates on differentiation of neural stem cells in
vitro.", Scholarly.
Spitzer, Nadja, Corinne, Robert, "The role of serotonin signaling in differentiation of adult neural stem
cells in vitro.", Scholarly.
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Directed Student Learning and Research
Blankenship, D., Research, Directed Individual/Independent Study, Biological Sciences Department,
BSC, 485, 2 credit hours, "Effects of environmental contaminants on differentiation of neural stem cells in
vitro.", Completed. (January 2014 - Present).
Leonard, J., Research, Directed Individual/Independent Study, Biological Sciences Department, BSC,
485, 2 credit hours, "Effects of fructose-mediated ROS on adult neural stem cell differentiation in vitro.",
In-Process. (August 26, 2013 - Present).
Ramirez, A., Research, Directed Individual/Independent Study, Biological Sciences Department, BSC,
485, 2 credit hours, "Effects of fructose-mediated ROS on adult neural stem cell differentiation in vitro.",
In-Process. (January 14, 2013 - Present).
Vance, D., Research, Directed Individual/Independent Study, Nursing Department, BSC, 485, 2 credit
hours, "Effect of nanoparticles and herbicides on neural stem cell differentiation.", In-Process. (January
14, 2013 - Present).
Gonzales-Morales, S., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department,
"Functional studies of Ptched3 during spermatogenesis.", In-Process. (January 2013 - Present).
Cooper, R., Research, Directed Individual/Independent Study, Biological Sciences Department, BSC,
485, 2 credit hours, "Effects of environmental contaminants on differentiation of neural stem cells in
vitro.", Completed. (August 27, 2012 - Present).
Adkins, C., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 681, 1
credit hours, "Modulation of neural stem cell differentiation in vitro.", In-Process. (August 2012 - Present).
Campbell, A., Research, Capstone Experience - Research Project, Biological Sciences Department, BSC,
491, 2 credit hours, "Effect of phthalates on neural stem cell differentiation.", Completed. (January 14,
2013 - December 7, 2013).
Chaffins, K., Waddell, I., Research, Supervised Research, "Effect of silver nanoparticles on adult neura
stem cell differentiation.", Completed. (June 2013 - August 2013).
2)
Service
Department
Curriculum Committee, Committee Member, (November 2013 - Present).
College
College of Science recruitment efforts, Faculty representative, Biological Science (August 2012 Present).
University
Marshall University Chapter of Medlife, Faculty Advisor (August 2013 - Present).
Professional
National Science Foundation, Committee Member, Huntington, WV, USA (September 2013 - November
2013).
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Journal of Cellular Physiology, Reviewer, Journal Article, Malden, MA, USA (July 22, 2013 - August 26,
2013).
National Science Foundation, Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Huntington, WV, USA (March 2013).
National Science Foundation, Committee Member, Arlington, VA, USA (February 2013 - March 2013).
McGraw Hill Publishers, Reviewer, Textbook, Columbus, OH, USA (January 8, 2013 - February 5, 2013).
Bioscience Reports, Reviewer, Journal Article (April 2012 - January 2013).
Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, Reviewer, Journal Article, Malden, MA, USA (November 9, 2012 November 20, 2012).
Community
Marshall University Brain Awareness Program, Program Organizer, Huntington, WV, USA (January 2009
- Present).
Marshall University Brain Awareness Program, Presenter, Williamson, WV, USA (November 15, 2013).
3)
Professional development activities, including professional organizations to which you belong and
state, regional, national, and international conferences attended. List any panels on which you chaired or
participated. List any offices you hold in professional organizations.
Professional Memberships
Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience, FUN, Enhancing undergraduate participation in research,
presentation of research at SFN meeting. Disseminating innovations and recognizing excellence in
undergraduate neuroscience education. Developing networks that enhance undergraduate neuroscience
education, research, faculty development. (December 21, 2012 - Present).
American Society for Cell Biology, ASCB, ASCB is an inclusive, international community of biologists
studying the cell, the fundamental unit of life. We are dedicated to advancing scientific discovery,
advocating sound research policies, improving education, promoting professional development, and
increasing diversity in the scientific workforce. (2010 - Present).
Society for Neuroscience, SfN, Advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system. Provide
professional development activities, information, and educational resources. Promote public information
and general education. Inform legislators and other policymakers. (2000 - Present).
Faculty Development Activities Attended
Conference Attendance, "Annual meeting of American Society for Cell Biologists", American Society for
Cell Biologists, New Orleans, LA, USA. (December 13, 2013 - December 18, 2013).
Conference Attendance, "Marshall University Fall Teaching Conference", Marshall University, Huntington,
WV, USA. (August 20, 2013).
Conference Attendance, "WV-INBRE Summer Research Symposium", Huntington, WV, USA. (July
2013).
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Conference Attendance, "Sigma Xi Research Day at Marshall University", Sigma Xi, Huntington, WV,
USA. (May 3, 2013).
Workshop, "Fall 2012 Pedagogy of Teaching and Learning Online (PTLO) workshop", Marshall
University, Huntington, WV, USA. (August 1, 2012 - December 17, 2012).
Conference Attendance, "Annual meeting of Society for Neuroscience", Society for Neuroscience, New
Orleans, LA, USA. (October 13, 2012 - October 17, 2012).
Conference Attendance, "Marshall University Fall Teaching Conference", Marshall University, Huntington,
WV, USA. (August 21, 2012).
4)
Awards/honors (including invitations to speak in your area of expertise) or special recognition.
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Appendix II
Faculty Data Sheet
(Information for the period of this review)
August 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014
Name:
Dr. Suzanne Guita Strait
Start Date at Marshall as a Faculty Member:
Status:
Rank:
Professor
August 30, 1993
Tenured
Highest Degree Earned:
Conferring Institution:
Ph D
Date Degree Received:
1993
SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook NY
Area of Degree Specialization:
Phsyical Anthropology
List courses you taught during the final two years of this review. If you participated in a team-taught
course, indicate each of them and what percentage of the course you taught. For each course include
the year and semester taught (summer through spring), course number, course title and enrollment.
(Expand the table as necessary)
Term/Year
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Summer
2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Course
BSC
227
BSC
480
BSC
680
BSC
425
BSC
525
BSC
227
BSC
227
BSC
227
BSC
227
BSC
227
BSC
227
BSC
227
BSC
227
BSC
227
Title
Human Anatomy
Enrolled
26 100%
% Respon
100
SpTp:Mus Display & Outreach
8 100%
100
SpTp:Mus Display & Outreach
7 100%
100
Biosystematics
16 100%
100
Biosystematics
3 100%
100
Human Anatomy
23 100%
100
Human Anatomy
23 100%
100
Human Anatomy
21 100%
100
Human Anatomy
23 100%
100
Human Anatomy
22 100%
100
Human Anatomy
22 100%
100
Human Anatomy
23 100%
100
Human Anatomy
20 100%
100
Human Anatomy
23 100%
100
120
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Summer
2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
1)
BSC
227
BSC
227
BSC
227
BSC
480
BSC
582
BSC
480
BSC
680
BSC
425
BSC
525
BSC
227
BSC
227
BSC
227
BSC
227
BSC
227
BSC
227
BSC
480
BSC
680
Human Anatomy
24 100%
100
Human Anatomy
23 100%
100
Human Anatomy
22 100%
100
SpTp: Primate Behavior/Conserv
2 100%
100
SpTp: Primate Behavior/Conserv
1 100%
100
SpTp:Mus Display & Outreach
2 100%
100
SpTp:Mus Display & Outreach
12 100%
100
Biosystematics
18 100%
100
Biosystematics
5 100%
100
Human Anatomy
22 100%
100
Human Anatomy
25 100%
100
Human Anatomy
25 100%
100
Human Anatomy
26 100%
100
Human Anatomy
26 100%
100
Human Anatomy
25 100%
100
SpTp:Vert Museum Collections
1 100%
100
SpTp:Vert Museum Collections
9 100%
100
Scholarship/Research
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
Strait, S. G. (Principal), Contract, "Carnivora and Insectivora of West Virginia", WVDNR, State, $8,000.00,
Currently Under Review.
Strait, S. G. (Co-Principal), Serrat, M. (Principal), Grant, "Temperature enhancement bone elongation in
growth plantes", Marshall Clinical Translational Pilot, Marshall University, $25,000.00, Currently Under
Review.
Strait, S. G. (Principal), Pauley, T. K. (Co-Principal), Grant, "West Virginia Natural History Online", NSF,
Federal, $373,256.00, Funded. (May 2012 - May 2014).
Strait, S. G., Sponsored Research, "Fiedl work in the Honeycombs area of the Big Horn Basin", Marshall
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University. (June 2012 - July 2012).
Intellectual Contributions
King, S., Boyer, D., Tecot, S., Strait, S. G., Wright, P., Jernval, J. (2012). Lemur habitats and denatl
senescnece in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Jounral of Physical Anthropology,
148, 228-237.
Strait, S. G. Faunivorous microwear: Implications for diet in the hominin fossil record. Journal of Human
Evolution.
Strait, S. G. (2012). Myrmecophagous mammal microwear Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
Strait, S. G. West Virginia Vertebrates.
Strait, S. G. (2012). Mammalian faunivores: prey, foraging, and microwear American Society of Physical
Anthropology.
Strait, S. G., Holroyd, P., Williamson, C. A unique rodent assemblage from the Early Eocene, Washakie
Basin, Wyoming.. Paleobios.
Presentations
Strait, S. G., Poster, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 72nd Annal meeting, Raleigh NC,
"Myrmecophagous mammal microwear", Conference, Academic, International, peer-reviewed/refereed,
published in proceedings. (October 2012).
Strait, S. G. (Presenter & Author), Hamden, J. (Presenter & Author), Poster, Society for the Preservation
of Natural History Collections 27th Annual Meeting, New Haven Connecticut, "West Virginia mammals online", Conference, Academic, International, peer-reviewed/refereed, published in proceedings, Accepted.
(June 2012).
Strait, S. G., Lecture, American Society of Physical Anthropologists 81st Annual Meeting, Portland
Oregon, "Mammalian faunivores: prey, foraging, and microwear", Conference, Academic, International,
peer-reviewed/refereed, published in proceedings, Invited. (April 2012).
Strait, S. G., Hamden, J., Okpoti, E., Poster, Association of Southeastern Biologists, Athens, Georgia,
"West Virginia: Where are the mammals?", Conference, Academic, Regional, Accepted. (April 2012).
Directed Student Learning and Research
Lucas, M., Research, undergraduate research, NASA project, Biological Sciences Department, "The use
of mtDNA to determine hybridization in West Virginian coyotes, Canis latrans".
Jones, S., Learning, MA Committe chair. (August 2012 - Present).
Williamson, B., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, "Habitat
diversity and home range size on eastern box turtles at Hungry Beech Nature Preserve, Roane County,
WV". (August 2011 - Present).
Bryd, C., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department. (August 2011
- Present).
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Corrie, J., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, In-Process. (August 2011 - Present).
DeBlois, M., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member. (August 2011 - Present).
Hamden, J., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department, "Hybridization
of Coyotes in West Viginia". (January 2011 - Present).
Adkins, M., Research, Dissertation Committee Member, Educa Found & Tech Department, "A qualitative
study of enabling and constraining factors affecting US military veterans in higher education", In-Process.
(August 2010 - Present).
Schutt, A., Research, undergraduate research, Sociology & Anthropology Department, "Three
dimensional analysis of dental complexity and mapping climate change", In-Process. (August 2012 December 2012).
Campbell, J., Research, undergraduate research, Biological Sciences Department, "West Virginia
vertebrate web site development", In-Process. (August 2012 - December 2012).
Mitchell, K., Research, undergraduate research, Biological Sciences Department, "Behavior and
conservation of Neotropical primates – fruit phenology and dietary choice". (January 2012 - May 2012).
Wood, K., Research, Dissertation Committee Member, Educa Found & Tech Department, "High school college transition in first generation students", Completed. (August 2007 - May 2012).
2)
Service
Department
Curriculum Committee, Committee Member, (2012 - Present).
Collections, Curator, (September 2009 - Present).
Promotion and Tenure Committee, Committee Member, (September 2007 - Present).
LIbrary Representative, Committee Chair, (September 1994 - Present).
University
Faculty Senate, Committee Member (September 2012 - Present).
University Facilities and Planning Committee, Faculty Senate Liasion (September 2012 - Present).
Professional
Gregory Award, Committee Member (2009 - Present).
Reviewer, Journal Article (December 2012).
Reviewer, Grant Proposal (October 2012).
Reviewer, Journal Article (February 2012 - October 2012).
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Reviewer, Journal Article (September 2012).
Reviewer, Journal Article (May 2012).
Community
Girl Scouts, Workshop Organizer (February 2012).
High School Science Fair Judge (January 2012).
3)
Professional development activities, including professional organizations to which you belong and
state, regional, national, and international conferences attended. List any panels on which you chaired or
participated. List any offices you hold in professional organizations.
Professional Memberships
Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, SPNHC. (June 2012 - Present).
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP, member of Gregory Committee. (September 1989 - Present).
4)
Awards/honors (including invitations to speak in your area of expertise) or special recognition.
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Appendix II
Faculty Data Sheet
(Information for the period of this review)
August 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014
Name:
Dr. Wendy Caren Trzyna
Start Date at Marshall as a Faculty Member:
Status:
Rank:
Associate Professor
August 17, 2007
Tenured
Highest Degree Earned:
Date Degree Received:
Conferring Institution:
Area of Degree Specialization:
List courses you taught during the final two years of this review. If you participated in a team-taught
course, indicate each of them and what percentage of the course you taught. For each course include
the year and semester taught (summer through spring), course number, course title and enrollment.
(Expand the table as necessary)
Term/Year
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Summer
2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Summer
2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Course
BSC
304
BSC
304
BSC
304
BSC
304
BSC
250
BSC
304
BSC
304
FYS 100
BSC
302
HON
480
BSC
250
BSC
443
BSC
543
BSC
302
Microbiology Lab
Title
Enrolled
24 100%
% Respon
100
Microbiology Lab
22 100%
100
Microbiology Lab
22 100%
100
Microbiology Lab
24 100%
100
Microbiol & Human Disease
17 100%
100
Microbiology Lab
26 100%
100
Microbiology Lab
23 100%
100
First Yr Sem Critical Thinking
22 100%
100
Principles of Microbiology
70 100%
100
SpTp:Genetics and Learn
18 50%
50
Microbiol & Human Disease
22 100%
100
Microbial Genetics
21 100%
100
Microbial Genetics
2 100%
100
Principles of Microbiology
77 100%
100
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NOTE: Part-time adjunct faculty do not need to fill in the remainder of this document.
1)
Scholarship/Research
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
Price, J. E. M. (Principal), Antonsen, B. L. (Co-Principal), Collier, P. S. (Co-Principal), Schultz, G. E. (CoPrincipal), Trzyna, W. C. (Co-Principal), Zhu, G.-Z. (Co-Principal), Norton, M. L. (Co-Principal), Spitzer, N.
(Co-Principal), Grant, "Multidisciplinary Center in Differentiation and Development: Cues and Functions",
NIH, Federal, $10,296,389.00, Not Funded.
Kovatch, J. J. (Co-Principal), Trzyna, W. C. (Principal), Schultz, G. E. (Co-Principal), Grant, "Using nextgeneration sequencing to explore the microbial diversity of the Ohio River", Illumina, Inc., Private,
$125,000.00, Not Funded. (October 15, 2012).
Presentations
Schultz, G. E. (Author Only), Kovatch, J. J. (Presenter & Author), Trzyna, W. C. (Author Only), Poster,
Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference, American Fish and Wildlife Society, Charleston, WV, "Diversity
and resilience of the mircrobial community of the Ohio River". (April 2012).
Schultz, G. E. (Author Only), Kovatch, J. J. (Presenter & Author), Trzyna, W. C. (Author Only), Poster,
Sigma Xi Research Day, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, "Diversity and resilience of the mircrobial
community of the Ohio River". (April 2012).
2)
Service
3)
Professional development activities, including professional organizations to which you belong and
state, regional, national, and international conferences attended. List any panels on which you chaired or
participated. List any offices you hold in professional organizations.
4)
Awards/honors (including invitations to speak in your area of expertise) or special recognition.
Appendix II
Faculty Data Sheet
(Information for the period of this review)
August 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014
Name:
Dr. Jagannath V. Valluri
Start Date at Marshall as a Faculty Member:
Status:
Rank:
Professor
August 28, 1989
Tenured
Highest Degree Earned:
Ph.D.
Conferring Institution:
Area of Degree Specialization:
Date Degree Received:
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List courses you taught during the final two years of this review. If you participated in a team-taught
course, indicate each of them and what percentage of the course you taught. For each course include
the year and semester taught (summer through spring), course number, course title and enrollment.
(Expand the table as necessary)
Term/Year
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Summer
2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Summer
2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Course
BSC
322
BSC
322
BSC
322
BSC
661
BSC
322
BSC
322
BSC
322
BSC
322
BSC
640
BSC
104
BSC
104
BSC
104
BSC
322
BSC
322
BSC
322
BSC
322
BSC
481
Principles Cell Biology
Title
Enrolled
23 100%
% Respon
100
Principles Cell Biology
15 100%
100
Principles Cell Biology
19 100%
100
Seminar I
15 33%
33
Principles Cell Biology
19 100%
100
Principles Cell Biology
26 100%
100
Principles Cell Biology
22 100%
100
Principles Cell Biology
24 100%
100
Cell Bio & Biotechnology
3 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
24 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
18 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
19 100%
100
Principles Cell Biology
14 100%
100
Principles Cell Biology
22 100%
100
Principles Cell Biology
14 100%
100
Principles Cell Biology
16 100%
100
SpTp:Lung Cancer
1 100%
100
NOTE: Part-time adjunct faculty do not need to fill in the remainder of this document.
1)
Scholarship/Research
2)
Service
3)
Professional development activities, including professional organizations to which you belong and
state, regional, national, and international conferences attended. List any panels on which you chaired or
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participated. List any offices you hold in professional organizations.
4)
Awards/honors (including invitations to speak in your area of expertise) or special recognition.
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Appendix II
Faculty Data Sheet
(Information for the period of this review)
August 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014
Name:
Jayme Linn Waldron
Rank:
Start Date at Marshall as a Faculty Member:
Status:
August 17, 2008
Probationary
Highest Degree Earned:
Conferring Institution:
Ph D
Date Degree Received:
2005
Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Area of Degree Specialization:
Forest Resources
List courses you taught during the final two years of this review. If you participated in a team-taught
course, indicate each of them and what percentage of the course you taught. For each course include
the year and semester taught (summer through spring), course number, course title and enrollment.
(Expand the table as necessary)
Term/Year
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Fall 2012
Course
BSC
406
BSC
506
BSC
662
BSC
680
BSC
460
BSC
560
BSC
680
BSC
406
Herpetology
Title
Enrolled
15 100%
% Respon
100
Herpetology
5 100%
100
Seminar II
10 50%
50
SpTp: Quantitative Ecology
7 100%
100
Cons Forest Soil Wildlife
11 100%
100
Cons Forest Soil Wildlife
7 100%
100
SpTp:Quantitative Ecology
12 100%
100
Herpetology
12 100%
100
NOTE: Part-time adjunct faculty do not need to fill in the remainder of this document.
1)
Scholarship/Research
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
Waldron, J. (Principal), Welch, S. M. (Co-Principal), Grant, "Efficacy of long-distance relocations for
managing risks associated with eastern diamondback rattlesnakes (Crotalus adamanteus) on the Marine
Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island", DOD, Federal, $93,962.00, Not Funded.
Waldron, J. (Principal), Welch, S. M. (Co-Principal), Grant, "Minimizing Training and Conservation
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Conflicts Through Long-term Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Monitoring", DOD, Federal, $87,808.00,
Currently Under Review.
Kovatch, J. J. (Co-Principal), Waldron, J. (Principal), Grant, "Testing bioclimatic thresholds of reptiles
predicted by maximum energy entropy theory", Department of the Army, Federal, $105,000.00, Currently
Under Review. (November 2013 - Present).
Waldron, J. (Principal), Welch, S. M. (Co-Principal), Grant, "Minimizing Training & Conservation Conflicts
Through Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Monitoring", DOD, Federal, $87,808.00, Funded. (August 1,
2013 - December 1, 2014).
Intellectual Contributions
Fill, J., Waldron, J., Welch, S. M., Martin, M., Bennett, S. H., Kalinowsky, W., Holloway, J., Mousseau, T.
A. (in press). Breeding and reproductive phenology of the eastern diamondback rattlesnake. Journal of
Herpetology.
Fill, J., Waldron, J., Welch, S. M., Gibbons, J. W., Bennett, S. H., Mousseau, T. A. Eastern diamondback
rattlesnake habitat selection in the southeast Coastal Plain tidewater region. Copeia.
Edwards, E., Pauley, T. K., Waldron, J. Estimating Gyrinophilus porphyriticus detection probability using
multiple methods. Journal of Herpetology.
Waldron, J. Fire in fire-prone ecosystems: concepts for restoration and management. Journal of Applied
Ecology.
Fill, J. M., Welch, S. M., Brown, H. H., Waldron, J., Weakley, A. S., Mousseau, T. A. (in press). Lifehistory correlates of plant endemism in longleaf pine ecosystems. Southeastern Naturalist / Eagle Hill
Publications, 13, 484-492.
Oswald, H. R., Waldron, J., Welch, S. M., Mousseau, T. A. (in press). Environmental effects on southern
two-lined salamander (Eurycea cirrigera) nest-site selection. Copeia, American Society of Ichthyologists
and Herpetologists.
Bennett, S. H., Waldron, J., Welch, S. M. (2013). Using occupancy models to examine human-wildlife
interactions. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 18, 138-151.
Waldron, J., Welch, S. M., Bennett, S. H., Kalinowsky, W. G., Mousseau, T. A. (2013). Life history
constraints contribute to the vulnerability of a declining North American rattlesnake. Biological
Conservation, 159, 530-538.
Andrews, K., & Waldron, J. Comparative overwintering ecology of a coastal and inland population of
canebrake rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) in the southern United States. (vol. II). Biology of The
Rattlesnakes.
Bennett, S. H., Waldron, J., Welch, S. M. (2012). Light bait improves capture success of aquatic funnel
trap sampling for larval amphibians. Southeastern Naturalist / Eagle Hill Publications, 11, 49-58.
Beasley, D. A. E., Waldron, J., Welch, S. M., Benson, E. P., Mousseau, T. A. Thirteen-year Cicadas in
South Carolina: Using Multi-media and the National Atlas to Examine Infrequent High Magnitude
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Ecological Phenomena. BioScience.
Fill, J. M., Welch, S. M., Waldron, J., Mousseau, T. A. (2012). The reproductive response of an endemic
bunchgrass indicates historical timing of a keystone process. Ecosphere / Ecological Society of America,
3, Article 61.
Presentations
Waldron, J. (Presenter & Author), Paper, Joint Meeting of Icthyologists and Herpetologists, ASIH, SSAR,
HL, Albuquerque, New Mexico, "Effects of Translocation on Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Spatial
Ecology", Conference, Academic, National, Accepted. (July 10, 2013).
Williamson, B. (Presenter & Author), Waldron, J. (Author Only), Pauley, T. K. (Author Only), Paper, ASB
(Association of Southeastern Biologists) Annual Meeting, ASB, Charleston, WV, "Examining habitat
selection and home range behavior in the Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene c. carolina)"", Conference,
Academic, Regional, Accepted. (April 2013).
Martin, M. D. (Presenter & Author), Waldron, J. (Presenter & Author), Welch, S. M. (Presenter & Author),
Holloway, J. D. (Author Only), Mousseau, T. A. (Author Only), Poster, Southeastern Partners in
Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Annual Meeting, PARC, McCormick, SC, "A NON-INVASIVE
TECHNIQUE FOR EXTERNAL TRANSMITTER ATTACHMENT ON RATTLESNAKES", Conference,
Academic, Regional, Accepted. (February 2013).
Waldron, J. (Presenter & Author), Welch, S. M. (Author Only), Martin, M. D. (Author Only), Holloway, J. D.
(Author Only), Oral Presentation, Southeastern Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Annual
Meeting, PARC, McCormick, SC, "A Scary Animal in a Risky Lanscape", Conference, Academic,
Regional, Invited. (February 2013).
Martin, M. D. (Presenter & Author), Waldron, J. (Presenter & Author), Welch, S. M. (Presenter & Author),
Holloway, J. D. (Author Only), Mousseau, T. A. (Author Only), Paper, Southeastern Partners in Amphibian
and Reptile Conservation Annual Meeting, PARC, McCormick, SC, "ADULT EASTERN DIAMONDBACK
RATTLESNAKE (Crotalus adamanteus) SURVIVAL IN A HUMANIZED LANDSCAPE", Conference,
Academic, Regional, Accepted. (February 2013).
Fill, J. M. (Presenter & Author), Waldron, J., Welch, S. M. (Presenter & Author), Martin, M. D. (Presenter
& Author), Mousseau, T. A. (Author Only), Bennett, S. H. (Author Only), Holloway, J. D. (Author Only),
Poster, Southeastern Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Annual Meeting, PARC,
McCormick, SC, "Breeding and Reproductive Phenology of the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
(Crotalus adamanteus)", Conference, Academic, Regional, Accepted. (February 2013).
Waldron, J. (Presenter Only), Demonstration, Piedmont South Atlantic Cooperative Ecosystem Study Unit
Annual Meeting, CESU, Charleston, SC, "None", Other, Academic, Regional, Accepted. (October 11,
2012).
Waldron, J. (Author Only), Paper, Gopher Tortoise Council Annual Meeting, Gopher Tortoise Council,
Bainbridge College, Bainbridge, GA, "Life History Constraints Contribute to Eastern Diamondback
Rattlesnake Vulnerability", Conference, Academic, Regional, published elsewhere, Accepted. (October 5,
2012).
Waldron, J. (Presenter Only), Paper, Southern Appalachian Cooperative Ecosystem Study Unit Annual
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Meeting, CESU, Murfreesboro, TN, "None", Other, Academic, Regional, Accepted. (September 27, 2012).
Fill, J. M. (Presenter & Author), Waldron, J. (Presenter & Author), Martin, M. D. (Author Only), Welch, S.
M. (Presenter & Author), Mousseau, T. A. (Author Only), Bennett, S. H. (Author Only), Holloway, J. D.
(Author Only), Poster, World Congress of Herpetology, ASIH, SSAR, HL, Vancouver, British Columbia,
"Breeding and Reproductive Phenology of the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus
adamanteus)", Conference, Academic, International, Accepted. (August 2012).
Waldron, J. (Presenter & Author), Paper, World Congress of Herpetology, ASIH, SSAR, HL, Vancouver,
British Columbia, "Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Cheat Mountain Salamander Demographics",
Conference, Academic, International, Accepted. (August 2012).
Oswald, H. (Presenter & Author), Waldron, J. (Author Only), Welch, S. M. (Author Only), Bennett, S. H.
(Author Only), Mousseau, T. A. (Author Only), Paper, World Congress of Herpetology, ASIH, SSAR, HL,
Vancouver, British Columbia, "Environmental Effects on Southern Two-Lined Salamander (Eurycea
cirrigera) Nest Site Selection", Conference, Academic, International, Accepted. (August 2012).
Research Currently in Progress
Waldron, Jayme, Elise Edwards, "Determining the best capturing methods and the effect of liming on two
plethodontid salamanders: Pseudotriton ruber and Gyrinophilis porphyrticus", Writing Results, Scholarly.
Waldron, Jayme, Pauley, Thomas K, Catherine Johnson, "Effects of Habitat Frgamentation on Cheat
Mountain Salamander Demographics".
Waldron, Jayme, Kelli Herrick, "Evaluating the effectiveness of sampling methods for the eastern
hellbender (Cryptobranchus a. alleganiensis) in the Ohio River watershed", On-Going, Scholarly.
Waldron, Jayme, Derek Breakfield, "Measuring total testosterone migration through the egg membrane
(using an ELISA) and its effects on several fitness parameters on neonate American Toads", On-Going,
Scholarly.
Waldron, Jayme, Shane Welch, "Minimizing Training and Conservation Conflicts through Long-term
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Monitoring", On-Going, Scholarly.
Directed Student Learning and Research
O'Hanlon, B., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department, In-Process.
(August 2013 - Present).
Goff, C., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department. (August 2013 Present).
Cooley, J., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department, In-Process.
(August 2013 - Present).
Timm, S., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department. (August 2013 Present).
Jones, S., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, "Footprints
and Camera Traps: Can they be used to monitor river otters in West Virginia?", In-Process. (April 2013 -
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Present).
Billmyer, J., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, "Effects of
excess nitrogen deposition on Rubus spp. (Raspberry) within a Central Appalachian Hardwood Forest",
In-Process. (February 2013 - Present).
Arneson, E., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Integrated Sci & Technology Department,
"Distribution and Occupancy of the crayfish, Orconectes rusticus, in the Coal River Watershed".
(December 2012 - Present).
Breakfield, D., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department, "Measuring
total testosterone migration through the egg membrane (using an ELISA) and its effects on several fitness
parameters on neonate American Toads", In-Process. (August 2012 - Present).
Herrick, K., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department, "Evaluating the
effectiveness of sampling methods for the eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus a. alleganiensis) in the
Ohio River watershed", In-Process. (August 2012 - Present).
Rankin, L., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department,
"Assessment of ecological integrity in grazed tropical dry forests of Madagascar", In-Process. (August
2012 - Present).
Sinclair, A., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, In-Process.
(August 2011 - Present).
Fill, J., Research, Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Biomedical Sciences Department, In-Process.
(August 2009 - Present).
Martin, M., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, In-Process.
(August 2009 - Present).
Shephard, N., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, "Survival
of Lungless Salamanders in Association with Fragmented Corridors", In-Process. (August 2009 - August
2014).
Hicks, L., Research, Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Biological Sciences Department, "Plethodon glutinos
comparative morphology", Completed. (August 2013 - May 2014).
Edwards, E., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department, "Determining
the best capturing methods and the effect of liming on two plethodontid salamanders: Pseudotriton ruber
and Gyrinophilis porphyrticus", Completed. (August 2012 - May 2014).
Semasko, A., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, "SIZE
AND AGE VARIATION OF LARVAL GYRINOPHILUS PORPHYRITICUS PORPHYRITICUS IN
SYMPATRY WITH SALVELINUS FONTINALIS", In-Process. (August 2011 - December 2013).
Williamson, B., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department,
"Examining Habitat Selection and Home Range Behavior at Multiple Scales in a Population of Eastern
Box Turtles, (Terrapene c. carolina), With Notes on Demographic Changes After 17 Years", In-Process.
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(August 2011 - December 2013).
Bowers, C., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, In-Process.
(August 2011 - December 2013).
Oswald, H., Research, Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, "THE
REPRODUCTIVE ECOLOGY OF PLETHODONTID SALAMANDERS IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA
INNER COASTAL PLAIN", Completed. (August 2010 - May 2013).
2)
Service
Department
Smith-Goodno Fellowship Committee, Committee Member, (October 2012 - Present).
Biological Sciences Graduate Admissions Committee, Committee Member, (September 2012 - Present).
College
School for the Environment Planning Committee, Committee Member (October 16, 2013 - Present).
3)
Professional development activities, including professional organizations to which you belong and
state, regional, national, and international conferences attended. List any panels on which you chaired or
participated. List any offices you hold in professional organizations.
Professional Memberships
The Gopher Tortoise Council, GTC, Co-Chair Upland Snake Conservation Committee, The Gopher
Tortoise Council (GTC) was formed in 1978 by a group of biologists and others concerned about the
range-wide decline of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). The Council offers professional advice
for management, conservation, and protection of gopher tortoises; encourages the study of the life
history, ecology, and management of gopher tortoises and other upland species; conducts active public
information and conservation education programs, and seeks effective protection of the gopher tortoise
and other upland species throughout the southeastern United States.
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, ASIH, Member, The American Society of
Ichthyologists and Herpetologists is dedicated to the scientific study of fishes, amphibians and reptiles.
The primary emphases of the Society are to increase knowledge about these organisms, to disseminate
that knowledge through publications, conferences, symposia, and other means, and to encourage and
support young scientists who will make future advances in these fields. The programs of the American
Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists are part of a global effort to interpret, understand, and
conserve the Earth's natural diversity and to contribute to the wise use of natural resources for the longterm benefit of humankind. (January 1, 2013 - Present).
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, SSAR, Member, SSAR, a not-for-profit organization
established to advance research, conservation, and education concerning amphibians and reptiles, was
founded in 1958. It is the largest international herpetological society, and is recognized worldwide for
having the most diverse program of publications, meetings, and other activities. (January 1, 2013 Present).
The Herpetologists League, HL, member, The Herpetologists' League, established in 1946, is an
international organization of people devoted to studying herpetology -- the biology of amphibians and
reptiles. HL publishes two scholarly journals -- the quarterly Herpetologica, which contains original
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research papers and essays, and the annual supplement Herpetological Monographs, which contains
lengthy research articles, syntheses, and special symposia. (January 1, 2013 - Present).
The Wildlife Society, TWS, member, The Wildlife Society is committed to a world where humans and
wildlife co-exist. We work to ensure that wildlife and habitats are conserved through management actions
that take into careful consideration relevant scientific information. We create opportunities for this to occur
by involving professional wildlife managers, disseminating wildlife science, advocating for effective wildlife
policy and law, and building the active support of an informed citizenry.
Our mission is to represent and serve the professional community of scientists, managers, educators,
technicians, planners, and others who work actively to study, manage, and conserve wildlife and habitats
worldwide.
The members of The Wildlife Society manage, conserve, and study wildlife populations and habitats.
They actively manage forests, conserve wetlands, restore endangered species, conserve wildlife on
private and public lands, resolve wildlife damage and disease problems, and enhance biological diversity.
TWS members are active across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, as well as internationally.
The products of The Wildlife Society include essential, practical, and objective information for wildlife
professionals. We provide research, policy information, and practical tools in print and electronic forms,
along with vibrant professional networks that allow solutions to wildlife conservation and management
challenges to be anchored in science. (January 1, 2013 - Present).
Faculty Development Activities Attended
Conference Attendance, "iPED Conference on Teaching and Learning", Marshall University, Huntington,
WV, USA. (August 2012).
4)
Awards/honors (including invitations to speak in your area of expertise) or special recognition.
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Appendix II
Faculty Data Sheet
(Information for the period of this review)
August 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014
Name:
Dr. Guo-Zhang Zhu
Rank:
Start Date at Marshall as a Faculty Member:
Status:
Associate Professor
August 17, 2003
Tenured
Highest Degree Earned:
Conferring Institution:
Ph D
Date Degree Received:
1997
Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, Shanghai, China
Area of Degree Specialization:
Molecular Biology
List courses you taught during the final two years of this review. If you participated in a team-taught
course, indicate each of them and what percentage of the course you taught. For each course include
the year and semester taught (summer through spring), course number, course title and enrollment.
(Expand the table as necessary)
Term/Year
Spring 2014
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2013
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Spring 2012
1)
Course
BSC
301
BSC
105
BSC
105
BSC
105
BSC
105
BSC
480
BSC
301
BSC
480
BSC
301
BSC
301
Vertebrate Embryology
Title
Enrolled
24 100%
% Respon
100
Introduction to Biology
28 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
24 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
20 100%
100
Introduction to Biology
26 100%
100
SpTp:Bio of Human Disorders
18 100%
100
Vertebrate Embryology
25 100%
100
SpTp:Bio of Human Disorders
12 100%
100
Vertebrate Embryology
26 100%
100
Vertebrate Embryology
24 100%
100
Scholarship/Research
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
Price, J. E. M. (Principal), Antonsen, B. L. (Co-Principal), Collier, P. S. (Co-Principal), Schultz, G. E. (CoPrincipal), Trzyna, W. C. (Co-Principal), Zhu, G.-Z. (Co-Principal), Norton, M. L. (Co-Principal), Spitzer, N.
(Co-Principal), Grant, "Multidisciplinary Center in Differentiation and Development: Cues and Functions",
NIH, Federal, $10,296,389.00, Not Funded.
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Zhu, G.-Z., Grant, "RUI: Role of Histone Methyltransferase MLL4 in Mouse Spermatogenesis", National
Science Foundation, Federal, Currently Under Review.
Zhu, G.-Z., Grant, "PTIP as an epigenetic regulator in male meiosis", National Institutes of Health,
Federal, $148,800.00, Funded. (June 5, 2013 - May 31, 2015).
Zhu, G.-Z., Contract, "Industry Academia Collaboration on Biomedical Research and Development",
Shanghai Sun Bio-Technology, Private, $103,000.00, Funded. (February 1, 2012 - January 31, 2015).
Zhu, G.-Z., Grant, "Role of Ptchd3 in Spermatogenesis", National Institutes of Health, Federal,
$212,792.00, Funded. (January 18, 2010 - December 31, 2014).
Zhu, G.-Z. (Other), Sidransky, D. (Principal), Contract, "The Role of PITX2 in Thyroid Cancer", National
Institutes of Health, Federal, $25,606.00, Funded. (September 16, 2009 - July 31, 2010).
Intellectual Contributions
Zhu, G.-Z. (2014). PITX2 associates with PTIP-containing histone H3 lysine 4 methyltransferase
complex.. Biochem Biophys Res Commun., 444, 634-637.
Zhu, G.-Z. (2013). Cyclin A1 is a transcriptional target of PITX2 and overexpressed in papillary thyroid
carcinoma.. Mol Cell Biochem., 384, 221-227.
Presentations
Zhu, G.-Z., Poster, Gordon Research Conference---Fertilization and Activation of Development, New
Hampshire, USA, "Essential role of PTIP in male meiosis", Conference, Academic, International, peerreviewed/refereed, Invited. (July 14, 2013).
Research Currently in Progress
Zhu, Guo-Zhang, "Gene Regulation in Human Cancer".
Zhu, Guo-Zhang, "Mammalian Fertilization and Early Embryonic Development".
Directed Student Learning and Research
Liu, C., Learning, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department, "Role of Ptip in
Spermatogenesis", In-Process. (August 20, 2013 - Present).
Gonzalez, S., Learning, Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Biological Sciences Department, "Role of
Ptchd3 in Spermatogenesis", In-Process. (August 20, 2013 - Present).
Valentine, M., Learning, Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Biological Sciences Department, InProcess. (August 15, 2008 - Present).
Gudivada, A., Learning, Directed Individual/Independent Study, Biological Sciences Department, BSC,
485, 2 credit hours, "Ptip in spermatogenesis", Completed. (August 20, 2013 - December 15, 2013).
Blankenship, H., Research, Directed Individual/Independent Study, Biological Sciences Department,
BSC, 485, 2 credit hours, "MLL2 and DNA methylation", Completed. (August 20, 2013 - December 15,
2013).
Neiheisel, M., Learning, Directed Individual/Independent Study, Biological Sciences Department, BSC,
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491, 2 credit hours, "Newborn Genetic Screening", Completed. (August 20, 2013 - December 15, 2013).
Blankenship, H., Research, Directed Individual/Independent Study, Biological Sciences Department,
"MLL2 in Spermatogenesis", Completed. (June 1, 2013 - July 31, 2013).
Gudivada, A., Learning, Directed Individual/Independent Study, Biological Sciences Department, BSC,
485, 2 credit hours, "Epigenetics in Spermatogenesis", Completed. (January 15, 2013 - May 5, 2013).
Liu, C., Learning, Directed Individual/Independent Study, Biological Sciences Department, BSC, 485, 1
credit hours, "bio techniques", Completed. (January 15, 2013 - May 5, 2013).
Blankenship, H., Learning, Directed Individual/Independent Study, Biological Sciences Department, BSC,
491, 2 credit hours, "Ptchd3 in Spermatogenesis", Completed. (January 15, 2013 - May 5, 2013).
Weiner, J.-L., Learning, Directed Individual/Independent Study, Biological Sciences Department, BSC,
491, 2 credit hours, "Epigenetics in Spermatogenesis", Completed. (January 15, 2013 - May 5, 2013).
2)
Service
Department
Graduate Program Committee, Committee Chair, (August 17, 2003 - Present).
College
Scholarship and Grants Committee, Committee Member (August 17, 2003 - Present).
University
Budget and Academic Policy, Committee Member (August 20, 2013 - Present).
Faculty Development Committee, Committee Member (August 17, 2005 - August 16, 2013).
3)
Professional development activities, including professional organizations to which you belong and
state, regional, national, and international conferences attended. List any panels on which you chaired or
participated. List any offices you hold in professional organizations.
4)
Awards/honors (including invitations to speak in your area of expertise) or special recognition.
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Appendix III
Students’ Entrance Abilities for Past Five Years of Graduates: Master of Science/Arts in
Biological Sciences
Year
N
Mean
Undergraduate
GPA
Mean GRE Verbal
Mean GRE
Quantitative
Mean GRE
Analytical Writing
2009 – 2010
MS: 18
MA: 2
MS: 6
MA: 2
MS: 15
MA: 2
MS: 6
MA: 2
MS: 9
MA: 3
3.51
3.40
3.25
2.76
3.54
2.93
3.53
2.78
3.42
--
502.22 (n = 18)
405 (n = 2)
483.33 (n = 6)
460 (n = 2)
483.33 (n = 15)
495 (n = 2)
500 (n = 6)
475 (n = 2)
486.25 (n = 8)
413.33 (n = 3)
648.89 (n = 18)
560 (n = 2)
531.67 (n = 6)
480 (n = 2)
596.67 (n = 15)
540 (n = 2)
616.67 (n = 6)
515 (n = 2)
605 (n = 8)
503.33 (n = 3)
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
4.0 (n = 6)
4.0 (n = 2)
3.94 (n = 8)
3.5 (n = 3)
2010 – 2011
2011 – 2012
2012 - 2013
2013 – 2014
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Appendix IV
Exit Abilities for Past Five Years of Graduates: Master of Science/Arts in Biological
Sciences
Year
2009 – 2010
2010 – 2011
2011 – 2012
2012 – 2013
2013 – 2014
n
Mean GPA
MS: 18
MA: 2
MS: 6
MA: 2
MS: 15
MA: 2
MS: 6
MA: 2
MS: 9
MA: 3
3.79
3.88
3.78
3.48
3.71
3.26
3.92
3.36
3.88
3.64
Licensure Exam
Results
Certification Test
Results
Other Standardized
Exam Results
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Appendix V: 5-Year Assessment Summary
Component Area/Program/Discipline: MS/MA in Biological Sciences______________________________________
Program Level
Program’s Student
Learning Outcomes
Critically evaluate scientific
literature and presentations.
Present convincing arguments
in a clear and concise manner.
Develop compelling
professional and scientific
documents and presentations.
Assessment Measures
(Tools)
BSC 660/BSC 661
Graduate Seminar courses:
 CV Construction
 Small Group
Discussion
 Grant Proposal Writing
 Develop research
proposal
BSC 660/BSC 661
Graduate Seminar courses:
 CV Construction
 Small Group
Discussion
 Grant Proposal Writing
Develop research proposal
BSC 660/BSC 661
Graduate Seminar courses:
 CV Construction
 Small Group
Discussion
 Grant Proposal Writing
Develop research proposal
Standards/Benchmar
k
At least 90% of students
score at the Satisfactory
level (70%) or higher.
At least 90% of students
score at the Satisfactory
level (70%) or higher.
At least 90% of students
score at the Satisfactory
level (70%) or higher.
Results/Analysis
Action Taken to
improve the
program
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Develop skills in scientific
writing
Prepare and present scientific
talks
BSC 662 Graduate
Seminar:
 Compose Seminar
Abstract
 Prepare Powerpoint
Slides
 Deliver Oral
Presentation
 Participate in Peer
review of presentations
 Engage in Small Group
Discussion
BSC 662 Graduate
Seminar:
 Compose Seminar
Abstract
 Prepare Powerpoint
Slides
 Deliver Oral
Presentation
 Participate in Peer
review of presentations
 Engage in Small Group
Discussion
At least 90% of students
score at the Satisfactory
level (70%) or higher.
At least 90% of students
score at the Satisfactory
level (70%) or higher.
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Construct research proposals
Compose and communicate
research progress reports
BSC 662 Graduate
Seminar:
 Compose Seminar
Abstract
 Prepare Powerpoint
Slides
 Deliver Oral
Presentation
 Participate in Peer
review of presentations
 Engage in Small Group
Discussion
BSC 662 Graduate
Seminar:
 Compose Seminar
Abstract
 Prepare Powerpoint
Slides
 Deliver Oral
Presentation
 Participate in Peer
review of presentations
 Engage in Small Group
Discussion
At least 90% of students
score at the Satisfactory
level (70%) or higher.
At least 90% of students
score at the Satisfactory
level (70%) or higher.
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Generate and articulate critical
reviews of published literature,
and thesis defenses.
Create, synthesize, and present
original scientific data and analysis
in a publication-quality format
Function professionally and
socially in a scientific
environment
BSC 662 Graduate
Seminar:
 Compose Seminar
Abstract
 Prepare Powerpoint
At least 90% of students
Slides
score at the Satisfactory
level (70%) or higher.
 Deliver Oral
Presentation
 Participate in Peer
review of presentations
 Engage in Small Group
Discussion
Master's of Biology Thesis:
 Evaluate Relevant
Literature
 Collect Original Data
 Prepare Text and Figures
 Interact with Committee
for Peer Review
 Prepare Thesis Defense
Passing of defense and
awarding of degree (MS
in Biology)
 Deliver Public Defense
Evaluate, organize, and
synthesize primary literature in
original review research project
Oral Exam – MA students
 Evaluate Relevant
Literature
 Collect Published Data
 Prepare Research Report
 Interact with Committee
for Peer Review
 Pass Committee
Defense
Passing of defense and
awarding of degree (MA
in Biology)
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Appendix VI
Program Course Enrollment: MS/MA in Biological Sciences
145
146
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Appendix VII
Program Enrollment: Master of Science/Arts in Biological Sciences
Students
Principal Majors Enrolled: MS in Biological Sciences
No Area of Emphasis
Principal Majors Enrolled: MS in Biological Sciences
AOE: Organ Evolution Ecological Biology
Principal Majors Enrolled : MS in Biological Sciences
AOE: Watershed Resource Science
Principal Majors Enrolled : MS in Biological Sciences
AOE: Management Foundations
Principal Majors Enrolled : MA in Biological Sciences
No Area of Emphasis
Principal Majors Enrolled : MA in Biological Sciences
AOE: Watershed Resource Science
Principal Majors Enrolled : MA in Biological Sciences
AOE: Organ Evolution Ecological Biology
Year 1
2009-2010
Year 2
2010-2011
Year 3
2011-2012
Year 4
2012-2013
29
30
34
26
4
8
7
4
3
6
5
4
1
1
Year 5
2013-2014
13
12
1
6
1
3
1
1
1
Second Majors: MS
Third Majors: MS
2
2
1
Total Students Enrolled in the Program
44
45
46
40
Graduates: MS
18
6
15
6
Graduates: MA
2
2
2
2
Total Graduates of the Program
20
8
17
8
31
9
9
12
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Figure 1. Trend Line for Total Enrollment and Program Graduates:
Master of Science/Arts in Biological Sciences
50
45
40
35
30
25
Graduates
20
Total Enrollment
15
10
5
0
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
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Appendix VIII
Job and Graduate School Placement Rates: MS/MA in Biological Sciences
Year
2008 – 09
2009 – 10
2010 – 11
2011 – 12
2012 – 13
Five –Year Total
# of graduates
employed in major
field
# of graduates
employed in
related fields
# of
graduates
employed
outside field
# of graduates
accepted to
Graduate
Programs
# of
graduates
not
accounted
for
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Appendix IX: Assessment Letters: Biological Sciences – MS/MA
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