Please Note: I am moving to the Department of Biology and Marine Biology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington in August of 2008. You will be able to contact me there after that time.

Previously, I have taught several courses each year in the Department of Biological Sciences at Humboldt State, including:

Mammalogy (Zoology 356)

This is a junior/senior level course that is taught every semester at HSU. Typically I teach Mammalogy each Fall and Dr. Dawn Goley teaches it each Spring. Lectures focus on the biodiversity, evolution, functional ecology, behavior and conservation of mammals. The laboratory portion of this course takes advantage of the extensive mammal collection at the HSU Vertebrate Museum and focuses on the taxonomy and identification of mammals. In the first half of the semester students cover the Orders and Families of living mammals, and in the second half of the semester they concentrate on identifying and learning the natural history of California mammals. The course also involves fieldtrips, such as marine mammal trips aboard the HSU Research Vessel, the Coral Sea.

Advanced Mammalogy (Zoology 560)

This is a graduate-level course that I typically teach each Spring. Seniors that have excelled in the undergraduate Mammalogy course (Zoology 356) are also eligible to take Advanced Mammalogy if space permits (this class is usually limited to about 12 students). The course focuses on analyzation and discussion of current literature in mammalogy, intensive field projects, and learning museum specimen preparation. The course culminates with a week-long trip to the Heath and Marjorie Angelo Coast Range Reserve where students carry out field studies on mammals. Visit our photo gallery to check out pictures of our Spring 2006 trip.

Biogeography (Biology 548)

This is a graduate-level course that I co-teach each Spring with Dr. Jeffrey White of the HSU Department of Biological Sciences. Advanced undergraduates can also take this course with instructor approval. Biogeography focuses on understanding historical and contemporary patterns of plant and animal distributions and the processes that shape these patterns.

Undergraduate Research

In addition to teaching traditional courses, I supervise undergraduate research (Directed Study and Senior Thesis). Projects typically focus on field studies of local mammals, population genetics or molecular systematics, or museum specimen-based research.